Antônio Rondinelli

Rondinelli started his career playing for Flamengo, where he played 394 matches and scored 14 goals from 1974 to 1981, winning during that time period the Campeonato Carioca in 1974, 1978, and the two 1979 championships, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1980. In 1978, he won the Placar's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Bola de Prata award. While playing for Flamengo, he was nicknamed Deus da Raça ("God of Determination") by the club's supporters, due to his will to win.

After retiring, Rondinelli started a managerial career. Among the clubs he managed are Vila Nova, of Goiás state, and CFZ do Rio, of Rio de Janeiro state.

Rondinelli has one son, and two daughters. His son, Antônio José Rondinelli Tobias Júnior, born in 1979 in Rio de Janeiro, is also a footballer. Rio de Janeiro is also the birthplace of his wife. Rondinelli opened a football academy in his home city, São José do Rio Pardo, named Deus da Raça.