João Leiva Campos Filho, usually called ''Leivinha'' (little Leiva), (born 11 September 1949) is a Brazilian former
footballer
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who played as a
striker or as a
winger.
Club career
A talented, flamboyant and mercurial player,
at club level, Leivinha played for
Portuguesa,
Palmeiras
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (), commonly known as Palmeiras, is a Brazilian professional football club based in the city of São Paulo, in the district of Perdizes. Palmeiras is one of the most popular clubs in South America, with around ...
, and
Atlético de Madrid
Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to:
Sports Teams Athletico
* Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy
* Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic ...
, winning national championships in both Brazil and Spain, as well as the
UEFA
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and
Intercontinental Cups.
International career
Leivinha achieved 21 international caps for Brazil, from June 1972 until June 1974, scoring seven goals. He appeared in 4 games (three of the first consecutive of the tournament scoring 2 goals), with the
Brazil national football team
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at the
1974 FIFA World Cup
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.
Personal life
Leivinha is the uncle of former
Gremio and
Liverpool
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midfielder
Lucas Leiva
Lucas Pezzini Leiva (born 9 January 1987), known as Lucas or Lucas Leiva (), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Grêmio.
Lucas began his career as a box-to-box midfielder at Grêmio where he won the ...
.
Honours
Palmeiras
*
Brazilian Série A
Brazilian commonly refers to:
* Something of, from or relating to Brazil
* Brazilian Portuguese, the dialect of the Portuguese language used mostly in Brazil
* Brazilians, the people (citizens) of Brazil, or of Brazilian descent
Brazilian may also ...
:
1972
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,
1973
Events January
* January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union.
* January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...
*
São Paulo State League: 1972, 1974
Atletico Madrid
*
Spanish League:
1976–77
*
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 ...
:
1975-76
References
External links
Brazilian FA Database
1949 births
Living people
Brazilian men's footballers
Brazil men's international footballers
1974 FIFA World Cup players
La Liga players
Atlético Madrid footballers
Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras players
São Paulo FC players
São Paulo state football team players
Men's association football forwards
Footballers from São Paulo (state)
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
People from Novo Horizonte, São Paulo
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