Dadá Maravilha
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Full name | Dario Jose dos Santos | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 4 March 1946 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1967–1968 | Campo Grande | ||||||||||||||||
1968–1972 | Atlético Mineiro | 55 | (32) | ||||||||||||||
1973–1974 |
Flamengo | 31 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
1974 | Atlético Mineiro | ||||||||||||||||
1974–1975 | Sport | 26 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
1976–1977 |
Internacional | 21 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
1977–1978 | Ponte Preta | 32 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
1978 | Atlético Mineiro | ||||||||||||||||
1979 | Paysandu | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
1980 | Náutico | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1981 | Santa Cruz | 13 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
1981–1982 | Bahia | 14 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
1983 | Goiás | 20 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
1983–1984 | Coritiba | ||||||||||||||||
1984 | Rio Negro | ||||||||||||||||
1985 | Nacional de Manaus | 21 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
1985 | XV de Piracicaba | ||||||||||||||||
1986 | Comercial Esporte Clube[2][3] | ||||||||||||||||
Total | 240 | (113) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
1970–1973 | Brazil | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dario José dos Santos (born 4 March 1946), nicknamed Dario or Dadá Maravilha (Wonder Dadá), is a Brazilian former
Career
Born into poverty, Dadá began his career in 1965, playing in the youth squad of Campo Grande, a small and modest club with no great history in Rio.[4] His style and talent caught the eye of a scout working for Atlético Mineiro, a large and very traditional club from the state of Minas Gerais, who signed him in 1968. In 1969 his prestige was so great that then Brazilian President Emílio Garrastazu Médici asked coach Mário Zagallo to call Dadá to join the national team going to the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. He was benched for most of the tournament, however. In total he was capped 6 times for Brazil between 1970 and 1973.[1]
In 1971, Dadá helped Atlético win its first
In 1976, he was signed by
He signed with
Throughout his career, his talent for scoring goals and sympathy with the fans earned him many nicknames, including "Dario Peito-de-aço" (Iron Chest Dario), "Rei Dadá" (King Dadá) and "Dadá Beija-Flor" (Dadá the Hummingbird), the latter a reference to his great impulse, which made him seemingly stop in mid-air. Dada's pre-match declarations were much sought after by sport beat reporters as he had the flair of coining names to goals yet to be scored by himself on any given match. He is also notorious for having coined many catch phrases which are still remembered and used by many Brazilian fans, such as "There's no such thing as an ugly goal, what's ugly is not scoring".[4]
Honours
As a Player
Club
- Atlético Mineiro
- Campeonato Mineiro: 1970, 1978
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1971
- Flamengo
- Campeonato Carioca: 1974
- Sport
- Campeonato Pernambucano: 1975
- Internacional
- Bahia
- Campeonato Baiano: 1981, 1982
- Goiás
- Campeonato Goiano: 1983
- Nacional-AM
- Campeonato Amazonense: 1984
International
- Brazil
As a Manager
- Ypiranga Clube
- Campeonato Amapaense: 1994
References
- ^ a b Dadá Maravilha at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b "Dadá Maravilha: codinome beija-flor".
- ^ "Quem Somos | Comercial Esporte Clube - CEC". Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ a b c d "Ciganos do Futebol: Dadá Maravilha e Cláudio Adão" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ Lacerda, Bernardo (17 February 2011). "Ex-atacante Dario vira atração no treino do Atlético Mineiro desta quinta-feira" [Former striker Dario becomes the attraction in Atlético Mineiro's training session on Thursday] (in Portuguese). Esporte UOL.