Afonso Guimarães da Silva, best known as ''Afonsinho'' (born in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...

, March 8, 1914 – February 20, 1997), was a Brazilian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as an attacking midfielder. During his career (1931–1946), he played for America-RJ,

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...

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and

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. He won four Rio de Janeiro State Championships (1931, 1940, 1941, 1946). For the Brazilian team, he played at the

1937 South American Championship The fourteenth edition of the South American Championship of football was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 27 December 1936 to 1 February 1937. The participating countries were Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay thus mak ...

, scoring one goal, and played four matches in the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the 3rd edition of the FIFA World Cup, World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held in France from 4 to 19 June 1938. Italy national ...

. He died at the age of 82.

References

1914 births 1997 deaths Brazil men's international footballers America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro) players CR Flamengo footballers Fluminense FC players Men's association football midfielders 1938 FIFA World Cup players Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian men's footballers 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1910s-stub