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Nelinho
| Personal information |
| Full name |
Manoel Rezende de Mattos Cabral |
| Date of birth |
July 26, 1950 (1950-07-26) (age 58) |
| Place of birth |
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Playing position |
Right back |
| Senior career1 |
| Years |
Club |
Apps2 |
(Gls)2 |
| 1970 |
América |
|
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| 1970–1971 |
Barreirense |
|
|
| 1971 |
Anzoategui |
|
|
| 1972 |
Bonsucesso |
|
|
| 1972 |
Remo |
|
|
| 1973–1980 |
Cruzeiro |
|
|
| 1980–1982 |
Grêmio |
|
|
| 1982–1987 |
Atlético Mineiro |
|
|
| National team |
| 1974–1980 |
Brazil |
28 (8) |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
2 Appearances (Goals).
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Nelinho, real name Manoel Rezende de Mattos Cabral, (born July 26, 1950 in Rio de Janeiro) is a former Brazilian football (soccer) right back.[1] He played in the 1974 FIFA World Cup (three times) and the 1978 FIFA World Cup (four times),[2] and scored one of the most stunning goals in World Cup history, in the third place match against Italy in 1978: he attempted a cross from the right side of the box but, instead of getting to the targeted player, the ball took a nearly impossibly sharp curl and went straight into Dino Zoff's goal.[1] He was capped 28 times by Brazil, between April 1974 and June 1980, and scored eight international goals.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 2. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. pp. 307–309. ISBN 8588651017.
- ^ a b Napoleão, Antônio Carlos; Assaf, Roberto (2006). Seleção Brasileira 1914-2006. São Paulo: Mauad X. p. 281. ISBN 857478186X.
