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(Redirected from Antônio Dias dos Santos) Brazilian footballer

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Dias and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.
Toninho
Personal information
Full name Antônio Dias dos Santos
Date of birth (1948-06-07)June 7, 1948
Place of birth Vera Cruz, Bahia State, Brazil
Date of death December 8, 1999(1999-12-08) (aged 51)
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Fullback
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1979 Brazil 26 (3)

Antônio Dias dos Santos (June 7, 1948 in Vera Cruz, Bahia State, Brazil – December 8, 1999), best known as Toninho, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a defender.

During his career (1968–1982), Toninho played for clubs São Cristovão-BA, Galícia, Fluminense, Flamengo, Bangu and in Saudi Arabia with Al-Nassr. He won five Campeonato Carioca (1971, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979), one Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1980, one Saudi League and one King Cup in 1981.

For the Brazil national football team he played 26 international matches and scored 3 goals from April 1976 to October 1979, and participated at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. He died in 1999 at only 51 years old.

Honours

Galícia
Fluminense
Flamengo

References

  1. "Antônio Dias dos Santos". worldfootball.net. Retrieved August 8, 2021.

External links

Brazil squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup third place
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Brazil squad – 1979 Copa América semi-finalists
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