Key facts
- 1999
- Monterrey
- 2004
- Mexico Olympic
- Full name
- Antônio Naelson Matias
- Date of birth
- ( 1976-05-23 ) 23 May 1976 (age 50)
- Place of birth
- Itajá, Rio Grande do Norte , Brazil
- Height
- 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
- Position
- Attacking midfielder
- 1985 1993
- América-RN
- Years
- Team
- 1998 1999
- Saltillo Soccer
- 1999 2017
- Toluca
- 2014 2016
- → Querétaro (loan)
- 2004 2013
- Mexico
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Antonio
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Mexico
- Place of birth
- Itajá
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- 2004 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Rio Branco Esporte Clube
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- Mexico
- Mass
- 66
- Image
- Antônio Naelson.jpg
- Height
- 163
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- sport number
- 10
- date of birth
- 1976-05-23
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- Commons category
- Sinha (footballer)
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Encyclopedic overview
Antônio Naelson Matias (born 23 May 1976), known as Sinha or Zinha, is a former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Born in Brazil, he played for the Mexico national team. He is regarded as one of the best playmakers to have played in Mexican football.
Sinha spent the majority of his career at Deportivo Toluca, where he won five Primera División titles and played over 500 matches, making him to this day the player with the most appearances in the club's history.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sinha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.