Amaral_(footballer,_born_1954)

Amaral (footballer, born 1954)

Amaral (footballer, born 1954)

Brazilian footballer (born 1954)

For other people named João Amaral, see João Amaral (disambiguation).
In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Amaral and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.

João Justino Amaral dos Santos (born 25 December 1954), best known as Amaral or Amaral II, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a defender.[1]

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At club level he played for Guarani (1971–1978), Corinthians (1978–1981), Santos (1981–1982), in Mexico with Leones Negros de la Universidad de Guadalajara (1981–1985),[2] and close his career in 1987 with Blumenau.

He won one Campeonato Paulista (1979) with Corinthians and one Mexican First Division (1983–84) with Club América.

At international level, he was capped 41 times by the Brazil national football team, from August 1975 to June 1980, and with them he won the Bicentennial Tournament in 1976 and participated in 7 games at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, where the team finished third.[3]

Honours

Corinthans
Club América

References

  1. [1]
    "Amaral". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. [2]
    Amaral – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
  3. [3]
    Amaral – FIFA competition record (archived)


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