Nelinho
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Manoel Rezende de Mattos Cabral (born July 26, 1950), known as Nelinho, is a former Brazilian association footballer who played as right back. He played for several clubs in his home country and abroad, including Belo Horizonte rivals Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro. Nelinho also represented the Brazil national team in two FIFA World Cups.
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Manuel Nelinho, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1950, is a Brazilian association football player and coach. He competed as a defender for the Brazil national team, participating in the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups. During his international career, he played two matches and scored zero goals.
His club career spanned from 1970 to 1987. He played for Grêmio FBPA, Clube do Remo, F.C. Barreirense, and Deportivo Anzoátegui. Nelinho speaks Portuguese.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Ativos Intangíveis
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 52
- Total plays
- 173
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Key facts
- Football biography.name
- Nelinho
- Football biography.image
- Nelinho 2014.jpg
- Football biography.caption
- Nelinho in 2014
- Football biography.fullname
- Manoel Rezende de Mattos Cabral
- Football biography.birth_place
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Football biography.position
- Right back
- Football biography.youthyears1
- 1965
- Football biography.youthclubs1
- Olaria
- Football biography.years1
- 1970
- Football biography.years2
- 1970–1971
- Football biography.years3
- 1971
- Football biography.years4
- 1972
- Football biography.years5
- 1972
- Football biography.years6
- 1973–1980
- Football biography.years7
- 1980–1981
- Football biography.years8
- 1981–1982
- Football biography.years9
- 1982–1987
- Football biography.clubs1
- América (RJ)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Defender
- Nationality
- Peru
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Manuel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Rio de Janeiro
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Participant in
- 1974 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Cruzeiro E.C.
- Position played
- defender
- Country for sport
- Brazil
- Mass
- 80
- Image
- Nelinho 2014.jpg
- Height
- 180
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1950-07-26
- end of work period
- 1987-00-00
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 2
- total goals in career
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Club career
- International career
- Later life
- Honours
- References
- External links
Manoel Rezende de Mattos Cabral (born July 26, 1950), known as Nelinho, is a former Brazilian association footballer who played as right back. He played for several clubs in his home country and abroad, including Belo Horizonte rivals Cruzeiro and Atlético Mineiro. Nelinho also represented the Brazil national team in two FIFA World Cups.
== Club career == Born in Rio de Janeiro, the son of Portuguese immigrants from Ovar, Nelinho started his career at local club Olaria, but signed his first professional contract with América. After a recommendation by Otto Glória, then manager of the team, he moved to Portugal to play for Barreirense. A brief stint with Venezuela's Deportivo Anzoátegui followed, before returning to Rio de Janeiro to play for Bonsucesso, which then loaned him to Remo. After good performances in the 1972 Brasileirão, Nelinho was signed by Cruzeiro for the following season.
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