Djalma Feitosa Dias (born 9 December 1970), known as Djalminha , is a Brazilian football

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and retired professional

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who played as an

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. Blessed with superb skill and technical ability but possessing a troublesome character, he represented among others

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and Deportivo de La Coruña, and was also a

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Club career

Brazil

Son of former footballer

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, Djalminha (''Little Djalma'') was born in

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, while his father was playing for Santos. He started his career at

, based in

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. Afterwards, Djalminha played for Guarani (being briefly loaned, in 1994, to

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in Japan) and then

, where he received the ''

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'' (Brazilian Golden Ball) award in 1996.

Deportivo de La Coruña

In July 1997, Djalminha joined Spanish club Deportivo de La Coruña, where he scored 26

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goals in 87 appearances in his first three seasons there, playing a significant role in the club's first (and, to date, only)

conquest in 1999–2000. After that, however, the emergence of

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, signed upon

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's relegation, meant less playing time for Djalminha. This was followed by a May 2002 heated confrontation during training with ''Depor'' manager

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, prompted his loan to

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side FK Austria Wien in the summer of 2002. After just 11 appearances for Deportivo in the 2003–04 campaign, Djalminha finished his career with Mexico's

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, retiring at 34.

Indoor football

In 2008, Djalminha returned to ''Depor'', joining its indoor football team alongside club greats Donato,

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, Noureddine Naybet and

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International career

The stiff competition in

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in Djalminha's position of attacking midfielder, combined with his somewhat difficult temperament, limited him to just 14 full international caps in six years, the vast majority coming while at Deportivo. He was part of the squad that won the

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, and of the Brazil team that played in Le Tournoi, also in 1997. Djalminha was due to be called to the

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, but was finally not chosen by

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after his incident with Irureta days before the announcement of the final squad, losing his place to

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Football

Flamengo *

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: 1990 *

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: 1991 *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...

: 1992 Palmeiras *

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: 1996 Deportivo *

: 1999–2000 *

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

: 2001–02 *

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2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

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Austria Wien *

: 2002–03 Brazil *

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Individual * Bola de Prata: 1993, 1996 *

: 1996

Indoor football

Deportivo *Spanish League: 2007–08, 2009–10 *Spanish Cup: 2007–08, 2009–10 Flamengo *Brazilian Championship: 2009Djalma y Emerson, campeones de Brasil de fútbol indoor (Djalma and Emerson, Brazilian Indoor soccer champions)
La Voz de Galicia, 11 July 2009 Brazil *Indoor Football World Cup: 2006 Individual *Indoor Football World Cup MVP: 2006 *Brazilian Championship Top Scorer: 2009

References

External links

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Deportivo archives
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