Dequinha

Dequinha

Personal information
Full name	José Mendonça dos Santos
Date of birth	(1928-03-19)March 19, 1928
Place of birth	Mossoró (RN) - Brazil
Date of death	July 23, 1997(1997-07-23) (aged 69)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1946	Potiguar de Mossoró
1947–1949	ABC
1950	América-PE[1]	2	(0)
1950–1961	Flamengo[2]	203	(6)
1961	Botafogo	0	(0)
1962	Campo Grande[3]	13	(0)
1963	América-PE
International career
1954–1956	Brazil	7	(0)
Managerial career
1970–1972	Sergipe
1973	Desportiva Ferroviária
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Mendonça dos Santos, simply known as Dequinha (March 19, 1928 – July 23, 1997), was a Brazilian footballer.^[4]

The midfielder started his career in played yet for Potiguar de Mossoró, ABC (where he won the 1947 Rio Grande do Norte State Championship), and América-PE until 1950 when he signed with Flamengo. Dequinha was a key player during Flamengo's 1953-54-55 Rio State Championships campaigns.

He played the 1954 FIFA World Cup for Brazil and remained in the national team for another two years.

In 1960, he transferred to Campo Grande-RJ where he retired two years later.

Dequinha died on September 29, 1997, in Aracaju, Brazil.

Honours

Player

ABC

• Campeonato Potiguar: 1947

Flamengo

• Campeonato Carioca: 1953, 1954, 1955

Manager

Sergipe

• Campeonato Sergipano: 1970, 1971, 1972

References

External links

• Dequinha at National-Football-Teams.com

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Brazil squad – 1954 FIFA World Cup

• 1 Castilho
• 2 Djalma Santos
• 3 Nílton Santos
• 4 Brandãozinho
• 5 Pinheiro
• 6 Bauer (c)
• 7 Julinho
• 8 Didi
• 9 Baltazar
• 10 Pinga
• 11 Rodrigues
• 12 Paulinho
• 13 Alfredo Ramos
• 14 Ely
• 15 Mauro
• 16 Dequinha
• 17 Maurinho
• 18 Humberto
• 19 Índio
• 20 Rubens
• 21 Veludo
• 22 Cabeção
• Coach: Moreira

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