Kita (footballer) explained

Kita
Fullname:João Leithardt Neto
Birth Date:6 January 1958
Birth Place:Passo Fundo, Brazil
Death Place:Passo Fundo, Brazil
Position:Forward
Clubs1:Internacional
Nationalteam1:Brazil national football team

João Leithardt Neto (6 January 1958 – 3 October 2015), nicknamed Kita, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward. He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics with the Brazil national football team.[1]

Kita died on 3 October 2015 at the age of 57 due to a generalized infection aggravated by liver cancer.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/-kita-1.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20200222123224/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/search/athlete_search.cgi?search=+kita+ . dead . 22 February 2020 . 21 May 2012.
  2. News: Kita, algoz do Palmeiras no Paulista de 1986, morre aos 57 anos. 3 October 2015. UOL. pt.