José Reinaldo de Lima

José Reinaldo de Lima

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Subsequent career

Reinaldo is still remembered by Atlético Mineiro supporters. In 2004, he was elected in Belo Horizonte to represent the Partido dos Trabalhadores (Brazilian Workers' Party).

Club
SC Telstar (1988–1988)
Club
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (1985–1985)
Club
Cruzeiro E.C. (1986–1986)
Club
Atlético Rio Negro Clube (1986–1986)
Club
Clube Atlético Mineiro (1973–1985)
Club
BK Häcken (1987–1987)
Club
Brazil men's national football team (1975–1985)
Club
SC Telstar (1987–1988)
National team
Brazil

Legacy

Records and awards

Reinaldo scored a club record of 255 goals for Clube Atlético Mineiro. He also averaged 1.55 goals per match in the 1977 season—scoring 28 goals in 18 matches— the record average for the Brazilian League, for which Atlético supporters nicknamed him The King ("o Rei", in Portuguese, which also served as a pun on his name). He won eight Campeonato Mineiro titles including six consecutively: in 1976, 1978–1983, and 1985.

Honours

Atlético Mineiro

Copa dos Campeões da Copa Brasil: 1978 Campeonato Mineiro: 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, e 1985 Brazil

Taça da França: 1981 Taça da Inglaterra: 1981 Individual

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Top Scorer: 1977 (28 goals) Bola de Prata da Revista Placar (artilheiro do Campeonato Brasileiro - 28 gols: 1977) Bola de Prata da Revista Placar (seleção do Campeonato Brasileiro: 1977 e 1983) Record

Top scorer with the highest average of goals in a single Brazilian Championship (28 goals in 18 matches, average of 1.55 per game): 1977

Clubs

Played together with

Archive

Passport
Identifiers & aliases
ISNI

0000000049878210

Description

Brazilian footballer

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

José Reinaldo de Lima is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker. He is popularly known as Reinaldo or Rei. Widely regarded as one of the greatest strikers in the history of Brazilian football, Reinaldo played most of his career for Atlético Mineiro, is considered by many the most important player in the club, and still holds the record of highest goal average per game in the Brazilian league, with 1.55 goals per match in the 1977 Brazilian Championship, at a time when Atlético Mineiro was regarded to have one of the best teams in the world.

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