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Amaral
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-12-25)25 December 1954
Place of birth Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death 31 May 2024(2024-05-31) (aged 69)
Place of death São Paulo, Brazil
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1978 Guarani 176 (1)
1979–1981 Corinthians 133 (1)
1981–1982 Santos 35 (0)
1982–1984 América (MEX)
1984–1986 Leones Negros UdG 186 (3)
1987 Blumenau 0 (0)
National team
1975–1980 Brazil 40 (0)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

João Justino Amaral dos Santos (25 December 1954 – 31 May 2024), best known as Amaral or Amaral II, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a defender.

At club level he played for Guarani (1971–1978), Corinthians (1978–1981), Santos (1981–1982), in Mexico with Leones Negros de la Universidad de Guadalajara (1981–1985), and closed his career in 1987 with Blumenau.

He won one Campeonato Paulista (1979) with Corinthians and one Mexican First Division (1983–84) with Club América.

At international level, he was capped 41 times by the Brazil national team, from August 1975 to June 1980, and with them he won the Bicentennial Tournament in 1976 and participated in seven games at the 1978 FIFA World Cup, where the team finished third.

Death

On 31 May 2024, Amaral died from cancer at the age of 69 in São Paulo.

Honours

Corinthans

  • Campeonato Paulista: 1979

América

Brazil

See also

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