João Batista Nunes de Oliveira
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | João Batista Nunes de Oliveira | ||
| Date of birth | May 20, 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Bahia, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1967–1969 | Fluminense de Feira | ||
| 1969–1972 | Flamengo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973 | Flamengo | 0 | (0) |
| 1974–1975 | Confiança | 0 | (0) |
| 1975–1978 | Santa Cruz | 64 | (37) |
| 1978–1979 | Fluminense | 57 | (40) |
| 1979–1980 | Monterrey | 10 | (7) |
| 1980–1984 | Flamengo | 195 | (93) |
| 1984 | Botafogo | 7 | (3) |
| 1985 | Nautico | 17 | (8) |
| 1985 | Santos | 0 | (0) |
| 1986 | Atletico Mineiro | 58 | (39) |
| 1986–1987 | Boavista | 9 | (4) |
| 1987 | Flamengo | 17 | (4) |
| 1988 | Volta Redonda | 8 | (1) |
| 1988–1991 | Tiburones Acajutla | 0 | (0) |
| 1990 | Flamengo | 2 | (2) |
| 1991–1993 | Santa Cruz | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 444 | (235) | |
| National team | |||
| 1978–1980 | Brazil | 6 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
|||
João Batista Nunes de Oliveira (born May 20, 1954 in Cedro de São João, SE) is a former Brazilian football striker.
Nunes became a football player in 1969, at 14 years old, playing for Flamengo's youth team. Reject by the club in 1974, at 19, he left Rio de Janeiro towards Aracaju (SE) to start his professional career at Confiança. His good performances granted him the 1976 Sergipe State Championship and a transference to Santa Cruz FC in the same year. There he won twice the Pernambuco State Championship (1976, 1978).
In 1977, he had his first cap for Brazil and became a regular in the National Team. Due to an injury, he was not selected to play the 1978 FIFA World Cup which made him miserable. Just after the World Cup, recovered from the injury, he returned to Rio de Janeiro to sign with Fluminense but he stayed there only for a few months before signing with Mexico's CF Monterrey.
Finally, in 1980, he transferred back to Flamengo to take part in a sensational team and make history as one of the most important forwards in the club's history. Once there he won two Brazilian National Championships (1980, 1982), the 1981 Libertadores Cup and the 1981 Intercontinental Cup.
...
Wikipedia