Mirandinha (footballer, born 1959)

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Mirandinha
Personal information
Full name Francisco Ernandi Lima da Silva
Date of birth (1959-07-02) 2 July 1959 (age 64)
Place of birth Chaval, Ceará, Brazil
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1977–1978 Ferroviario
1978–1979 Ponte Preta
1979–1980 Palmeiras
1980–1982 Botafogo
1983–1984 Náutico
1985 Portuguesa
1986–1987 Palmeiras
1987–1989 Newcastle United 54 (19)
1989–1991 Palmeiras 3 (2)
1991 Belenenses
1991 Corinthians
1991 Fortaleza
1992 Shimizu S-Pulse
1993–1994 Bellmare Hiratsuka
1995 Fortaleza
International career
1987 Brazil 4 (1)
Managerial career
1996 Ferroviario
1997 Botafogo-DF
1998 Hajer Club
1999 Goiânia
1999 Rio Negro
1999–2000 Al-Raed
2000 Nacional de Manaus
2001 Rio Negro
2002 Flamengo-PI
2002 Hajer Club
2003 Ríver
2004 Kedah FA
2005 Cascavel
2006 Libermorro
2006 Rio Negro
2007–2008 Libermorro
2008 Fortaleza
2009–2010 Hajer Club
2010 Parnahyba
2010 Ferroviario
2012 Maguary
2015 Al-Ahly Shendi
2016 Itapirense
2017– Genus
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Francisco Ernandi Lima da Silva (born 2 July 1959), better known as Mirandinha, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

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Club career

Mirandinha was born in Brasilia. He had unsuccessful early spells at Ceará and Fortaleza, before finding some success at the 'third club' in Fortaleza city, Ferroviário. He then moved to play for Ponte Preta. [1] As of 1981 he was playing for Botafogo in the Taça de Ouro. [2]

Mirandinha signed for Newcastle United in 1987 for £575,000, becoming the first Brazilian to play in English football. [3] He made his debut in September 1987, in a 1–1 draw away to Norwich City. [4] He left Newcastle in 1989, returning to his former club Palmeiras. [5]

In 1991, he moved from Palmeiras to join Belenenses, although he was only there for a short time, [6] playing three Portuguese League matches. [7] By late February he was playing for Corinthians, and he scored two goals for them in the 1991 Copa Libertadores. [8]

After leaving Corinthians he played for Fortaleza, and he then had spells in Japan with Shimizu S-Pulse and Shonan Bellmare. [9]

International career

Mirandinha won four caps for the Brazil national team, all in 1987, with his only international goal coming against England in a 1–1 draw during the 1987 Rous Cup. [10]

Post-playing career

As of July 2013 he was a director at Maguary, who were playing in the third division of the Campeonato Cearense. [11] In 2014 he was the manager of the Castelão stadium in Fortaleza, a host venue in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [4]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Newcastle United 1987–88 [12] First Division 261120212 [lower-alpha 3] 13213
1988–89 [12] 28831212 [lower-alpha 4] 03510
Total5419514200417124
Corinthians 1991 Série A 3 [8] 2
Shimizu S-Pulse 1992 J1 League 8282
Bellmare Hiratsuka [lower-alpha 5] 1993 Football League 1712322014
1994 J1 League13210142
Japan30144200003416
Career total
  1. Includes FA Cup, Copa do Brasil, Emperor's Cup.
  2. Includes League Cup, J.League Cup.
  3. Two appearances, one goal in Full Members Cup
  4. One appearance in Full Members Cup, one appearance in Football League Centenary Trophy
  5. "Fujita Industries" until 1994

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  8. 1 2 1991 Copa Libertadores results and line-ups at RSSSF (although appearance data is not listed for Corinthians match against Flamengo on 20 March 1991, which was abandoned, although the match was declared valid)
  9. Profile at zerozerofootball Archived 4 August 2012 at archive.today
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  11. Caio Costa (25 July 2013). "Maguary busca renascer no futebol cearense Quatro vezes campeão cearense, o Maguary que voltar a elite até 2016, pelo menos ó que diz Miradinha, ex-jogador, atual dirigente do clube" (in Portuguese). Tribuna do Ceara. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
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