China (footballer, born 1939)
Appearance
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 September 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Fortaleza, Brazil | ||
Date of death | 1990 (aged 51) | ||
Place of death | Rapallo | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1959–1962 | Botafogo | ||
1962–1965 | Sampdoria | 75 | (30) |
1965–1966 | Roma | 12 | (3) |
1966–1967 | L.R. Vicenza | 12 | (4) |
1967–1968 | Mantova | 2 | (0) |
1969–1972 | Bangu | ||
International career | |||
1959 | Brazil U-23 | 13 | (9) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
José Ricardo da Silva, also known as China (11 September 1939 – 1990) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He also represented the Brazil national team at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He died at the end of the year 1990, at the age of 51.[1]
da Silva played for six seasons (101 games, 37 goals) in the Italian Serie A for U.C. Sampdoria, A.S. Roma, L.R. Vicenza and A.C. Mantova.
Honours
[edit]- Campeonato Carioca champion: 1961, 1962
- Torneio Rio – São Paulo winner: 1962
- Represented Brazil at the 1960 Summer Olympics[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "José Ricardo da Silva, o China, brilhou pela Sampdoria nos clássicos de Gênova". Calciopedia. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "China". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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- 1939 births
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players
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- Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
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- UC Sampdoria players
- AS Roma players
- LR Vicenza players
- Mantova 1911 players
- Bangu Atlético Clube players
- Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Brazil
- Men's association football forwards
- Pan American Games medalists in football
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
- Footballers at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Footballers from Fortaleza
- 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
- Brazilian football forward stubs
- 1990 deaths