Rinaldo Luís Dias Amorim

Rinaldo Luís Dias Amorim better known as Rinaldo (19 February 1941, Jurema, Pernambuco, Brazil) was a Brazilian forward (left winger). In club football, he played in the Brazilian football league for different clubs.

Rinaldo
Personal information
Full name Rinaldo Luís Dias Amorim
Date of birth (1941-02-19) 19 February 1941
Place of birth Jurema, Pernambuco, Brazil
Position(s) forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1963 Náutico
1964–1967 Palmeiras 166 (61)
1967 Fluminense FC 23 (12)
Auto Esporte
Treze
1971 Coritiba 22 (1)
1972 União Barbarense
National team
1964–1967 Brazil 11 (5)
Teams managed
1997 Treze
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

International career

On May 30, 1964, he played his first international match for Brazil in a friendly against England, which lost 5-1 to the Brazilians. He scored twice in his debut match. His last game was a friendly against Chile on September 19, 1967, which Brazil won 1-0. He played totally 11 international matches, scored 5 goals in 1964-1967.[1][2] 6 June 1965 in friendly match against Germany he missed penalty kick in 77th minute which German goalkeeper Hans Tilkowski held it but Brazil won match by 2:0.[3] He was one of the 47 players pre-called by Vicente Feola during the preparation for the 1966 World Cup, but he was not included in the list of 22 athletes who participated in the tournament.

Club career

Rinaldo started his career with Náutico, one of the three big clubs from Recife. He won the Campeonato Pernambucano in 1960 and 1963. From 1964 to 1967 he played for Palmeiras and in 1965 he won the Torneio Rio-São Paulo in 1966 the Campeonato Paulista. The rest of the season that year, he played with Fluminense. The following years he played for the smaller clubs Auto Esporte and Treze. In 1971 he played for Coritiba.[4] A year later he ended his career at União Barbarense. Totally in the Brazilian league, he appeared in 22 matches and scored 1 goal.

Managerial career

In 1997, Rinaldo was the coach of the Treze.

Successes

International

Brazil

Club

Náutico

Palmeiras[5]

References
  1. Rinaldo
  2. Rinaldo's international matches
  3. BRA-GER 2:0
  4. player of Coritiba
  5. Rinaldo as champion
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