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Career & Clubs
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
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.
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
Abdul Majeed WarisBK Häcken · 2010–2012
Abel BragaBrazil men's national football team · 1978–1978- Abel BragaCruzeiro E.C. · 1981–1982
- Acácio Cordeiro BarretoBrazil men's national football team · 1986–1990
- Adalto Batista da SilvaSociedade Esportiva Palmeiras · 2002–2004
- Adam AnderssonBK Häcken
Adam LundqvistBK Häcken
Ademir da GuiaBrazil men's national football team · 1965–1974- Ademir da GuiaSociedade Esportiva Palmeiras · 1962–1977
Ademir de MenezesBrazil men's national football team · 1945–1953- Ademir Roque KaeferBrazil men's national football team · 1988–1988
- Ademir Roque KaeferCruzeiro E.C. · 1986–1992
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Passport
Identifiers & aliases
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.
Opinions of fans — not verified facts.
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