João Leite da Silva Neto
João Leite da Silva Neto , called João Leite , (born October 13, 1955 in Belo Horizonte ) is a former Brazilian football goalkeeper and politician.
Sports career
He began his career at Atlético Mineiro and made five senior internationals for Brazil . For Brazil he took part in the Mundialito 1980/81 as a regular goalkeeper.
Political career
After playing sport, Silva Neto embarked on a political career and was from January 1, 1993 to December 16, 1994 city councilor of Belo Horizonte, the capital of the state of Minas Gerais . Local politics followed state politics. After the 1995 elections, he won the mandate as a member of the Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira (PSDB) in the Legislative Assembly (ALMG) and has been re-elected six times so far.
In the local elections in 2016, he was put up as a candidate for the mayor of Belo Horizonte, but with 557,356 votes (47.02%) in the second ballot only came second.
societies
- Atlético Mineiro (1976–1988, 165 games)
- Vitória Guimarães (1988–1989, 2 games)
- Guarani de Campinas (1989, 2 games)
- Atlético Mineiro (1992, 15 games)
- Brazilian national soccer team (1980–1981, 5 games)
Web links
- João Leite in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
- João Leite , short biography on the website of the Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de Minas Gerais (Portuguese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ João Leite , short biography ALMG. Retrieved June 3, 2017 (Portuguese).
- ↑ PSDB oficializa candidatura João Leite à prefeitura de Belo Horizonte. EBC Agência Brasil website of July 28, 2016. Accessed June 3, 2017 (Portuguese).
- ↑ Belo Horizonte, MG , website Eleições 2016 of Globo.com. Retrieved June 3, 2017 (Portuguese).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Silva Neto, João Leite da |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | João Leite (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian soccer player and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belo Horizonte , Minas Gerais , Brazil |