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Career & Clubs
In 1933 Dondinho joined Atletico Mineiro playing for its youth section until 1935. He then started his senior career with Yuracan in the Itajuba championship. In 1940 he returned to Atletico Mineiro, but did not play a lot after suffering a serious knee injury.
Record
In 1938 Dondinho scored 5 goals with headers in Yuracan's 6–2 win against their arch-rivals Smart Futebol Clube in the 1939 regional Interior Championship of Itajubá, Minas Gerais. He became the second player to achieve this feat, after Fred Roberts did it 7 years before. Later in 1972, Dušan Bajević also scored five headed goals for Yugoslavia against Venezuela.
- Club
- Fluminense F.C.
- Club
- Clube Atlético Mineiro (1940–1940)
- Club
- Bauru Atlético Clube (1946–1952)
- Club
- Clube Atlético Mineiro (1942–1942)
- Club
- CR Vasco da Gama
- National team
- Brazil
Clubs
- CR Vasco da Gamacurrent
- Fluminense F.C.current
- Clube Atlético Mineiro1940–1940
- Clube Atlético Mineiro1942–1942
- Bauru Atlético Clube1946–1952
Played together with
Abel BragaCR Vasco da Gama · 1976–1979- Abel BragaFluminense F.C. · 1971–1976
Abel HernándezFluminense F.C. · 2021–2022- Acácio Cordeiro BarretoCR Vasco da Gama · 1982–1991
- Adaílson Pereira CoelhoCR Vasco da Gama · 2007–2008
Ademir de MenezesCR Vasco da Gama · 1942–1945- Ademir de MenezesCR Vasco da Gama · 1948–1956
- Ademir de MenezesFluminense F.C. · 1946–1947
Adilson BatistaClube Atlético Mineiro · 1994–1994
AdoClube Atlético Mineiro · 1976–1976
Adriano Ferreira MartinsCR Vasco da Gama · 2009–2009- Adriano Gerlin da SilvaClube Atlético Mineiro · 1999–1999
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
João Ramos do Nascimento, nicknamed Dondinho, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a centre forward. He was the father, mentor and trainer of Pelé. During his own playing career, Dondinho played for a number of clubs, including Atlético Mineiro. He became known as "Maleável" due to his ability to score headers.
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