Toninho is a

Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

diminutive

nickname A nickname is a substitute for the proper name of a familiar person, place or thing. Commonly used to express affection, a form of endearment, and sometimes amusement, it can also be used to express defamation of character. As a concept, it is ...

for Antônio or António in use in

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and

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. It is loosely equivalent to Little Tony in

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Football

* Toninho (footballer, born 1947), nickname of Antônio Pedro de Jesus, Brazilian football forward *

Toninho (footballer, born 1965) Antônio Benedito da Silva (born March 23, 1965), nicknamed Toninho, is a former Brazilian football player who played for Portuguesa (Brazil), Guarani (Brazil), Yomiuri (Japan), Shimizu S-Pulse (Japan), Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan) and Vasco ...

, nickname of Antônio Benedito da Silva, Brazilian footballer * Toninho (footballer, born 1977), nickname of Antônio Bezerra Brandão, Brazilian footballer *Toninho, nickname of

Antônio Dias dos Santos Antônio Dias dos Santos (June 7, 1948 in Vera Cruz, Bahia State, Brazil – December 8, 1999), best known as ''Toninho'', was an association footballer in defender role. In career (1968–1982) played for clubs São Cristovão-BA, Galícia ...

(born 1948), Brazilian footballer (played in 1978 FIFA World Cup) * Toninho Almeida, nickname of Antonio Gonzaga Almeida, (born 1950), Brazilian footballer *

Toninho Andrade José Antônio Rabelo de Andrade (born 1 January 1964), known as Toninho Andrade, is a Brazilian football manager Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a g ...

, nickname of José Antônio Rabelo de Andrade (born 1964), Brazilian footballer and manager *

Toninho Cecílio Antônio Jorge Cecílio Sobrinho, better known as Toninho Cecílio (born 27 May 1967), is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who played as a central defender. He is the current director of football of Portuguesa. Toninh ...

, nickname of Antônio Jorge Cecílio Sobrinho (born 1967), Brazilian footballer and manager *

Toninho Cerezo Antônio Carlos Cerezo (born 21 April 1955), known as Toninho Cerezo (), is a Brazilian former footballer. Cerezo is commonly regarded as one of the finest Brazilian defensive midfielders of all time, most notably having played for his homet ...

, nickname of Antônio Carlos Cerezo, (born 1955), Brazilian footballer (played in 1978 and 1978 FIFA World Cup) * Toninho dos Santos, nickname of Antonio Teodoro dos Santos (born 1965), Brazilian footballer *

Toninho Guerreiro Antônio Ferreira (10 August 1942 – 26 January 1990), usually known as Toninho Guerreiro, was a Brazilian footballer. He played for Santos FC with Pelé as a forward in the 1960s scoring 283 goals in 373 games (.758 goals per game) scor ...

, nickname of Antônio Ferreira (1942–1990), Brazilian footballer *

Toninho Moura Antonio Moura Sanches, usually known as Toninho Moura (born 22 July 1954 in Bauru) is a Brazilian football head coach. Bellmare Hiratsuka In 1996, Moura signed with J1 League club Bellmare Hiratsuka which many international player Hidetoshi Nak ...

, nickname of Antonio Moura Sanches, (born 1954) is a Brazilian footballer and football head coach *

Toninho Quintino Antônio "Toninho" Fernandes Quintino (born February 27, 1952 in Florianópolis, Brazil) is a former Brazilian footballer who played for clubs in Brazil and Chile. Career Born in Florianópolis, Toninho Quintino began playing football with loc ...

, nickname of Antônio Fernandes Quintino, (born 1952), Brazilian footballer *

Toninho dos Santos (footballer, born 1980) António "Toninho" Pedro Pires dos Santos (born 12 June 1980) is a Bissau Guinean former footballer who played as a left-back for the Guinea Bissau national team. International career Dos Santos made two appearances with the Guinea Bissau na ...

, Bissau-Guinean footballer

Other

*Toninho, nickname of

Antônio da Costa Santos Antônio da Costa Santos (also known as Toninho; 4 March 1952 – 10 September 2001) was a Brazilian architect and politician of the Workers' Party (PT). Toninho took office as Mayor of Campinas (the third largest city in the state of São Paul ...

(1952–2001), Brazilian politician *

Toninho do Diabo Antônio Aparecido Firmino (born 21 September 1971), better known as Toninho do Diabo (''Tom of the Devil'') or Devil Tony, is an alleged Brazilian religious, who identifies himself as a disciple of the devil, and calls itself the ''Ambassador of ...

, nickname of Antônio Aparecido Firmino (born ??), Brazilian religious leader *

Toninho Horta Antônio Maurício Horta de Melo (born December 2, 1948) is a Brazilian jazz guitarist and vocalist. In addition to composing and performing his own work, Horta has worked for many years as arranger or sideman for Brazilian artists such as El ...

, nickname of Antônio Maurício Horta de Melo, (born 1948), Brazilian musician *

Toninho Wandscheer Antonio Wandscheer (born 31 August 1950) more commonly known as Toninho or Toninho Wandscheer is a Brazilian politician and engineer. He has spent his political career representing Paraná, having served as state representative since 2015. Pe ...

, nickname of Antonio Wandscheer (born 1950), Brazilian politician

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