Mirandinha

For the Brazilian footballer who played in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, see Sebastião Miranda da Silva.
Mirandinha
Personal information
Full name Francisco Ernani Lima da Silva
Date of birth (1959-07-02) 2 July 1959
Place of birth Chaval, Ceará, Brazil
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?–1978? Ferroviario (CE)
1978–1979 Ponte Preta
1979–1980 Palmeiras
1980–1982 Botafogo
1983–1984 Náutico
1985 Portuguesa
1986–1987 Palmeiras 54 (19)
1987–1989 Newcastle United
1989–1991 Palmeiras 3 (2)
1991 Belenenses
1991 Corinthians
1991 Fortaleza
1992 Shimizu S-Pulse
1993–1994 Bellmare Hiratsuka
1995 Fortaleza
National team
1987 Brazil 4 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Francisco Ernani Lima da Silva, better known as Mirandinha (born 2 July 1959 in Brasilia), is a former professional Brazilian footballer.

Mirandinha won four caps for the Brazilian national team, all in 1987, with his only international goal coming against England.[1]

He had unsuccessful early spells at Ceará and Fortaleza, before finding some success at the 'third club' in Fortaleza city, Ferroviário. He then moved to play for Ponte Preta.[2]

As of 1981 he was playing for Botafogo in the Taça de Ouro.[3]

He signed for Newcastle United in 1987 for £575,000, thus becoming the first Brazilian to play in English football.[4] He left Newcastle in 1989, returning to his former club Palmeiras.[5]

In 1991 he moved from Palmeiras to join Belenenses, although he was only there for a short time,[6] playing three Portuguese League matches.[7] By late February he was playing for Corinthians, and he scored two goals for them in the 1991 Copa Libertadores.[8]

After leaving Corinthians he played for Fortaleza, and he then had spells in Japan with Shimizu S-Pulse and Shonan Bellmare.[9]

As of July 2013 he was a director at Maguary, who were playing in the third division of the Campeonato Cearense.[10]

Club statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1987–88[11]Newcastle UnitedFirst Division26112021-32[A]13[A]
1988–89[11]2883121-35[B]10
Brazil League Copa do Brasil League Cup South America Total
1991CorinthiansSérie A3[8]2
Japan League Emperor's Cup J. League Cup Asia Total
1992Shimizu S-PulseJ. League 1--
1993Shonan BellmareFootball League??
1994Bellmare HiratsukaJ. League 1-
Country Brazil
England 54195142-6723
Japan ??00-??
Total
A. ^ Two appearances and one goal in Simod Cup included in total.
B. ^ One appearance in Simod Cup and one appearance in Mercantile Credit Centenary Trophy included in total.

References

  1. "Mirandinha". Sambafoot. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  2. "Mirandinha: das ruas...". Diário do Nordeste (in Portuguese) (Verdes Mares). 17 November 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  3. "Mirandinha". Placar (in Portuguese) (Editoria Abril): 4–5. 30 January 1981.
  4. "Mirandinha: Toon twice tried to tempt me back". Four Four Two. Haymarket Media Group. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  5. "Lembra Dele? De Fortaleza para o mundo, as corridas de Mirandinha". baú do esporte (in Portuguese). Globo. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  6. Andrzej Bazylczuk & Łukasz Miszewski (2 December 2010). "Z cyklu "Nieznani, a szkoda": Mirandinha". Gazeta.pl (in Polish). Agora. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  7. "Mirandinha" (in Portuguese). ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  8. 1 2 1991 Copa Libertadores results and line-ups at RSSSF (although appearance data is not listed for Corinthians match against Flamengo on 20 March 1991, which was abandoned, although the match was declared valid)
  9. Profile at zerozerofootball
  10. Caio Costa (25 July 2013). "Maguary busca renascer no futebol cearense Quatro vezes campeão cearense, o Maguary que voltar a elite até 2016, pelo menos ó que diz Miradinha, ex-jogador, atual dirigente do clube" (in Portuguese). Tribuna do Ceara. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  11. 1 2 "Player Profile: Francisco Ernandi Lima da Silva (Mirandinha)". toon1892.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 2011-07-15.
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