Merica (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Valdemiro Lima da Silva | ||
Date of birth | 13 September 1953 | ||
Place of birth | Santo Amaro, Brazil | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Ferroviário (Alagoinhas) | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1973–1974 | Atlético de Alagoinhas | ||
1975–1978 | Flamengo | 182 | (9) |
1978 | Bahia | ||
1979 | America-RJ | ||
1980–1984 | Sport Recife | ||
1984–1985 | Nacional-AM | ||
1985 | Confiança | ||
1986 | Rio Negro-AM | ||
1986–1988 | Confiança | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2024 |
Valdemiro Lima da Silva (born 13 September 1953), better known as Merica, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Career
[edit]A defensive midfielder, Merica began his career in the city of Alagoinhas, first as an amateur with Ferroviário and then as a professional with Atlético. In 1976 he was hired by Flamengo where he made 182 appearances.[1] It was said that he played with two players, due to his application and intensity in defensive system.[2] He later returned to the northeast, where he was state champion for Bahia, Sport and Confiança.[3]
Honours
[edit]- Flamengo
- Torneio Quadrangular de Jundiaí: 1975
- Taça Geraldo Cleofas Dias Alves: 1976
- Taça Cidade de São Paulo: 1976
- Taça Governador Elmo Cerejo: 1976
- Taça Nelson Rodrigues: 1976
- Taça Duque de Caxias: 1976
- Troféu Antonio Valmir Campelo Bezerra: 1977
- Bahia
- Campeonato Baiano: 1978
- Sport Recife
- Campeonato Pernambucano: 1980, 1981, 1982
- Confiança
- Campeonato Sergipano: 1986, 1988
References
[edit]- ^ "Jogadores do Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (Merica)". Flaestatística (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ Jonas Henrique (10 August 2023). "Merica: O Volante Aguerrido do Flamengo e Suas Conquistas". Raizes do Futebol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2024.
- ^ "Que fim levou? Merica (Ex-volante do Flamengo)". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 31 May 2024.
External links
[edit]- Merica at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)
Categories:
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Men's association football midfielders
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Alagoinhas Atlético Clube players
- CR Flamengo footballers
- Esporte Clube Bahia players
- America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro) players
- Sport Club do Recife players
- Nacional Futebol Clube players
- Associação Desportiva Confiança players
- Atlético Rio Negro Clube players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players
- Footballers from Bahia
- 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen