Arlindo (footballer, born 1940)
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Arlindo dos Santos Cruz | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 26 April 1940 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Ilhéus, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1957–1961 | Vitória | ||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1964 | Botafogo | ||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1967 | América (MEX) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1969 | Pachuca | ||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1971 | Toluca | ||||||||||||||||
| 1972 | São Cristóvão | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1974 | Madureira | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1963 | Brazil | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Arlindo dos Santos Cruz[a] (born 26 April 1940), known as just Arlindo, is a Brazilian former footballer.[1]
Club career
Born in Ilhéus, Bahia, Arlindo began his career in the youth sector of EC Vitória in 1957. In 1962 he joined Botafogo, where he won the state championship and the Rio-São Paulo Tournament. In 1964 he moved to Mexican football, where he made history.
On 29 May 1966, Arlindo scored the first goal ever of Estadio Azteca, in the friendly match of America against Torino. He also played for Pachuca and Toluca, until in 1972 he returned to Rio de Janeiro, where he ended his career with São Cristóvão FR and Madureira EC.[2]
International career
Arlindo was part of the Brazil national team that competed in the 1963 Pan American Games, where the team won the gold medal.[3][4]
Honours
Botafogo
Brazil Olympic
Notes
- ^ This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is dos Santos and the second or paternal family name is Cruz.
References
- ^ "Profile". sambafoot.com. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- ^ "Que fim levou? Arlindo (Ex-meia-atacante do Botafogo e do América do México)". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "Medalhistas Brasileiros - São Paulo 1963". Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ^ "Seleção Brasileira Restritiva (Brazilian National Restrictive Team) 1952-1963". RSSSF Brazil. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
External links
- Arlindo dos Santos at InterSportStats