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| Full name | João Justino Amaral dos Santos | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1954-12-25)25 December 1954 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Campinas,São Paulo,Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 31 May 2024(2024-05-31) (aged 69) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | São Paulo, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1971–1978 | Guarani | 176 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1979–1981 | Corinthians | 133 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1981–1982 | Santos | 35 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1982–1984 | América (MEX) | ||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | Leones Negros UdG | 186 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1987 | Blumenau | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1975–1980 | Brazil | 40 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
João Justino Amaral dos Santos, known asAmaral orAmaral II (Portuguese pronunciation:[amaˈɾaw]; 25 December 1954 – 31 May 2024), was a Brazilian professionalfootballer who played as adefender.[1]
At club level he played forGuarani (1971–1978),Corinthians (1978–1981),Santos (1981–1982), in Mexico withLeones Negros de la Universidad de Guadalajara (1981–1985),[2] and closed his career in 1987 withBlumenau.
Amaral won oneCampeonato Paulista (1979) with Corinthians and oneMexican First Division (1983–84) with Club América.
At international level, he was capped 41 times by theBrazil national team, from August 1975 to June 1980, and with them he won the Bicentennial Tournament in 1976 and participated in seven games at the1978 FIFA World Cup, where the team finished third.[3]
On 31 May 2024, Amaral died from cancer in São Paulo, at the age of 69.[4]
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