Vivinho | |
Fullname: | Welvis Dias Marcelino |
Birth Date: | March 10, 1961 |
Birth Place: | Uberlândia, Brazil |
Death Date: | September 13, 2015 (aged 54) |
Height: | [1] |
Position: | Striker |
Years1: | 1983–1986 |
Years2: | 1986–1990 |
Years3: | 1990–1993 |
Years4: | 1993 |
Years5: | 1994 |
Years6: | 1995 |
Clubs1: | Uberlândia |
Clubs2: | Vasco |
Clubs3: | Botafogo |
Clubs4: | Goiás |
Clubs5: | Uberlândia |
Clubs6: | Fortaleza |
Caps1: | 26 |
Caps2: | 54 |
Caps3: | 52 |
Caps4: | 10 |
Goals1: | 5 |
Goals2: | 13 |
Goals3: | 4 |
Goals4: | 4 |
Nationalyears1: | 1989 |
Nationalteam1: | Brazil |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Welvis Dias Marcelino, better known as Vivinho (March 10, 1961 – September 13, 2015), was an association football striker, who played in several Brazilian Série A clubs.[2]
Born in Uberlândia, Vivinho started playing professionally in 1983, defending local club Uberlândia.[2] He played 26 Série A games and scored five goals between 1983 and 1986,[1] winning the Série B in 1984.[2] Vivinho joined Vasco in 1986, playing 54 Série A games and scoring 13 goals.[1] Before leaving Vasco in 1990,[1] he won the Campeonato Carioca in 1987 and in 1988,[2] and the Série A in 1989.[2] Vivinho then joined Vasco's rivals Botafogo, leaving the club in 1993,[2] after having played 52 Série A games and scored four goals.[1] He played 10 Série A games for Goiás in 1993, scoring four goals, then he returned to Uberlândia in 1994, retiring in 1995 after defending Fortaleza.[2]
Vivinho played three games for the Brazil national team in 1989.[3] The first game was played on March 15, against Ecuador.[3] He scored his only goal for Brazil on April 12, against Paraguay, in his last game for the country.[3]
Vivinho died on 13 September after passing out in his home, he was taken to hospital but did not survive. The cause of death has not been revealed.[4]