João Leithardt Neto
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| Full name | João Leithardt Neto | |||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 January 1958 | |||||||||||
| Place of birth | Passo Fundo, Brazil | |||||||||||
| Date of death | 3 October 2015 (aged 57) | |||||||||||
| Place of death | Passo Fundo, Brazil | |||||||||||
| Playing position | Forward | |||||||||||
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João Leithardt Neto (6 January 1958 – 3 October 2015), nicknamed Kita, was a Brazilian footballer who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]
Kita died on 3 October 2015 at the age of 57 due to a generalized infection aggravated by liver cancer.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ^ "Kita, algoz do Palmeiras no Paulista de 1986, morre aos 57 anos". UOL (in Portuguese). 3 October 2015.
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