Dondinho

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Ramos and the second or paternal family name is Nascimento.
Dondinho

Dondinho playing for Atletico Mineiro
Personal information
Full name João Ramos do Nascimento
Date of birth 2 October 1917
Place of birth Campos Gerais, Brazil
Date of death 16 November 1996 (aged 79)
Place of death São Paulo, Brazil
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position Striker
Youth career
1933–1935 Atlético Mineiro
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Atlético Clube Três Corações 13 (9)
1940 - 1942 Atlético Mineiro 20 (16)
1942 - 1943 EC São Lourenço-MG 40 (24)
1943 - 1946 Vasco de São Lourenço-MG 20 (0)
1946 - 1952 Bauru 500 (460)
Total 583 (507)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

João Ramos do Nascimento (2 October 1917 – 16 November 1996) nicknamed Dondinho was a Brazilian footballer that played as a striker, and was the father, mentor and trainer of Brazilian legend Pelé.[1] During his own playing career, Dondinho played for a number of small clubs and had an opportunity to play for Atlético Mineiro for 2 seasons,[2] but did not make an impression. He managed to become a prolific scorer for Bauru, with whom he won the Campeonato Paulista do Interior de Futebol in 1946.

He was forced into retirement in 1952 due to ligament damage, then took the job of hospital cleaner where Pelé gave as much help as he could. While they were working in the ward, Dondinho would reminisce about the famous players he had faced, and talk about his own older brother, Francisco, who had shown extraordinary promise as a footballer but died at 25.[3] Dondinho died on 16 November 1996 in São Paulo.[4]

He is considered as one of the most gifted Brazilian forwards of his generation, and it is most likely that he would have reached greater heights in the footballing world, had he not sustained his ligament injury, which troubled him throughout his whole career, and which eventually forced him into retirement.

References

  1. ↑ "Pelé". Expert Football. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
  2. ↑ "João Ramos do Nascimento "DONDINHO"" (in Portuguese). O Canto do Galo. 6 June 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
  3. ↑ "Pelé". World Athletes. Retrieved 25 June 2008.
  4. ↑ "Dondinho Nascimento". IMDB. Retrieved 25 June 2008.


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