José Milton Benedito, also known as Miltão (1 July 1950 – 22 December 2003) was a Brazilian professional
football
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player. He has been the topscorer of the
1979 Copa Libertadores
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with 6 goals.
Club career
After having played at youth level for Estrela de Piquete, a small club based in the
São Paulo state, he transferred to
Sociedade Esportiva Tiradentes
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, a
Piauí
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club that played in the first level of Brazilian football.
[Que Fim Levou? - Miltão]
/ref> His first season in the Brasileirão (which was then simply called ''Campeonato Nacional'', National Championship) was the 1974 tournament. He then moved to Sport Recife, and he stayed there for 4 seasons, playing 66 games and scoring 22 goals. In 1979, he played for Guarani, both in the National championship (only 2 appearances) and the Copa Libertadores: during the latter tournament he scored 6 goals, finishing as the topscorer along Peruvian Juan José Oré. After his experience with Guarani, he played for Vila Nova, a Goiânia-based club, and he played one last season in Série A with Tuna Luso in 1984.
References
External links
Career
at Mamvs.narod.ru
1950 births
2003 deaths
Brazilian men's footballers
Guarani FC players
Vila Nova Futebol Clube players
Tuna Luso Brasileira players
Men's association football forwards
Copa Libertadores top scorers
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