| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Orlando Fantoni | ||
| Date of birth | (1917-05-13)13 May 1917 | ||
| Place of birth | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | ||
| Date of death | 5 June 2002(2002-06-05) (aged 85) | ||
| Place of death | Salvador, Brazil | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1932–1942 | Palestra Itália-MG | 53 | (62) |
| 1943–1945 | Siderúrgica | ||
| 1946–1947 | Cruzeiro | ||
| 1948 | Lazio | 8 | (2) |
| 1948–1949 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1949 | Cruzeiro | 1 | (0) |
| 1949–1950 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1955–1959 | Venezuela | ||
| 1957 | UCV | ||
| 1958 | Deportivo Portugués [es] | ||
| 1961–1967 | Deportivo Italia | ||
| 1967–1968 | Cruzeiro | ||
| 1970 | América Mineiro | ||
| 1971–1972 | Cruzeiro | ||
| 1973 | América Mineiro | ||
| 1974–1975 | Náutico | ||
| 1976–1977 | Bahia | ||
| 1977–1978 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1979 | Grêmio | ||
| 1980 | Corinthians | ||
| 1980 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1981 | Sport Recife | ||
| 1982 | Náutico | ||
| 1983 | Cruzeiro | ||
| 1984 | Botafogo | ||
| 1986–1987 | Bahia | ||
| 1988–1989 | Vitória | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15 February 2024 | |||
Orlando Fantoni (13 May 1917 – 5 June 2002), also known asFantoni IV, was a Brazilian professionalfootballer andmanager, who played as aforward.
The youngest of the Fantoni brothers, Orlando followed in the footsteps ofNinão andNiginho by playing for Palestra Itália (currently Cruzeiro) from 1932 to 1942.[1] He also played two seasons for Siderúrgica deSabará and in 1948 he transferred to Lazio, being the fourth Fantoni to represent for the club . He would still play for Vasco da Gama, where he was champion in 1949 and 1950.[2]
Soon after retiring from the field, he accepted the task of helping in the development of football inVenezuela, taking over the command of the national team and some clubs such as UCV, Deportivo Portugués and Deportivo Itália, being national champion for all of these.[3] As a coach he had a very successful career, being the first Brazilian to win five state championships with different teams, in addition to winning titles again with Cruzeiro and Vasco, where he had been champion as a player. Fantoni also did great work for América and Corinthians, even without winning titles, in addition to being EC Bahia champion in three editions of the state championship.[4][5]
Orlando is brother os also footballersNiginho (Leonídio Fantoni) andNinão (João Fantoni), cousin ofNininho Fantoni, and uncle ofBenito Fantoni andFernando Fantoni.
Fantoni died on 5 June 2002, at the age of 85 in Salvador, due tolung emphysema.[2]