Amaral (footballer, born 1954)

For other people named João Amaral, see João Amaral (disambiguation).

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Amaral and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.

Amaral

Personal information
Full name	João Justino Amaral dos Santos
Date of birth	(1954-12-25) 25 December 1954
Place of birth	Campinas, Brazil
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1971–1978	Guarani	176	(1)
1979–1981	Corinthians	133	(1)
1981–1982	Santos	35	(0)
1981–1985	Universidad de Guadalajara	186	(3)
1987	Blumenau	0	(0)
Total		530	(5)
International career
1975–1980	Brazil	40	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

João Justino Amaral dos Santos (born 25 December 1954), best known as Amaral or Amaral II, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a defender.

At club level he played for Guarani (1971–1978), Corinthians (1978–1981), Santos (1981–1982), in Mexico with Leones Negros de la Universidad de Guadalajara (1981–1985), and close his career in 1987 with Blumenau.

He won one Campeonato Paulista (1979) with Corinthians and one Mexican First Division (1983–84) with Club América.

At international level, he was capped 41 times by the Brazil national football team, from August 1975 to June 1980, and with them he won the Bicentennial Tournament in 1976 and participated in 7 games at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, where the team finished third.

Honours

Corinthans

• Campeonato Paulista: 1979

Club América

• Liga MX: 1983–84

External links

• Amaral – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Amaral at National-Football-Teams.com
• Amaral at Soccerway