Dequinha (footballer, born 1928)

Brazilian footballer (1928-1997)

Dequinha
Personal information

Full name	José Mendonça dos Santos
Date of birth	(1928-03-19)March 19, 1928
Place of birth	Mossoró (RN) - Brazil
Date of death	July 23, 1997(1997-07-23) (aged 69)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1946	Potiguar de Mossoró
1947–1949	ABC
1950	América-PE^[1]	2	(0)
1950–1961	Flamengo^[2]	203	(6)
1961	Botafogo	0	(0)
1962	Campo Grande^[3]	13	(0)
1963	América-PE
International career
1954–1956	Brazil	7	(0)
Managerial career
1970–1972	Sergipe
1973	Desportiva Ferroviária
1975	Itabaiana
1986–1987	Itabaiana
1989	Itabaiana
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Mendonça dos Santos, simply known as Dequinha (March 19, 1928 – July 23, 1997), was a Brazilian footballer.^[4]

The midfielder started his career in played yet for Potiguar de Mossoró, ABC (where he won the 1947 Rio Grande do Norte State Championship), and América-PE until 1950 when he signed with Flamengo. Dequinha was a key player during Flamengo's 1953-54-55 Rio State Championships campaigns.

He played the 1954 FIFA World Cup for Brazil and remained in the national team for another two years.

In 1960, he transferred to Campo Grande-RJ where he retired two years later.

Dequinha died on September 29, 1997, in Aracaju, Brazil.

Honours

^ [1] Archived 2017-11-14 at the Wayback Machine História do Futebol (in Portuguese)
^ [2] Fla-Estatística (in Portuguese)
^ "Acervo histórico". Acervo O Globo (in Portuguese). O Globo.
^ "Dequinha". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 5 April 2022.