China (footballer, born 1939)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 11 September 1939 | ||
Place of birth | Fortaleza, Brazil | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1959–1962 | Botafogo | ||
1962–1965 | Sampdoria | 75 | (30) |
1965–1966 | Roma | 12 | (3) |
1966–1967 | L.R. Vicenza | 12 | (4) |
1967–1968 | Mantova | 2 | (0) |
1969–1972 | Bangu | ||
International career | |||
1959 | Brazil U-23 | 13 | (9) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
José Ricardo da Silva, also known as China (born 11 September 1939, in Fortaleza) is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.
da Silva played for six seasons (101 games, 37 goals) in the Italian Serie A for U.C. Sampdoria, A.S. Roma, L.R. Vicenza and A.C. Mantova.
Honours
- Campeonato Carioca champion: 1961, 1962
- Torneio Rio-São Paulo winner: 1962
- Represented Brazil at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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Categories:
- Use dmy dates from September 2012
- 1939 births
- Living people
- Brazilian footballers
- Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players
- Brazilian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Serie A players
- U.C. Sampdoria players
- A.S. Roma players
- L.R. Vicenza Virtus players
- Mantova 1911 S.S.D. players
- Bangu Atlético Clube players
- Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Brazil
- Brazilian football forward stubs
- Association football forwards
- Pan American Games medalists in football
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil