João Martins (bishop)
João Martins is the name of: * João Baptista Martins (1927–1993), Portuguese football forward *João Carlos Martins (born 1940), Brazilian classical pianist * João Paulo Neto Martins (born 1988), Portuguese football midfielder * João Cleófas Martins (1901–1970), Cape Verdean photographer *João Pedro Pinto Martins João is a given name of Portuguese origin. It is equivalent to the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the s ...

João Martins (footballer, Born 1927)
João Baptista Martins (3 September 1927 – 16 November 1993) was a Portuguese Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. Club career Born in Sines, Setúbal District, Martins signed with Sporting CP at the age of 19 for 100 escudos, after leaving G.D. Fabril, G.D. CUF as the works team did not find him an occupation as originally promised. In his 13-year tenure in Lisbon, he won seven Primeira Liga championships and the 1954 Taça de Portugal. In the 1953–54 Primeira Divisão, 1953–54 season, Martins scored 31 times in 23 matches for the champions. On 4 September 1955, he scored the first-ever goal in the history of the UEFA Champions League, European Cup, opening a 1955–56 European Cup, 3–3 home draw against FK Partizan at the Estádio Nacional. Martins was deployed in every attacking position during his spell with Sporting. The scorer of 258 competitive goals, he was also used as a makeshift Goalkeeper (associat ...
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João Carlos Martins
João Carlos Gandra da Silva Martins (); born June 25, 1940) is a Brazilian classical pianist and conducting, conductor, who has performed with leading orchestras in the United States, Europe and Brazil. He is celebrated as a great interpreter of Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach and has recorded his complete keyboard works. For decades Martins has been engaged as the leading pianist at the Boston Symphony, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and other ensembles. The New York Times wrote, "Maestro Martins has lived a life of renown, challenge, tenacity and triumph sufficient to fill a lively memoir". After his career as a concert pianist was derailed by injuries and accidents, he successfully reinvented himself as a conductor, leading hundreds of performances worldwide including acclaimed concerts at Carnegie Hall. He is a conductor at the English Chamber Orchestra and the Bachiana Filarmonica Orchestra. He has also founded social programs for underprivileged youth in Latin America. Early li ...
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João Martins (footballer, Born 1988)
João Paulo Neto Martins (born 30 June 1988) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Oliveira do Hospital, Coimbra District, Martins played most of his youth football with Sporting CP, having arrived at the club's academy in 2000 at the age of 12. From 2007 to 2009 he was loaned to three teams, C.D. Olivais e Moscavide and Atlético Clube de Portugal in the third division and S.C. Olhanense in the second (one league match during the entire season for the latter side). Released by Sporting in summer 2009, Martins resumed his career mainly in the third tier. He returned to division two in 2012–13, signing for Associação Naval 1º de Maio. Martins joined second-division Académico de Viseu F.C. on 28 July 2013, on a one-year contract. He moved to the Primeira Liga in June 2014, agreeing to a two-year deal at recently-promoted F.C. Penafiel. He scored on his debut in the competition on 17 August, through a penalty, but ...
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João Cleófas Martins
João Cleofas Martins, his nickname Djunga Fotógrafo (28 August 1901 in the island of São Vicente–27 August 1970 in Mindelo, São Vicente) was a Cape Verdean photographer and author. Biography He was born in the island of Sāo Vicente, just shortly after Sergio Frusoni. His father came from the island of Brava and he lived most of his life in Mindelo on the island of São Vicente. He was one of a few Cape Verdean authors who criticized the government of the second Republic of Portugal. He worked at the Western Telegraph Company (now Western Union), he went to Lisbon in 1928 and took part in photography. He founded "Foto Progresso" in Mindelo back home in 1931. He had taken pictures mainly around the island, one of the most important photos was Lajinha taken in 1938. He dedicated all of his life to the children's home at the olAlbergue de S. Vicente(now Lar de Nhô Djunga). As Sergio Frusoni, he was a chronicler at the Radio Barlavento in Mindelo. He died on 2 ...
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