Sebastião Miranda da Silva Filho, usually called Mirandinha, (born 26 February 1952) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward. At international level, he was included in the Brazilian squad for the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sebastião Miranda da Silva Filho | ||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Bebedouro, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1970 | América-SP | ||
| 1970–1973 | Corinthians | 76 | (39) |
| 1974–1978 | São Paulo | 28 | (11) |
| 1978–1979 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 20 | (3) |
| 1979 | Tampa Bay Rowdies (indoor) | 5 | (5) |
| 1979 | Memphis Rogues | 12 | (5) |
| 1981 | Atlético-GO | ||
| 1981–1982 | Tigres | ||
| 1983 | Taubaté | ||
| 1985 | Ginásio Pinhalense-SP | ||
| International career | |||
| 1974 | Brazil | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editMirandinha spent his early career in Brazil. In 1978, São Paulo sent him to the Tampa Bay Rowdies midway through the North American Soccer League season.[1] That season, the Rowdies went to the championship where they fell to the New York Cosmos. Mirandinha scored the lone Rowdies goal in the 3–1 Soccer Bowl '78 loss.[2] He also co-led the team in goals for the Rowdies' brief winter indoor campaign of 1979, scoring five times in five matches.[3][4] He began the 1979 season in Tampa Bay before being traded to the Memphis Rogues on 7 June 1979.[5]
Other clubs may have included ABC-RN, Guará-DF, Douradense-MS, União de Mogi-SP, Saad-SP, Independente de Limeira
International career
editMirandinha earned four caps with the Brazil national team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup,[6] scoring no goals and accumulating one yellow card in a first round match versus Zaire.[7] His other appearances included once as a starter in a 0–0 tie against Scotland[8] in the first round, and twice more as a second-half substitute in losses to Netherlands[9] in the second round and to Poland in the third place match.[10] He was also an unused substitute in three additional matches in the tournament.
Honours
editPlayer
edit- São Paulo
Manager
edit- CENE
- Campeonato Sul-Mato-Grossense: 2002, 2005, 2011
References
edit- ^ Tierney, Mike (20 May 1978). "Smethurst out; Brazilian signed". The St. Petersburg Times. p. 1C. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ "The Year in American Soccer – 1978". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
- ^ "Rowdies defeat Strikers". Lakeland Ledger. 28 January 1979. p. 1C. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ Tierney, Mike (29 January 1979). "Rowdies win battle 3–0, but lose the war". The St. Petersburg Times. p. 1C. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ "Transactions". Lawrence Journal-World. 7 June 1979. p. 14. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ FIFA.com
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External links
edit- Mirandinha at National-Football-Teams.com
- FIFA player profile
- Tampa Bay Rowdies Appreciation Blog
- NASL stats
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