Mirandinha
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisco Ernani Lima da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | 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) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
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 United | First Division | 26 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | 32[A] | 13[A] | |
| 1988–89[11] | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 35[B] | 10 | |||
| Brazil | League | Copa do Brasil | League Cup | South America | Total | |||||||
| 1991 | Corinthians | Série A | 3[8] | 2 | ||||||||
| Japan | League | Emperor's Cup | J. League Cup | Asia | Total | |||||||
| 1992 | Shimizu S-Pulse | J. League 1 | - | - | ||||||||
| 1993 | Shonan Bellmare | Football League | ? | ? | ||||||||
| 1994 | Bellmare Hiratsuka | J. League 1 | - | |||||||||
| Country | Brazil | |||||||||||
| England | 54 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | 67 | 23 | |||
| Japan | ? | ? | 0 | 0 | - | ? | ? | |||||
| 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
- ↑ "Mirandinha". Sambafoot. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "Mirandinha: das ruas...". Diário do Nordeste (in Portuguese) (Verdes Mares). 17 November 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ↑ "Mirandinha". Placar (in Portuguese) (Editoria Abril): 4–5. 30 January 1981.
- ↑ "Mirandinha: Toon twice tried to tempt me back". Four Four Two. Haymarket Media Group. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
- ↑ "Lembra Dele? De Fortaleza para o mundo, as corridas de Mirandinha". baú do esporte (in Portuguese). Globo. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
- ↑ Andrzej Bazylczuk & Łukasz Miszewski (2 December 2010). "Z cyklu "Nieznani, a szkoda": Mirandinha". Gazeta.pl (in Polish). Agora. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
- ↑ "Mirandinha" (in Portuguese). ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
- 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)
- ↑ Profile at zerozerofootball
- ↑ 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.
- 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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