Viladônega
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Viladônega de Souza Rodrigues | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 8 June 1942 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Euclides da Cunha, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 2 August 2022 (aged 80) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Itapetinga, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder, forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Jequiá-BA | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1956–1963 | Vasco da Gama | ||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | → Atlético Mineiro (loan) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1966 | Atlético Mineiro | 95 | (40) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | Brazil Olympic | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Villadonega Souza Rodrigues (8 June 1942 – 2 August 2022), known as just Villadonega or Viladônega, was a Brazilian footballer.
Viladônega represented the Brazil national football team at the 1959 Pan American Games, where the team won the silver medal.[1][2] He also played for the Vasco da Gama and Atlético Mineiro teams, where he was the top scorer in the 1962 Campeonato Mineiro.[3][4]
Honours
- Atlético Mineiro
- Campeonato Mineiro: 1963
- Vasco da Gama
- Torneio Internacional da Cidade do México: 1963
References
- ^ "Seleção Brasileira Restritiva (Brazilian National Restrictive Team) 1952-1963". RSSSF Brazil. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Medalhistas Brasileiros - Chicago 1959". Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Minas Gerais State Championship - List of Topscorers". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "Que fim levou? Viladonega". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2025.
External links
- Viladônega at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)