Wilton (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wilton Cezar Xavier | ||
Date of birth | October 13, 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | ||
Date of death | December 13, 2009 | (aged 62)||
Place of death | Volta Redonda, Brazil | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1965–1967 | Fluminense | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1967–1975 | Fluminense | 193 | (18) |
1972–? | São Paulo | 20 | (?) |
? | Santa Cruz | 41 | (4) |
? | Coritiba | 61 | (8) |
? | Vitória | ? | (?) |
? | Toronto Blizzard (Canadá) | ? | (?) |
? | Náutico | ? | (?) |
? | Leônico-BA | ? | (?) |
? | Galícia-BA | ? | (?) |
Managerial career | |||
1988–1993 | Volta Redonda (youthteams) | ||
1994–1996 | Volta Redonda | ||
1999–2000 | Volta Redonda | ||
2002–2003 | Volta Redonda | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Wilton Cezar Xavier was a Brazilian footballer who achieved notoriety in Brazil after scoring, with his hand and in offside position, a decisive goal for Fluminense in a Fla-Flu match on October 13, 1968. Throughout his career, Wilton also played for São Paulo, Santa Cruz, Coritiba and Vitória. Wilton played for several Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs.[1] He died on December 13, 2009, in the city of Volta Redonda, aged 62.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Wilton" (in Portuguese). Futpédia. Retrieved 2009-12-16.
- ^ "Morre Wilton, autor de um dos gols mais polêmicos do Fla-Flu" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.com. 2009-12-13. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
Categories:
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Fluminense FC players
- São Paulo FC players
- Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players
- Coritiba Foot Ball Club players
- Esporte Clube Vitória players
- Clube Náutico Capibaribe players
- 2009 deaths
- 1947 births
- Men's association football midfielders
- Footballers from Belo Horizonte
- 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
- Brazilian football midfielder stubs