Niginho

Niginho (actually Leonízio Fantoni, born February 12, 1912 in Belo Horizonte; † 5 September 1975) was a Brazilian football player.

Career

Niginho, whose career was happening in the 1930s and 40s, entered mainly for Cruzeiro. He won with this club six times the Campeonato Mineiro He also achieved the state championship with Palmeiras in São Paulo, with Vasco da Gama those of Rio ( " Carioca ").

With Brazil national team he took, inter alia, at the World Cup 1938 in France part.

Achievements

  • State Championship of Minas Gerais (6 ): 1929, 1930, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945
  • State Championship of São Paulo ( 1): 1936
  • State Championship in Rio de Janeiro ( 1): 1939
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