Arlindo dos Santos
| Arlindo dos Santos | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Arlindo dos Santos Cruz | |
| birthday | April 26, 1940 | |
| place of birth | Ilhéus , Bahia , Brazil | |
| position | striker | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1953-1957 | EC Vitória | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1959-1964 | Botafogo FR | |
| 1964-1968 | Club America | |
| CF Pachuca | ||
| Deportivo Toluca | ||
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Arlindo dos Santos Cruz (born April 26, 1940 in Ilhéus , Bahia ), also known by the nickname Memín , is a former Brazilian football player who mainly acted in attack . At the opening of the Aztec Stadium on May 29, 1966 in a friendly match between Club América and the Italian FC Turin , Arlindo dos Santos scored the first goal in the newly opened Aztec Stadium.
career
At the age of 13, Arlindo joined the youth department of the EC Vitória . Four years later he traveled to Rio de Janeiro to get a contract as a professional player . After completing trial training at various clubs, he was employed by the Botafogo FR .
After five years at Botafogo, Arlindo received an offer from the Mexican club, Club América , where he was employed at the same time as his compatriot Vavá . In the 1965/66 season he won the Mexican football championship with the Americanistas and their first championship title since the introduction of professional football in 1943.
After four years in the service of Club America, Arlindo still played for the Mexican clubs CF Pachuca and Deportivo Toluca .
successes
- Mexican champion : 1966
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the websites of his former associations América (see web links) and Botafogo (see article Autor do primeiro gol do Azteca, ex-jogador brasileiro visita o Botafogo ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. From June 12, 2014) his year of birth is given as 1940, so that this is adopted. On the other hand, on the general football websites that are very poor about Arlindo, such as weltfussball.de, the year of his birth is given as 1943.
- ↑ Arlindo dos Santos llega a ganar títulos con el América (Spanish; article from August 31, 2016)
- ↑ El once ideal (Spanish; article from February 14, 2012)
- ↑ "El América huele a título": Arlindo dos Santos (Spanish; article of November 13, 2012)
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Santos, Arlindo Dos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Santos Cruz, Arlindo Dos (full name); Memín (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ilhéus , Bahia , Brazil |