Toninho | |
Full Name: | Antônio Dias dos Santos |
Birth Date: | June 7, 1948 |
Birth Place: | Vera Cruz, Bahia State, Brazil |
Height: | 1.80 m |
Position: | Fullback |
Nationalyears1: | 1976–1979 |
Nationalteam1: | Brazil |
Nationalcaps1: | 26 |
Nationalgoals1: | 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.[1]
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.
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