José Wellington Bento dos Santos (; born 11 September 1973), known as Detinho, is a former Brazilian professional

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who played as a striker. He also holds a Portuguese passport. He spent his entire professional career in Portugal and Hong Kong, retiring in his 40s.

Club career

Portugal

Born in

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, Detinho only started playing organised football well in his 20s. In 1997, he moved to Portugal where he remained the following nine years, starting with

F.C. Paços de Ferreira Futebol Clube Paços de Ferreira () is a Portuguese football club based in Paços de Ferreira, Porto district. Founded in 1950, the club competes in the Primeira Liga, holding home games at the 9,077-seater Estádio da Mata Real, a municipal s ...

in the

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and moving to

SC Vianense Sport Clube Vianense ''(abbreviated as SC Vianense)'' is a Portuguese football club based in Viana do Castelo in the district of Viana do Castelo. SC Vianense currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal. The club was founded in 1898 and is o ...

of the

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after a few months. Subsequently, Detinho represented

U.D. Oliveirense União Desportiva Oliveirense (UDO), commonly known as Oliveirense, is a Portuguese sports club from the city of Oliveira de Azeméis, in Aveiro District. The club was founded on 25 October 1922. The main football team currently plays at the Es ...

and

F.C. Marco Futebol Clube do Marco was a Portuguese football team based in Marco de Canaveses, Porto District. Founded in 1927, it held home games at ''Estádio Municipal de Marco de Canaveses'', which has a 10,000-seat capacity. History Futebol Clube do Mar ...

in division three, his performances with the latter attracting the attention of

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club S.C. Campomaiorense who purchased him for the 2000–01 season, and he responded by scoring eight goals in 29 games to finish team top-scorer, even though it was not good enough to prevent relegation. Detinho signed with third-tier

Leixões S.C. Leixões Sport Club, commonly known as Leixões (), is a Portuguese sports club from Matosinhos. It is organised into several departments for many sports, such as football, boxing, karate, volleyball, swimming and billiards. It is most well kno ...

in late September 2001. He netted ten times in the league his first year, adding three in the club's historic run in the

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which ended in the 1–0 final loss against

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where he played the full 90 minutes. He repeated individual numbers the following campaign, helping to achieve promotion. After the previous domestic cup exploits, Detinho appeared with the

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side in the

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, scoring in a 2–1 home win over

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in the first round (3–5 aggregate loss).

South China

Detinho joined

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in 2006 from Imortal DC, after the team gave up its "all-Chinese" policy. He had a very successful first season in the

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, being chosen ''South China Star of the Month'' three times (September, April and May), finishing second in the top scorers table and being selected in the Hong Kong Top Footballer Best XI; additionally, he was also voted his team's best player.

Career statistics

Club (Hong Kong only)

Honours

Marco *

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: 1999–2000 Leixões *Portuguese Second Division: 2002–03 *

runner-up: 2001–02 South China *

: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09 *

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: 2006–07 *

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: 2006–07 *

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: 2007–08 Citizen *Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield:

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References

External links

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HKFA profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Detinho 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Sergipe Brazilian footballers Naturalised footballers of Hong Kong Men's association football forwards CR Vasco da Gama players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players F.C. Paços de Ferreira players SC Vianense players U.D. Oliveirense players F.C. Marco players S.C. Campomaiorense players Leixões S.C. players Imortal D.C. players Hong Kong First Division League players Hong Kong Premier League players South China AA players Hong Kong League XI representative players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong