Otávio Fantoni
| Nininho | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Otávio Fantoni | |
| birthday | April 4, 1907 | |
| place of birth | Belo Horizonte , Brazil | |
| date of death | February 8, 1935 | |
| Place of death | Rome , Italy | |
| position | midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Palestra Itália | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1922-1923 | Palestra Itália | |
| 1924 | Avantes EC (MG) | |
| 1925-1930 | Palestra Itália | |
| 1930-1935 | Lazio Rome | 105 (5) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1934 | Italy | 1 (0) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Otávio Fantoni , called Nininho in Italy also Fantoni II , (born April 4, 1907 in Belo Horizonte , Minas Gerais , † February 8, 1935 in Rome , Italy), was a Brazilian - Italian football player . Nininho, whose career took place in the 1930s, competed for Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte , then still known as Palestra Itália and Lazio Rome .
family
Nininho came from a family that produced some footballers. Next to him are his cousins, the three soccer brothers Leonízio Fantoni , Ninão and Orlando .
player
After playing very successfully at Palestra Itália, he went to Lazio Rome in Italy in 1930. He started this path together with his cousin Ninão (Fantoni I). In 1932 his cousin Leonízio also joined the club. This was called Fantoni III or Niginho. Otávio is said to have scored five goals in 106 league games.
Miscellaneous
His cousin Orlando also played for Lazio after the Second World War, the counting of the surname was continued there and he became Fantoni IV.
His nephews Benito and Fernando Fantoni, sons of Nininho, also became football players. Fernando also at Lazio, he was called Fantoni V here.
Since he also had Italian citizenship , he was appointed to the Italian national team. For this he played an international match against Greece on March 25, 1934.
After he was hit on the nose in a game against FC Turin on January 20, 1935, he contracted sepsis , the consequences of which he died on February 8, 1935.
successes
Palestra Itália
- Campeonato Mineiro : 1929, 1930
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Os Fantoni ea Lazio ( Memento from September 28, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ) Counting method of Fantoni
- ↑ http://www.emeroteca.coni.it/bookreader.php?&f=2246&p=1&c=1 (link not available)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fantoni, Otávio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nininho (short name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian-Italian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belo Horizonte , Minas Gerais , Brazil |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 8, 1935 |
| Place of death | Rome , Italy |