Djalminha

Djalma Feitosa Dias (born 9 December 1970), known as Djalminha [diʒawˈmĩj̃ɐ], is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Djalminha
Personal information
Full name Djalma Feitosa Dias
Date of birth (1970-12-09) 9 December 1970
Place of birth Santos, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1976–1988 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1993 Flamengo 22 (2)
1993–1995 Guarani 33 (15)
1994 → Shimizu S-Pulse (loan) 11 (4)
1996–1997 Palmeiras 22 (12)
1997–2004 Deportivo La Coruña 137 (38)
2002–2003 → Austria Wien (loan) 10 (2)
2004 Club América 5 (1)
Total 240 (74)
National team
1996–2002 Brazil 14 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Blessed with superb skill and technical ability but possessing a troublesome character, he represented among others Flamengo and Deportivo de La Coruña, and was also a Brazil international.[1][2]

Club career

Brazil

Son of former footballer Djalma Dias, Djalminha (Little Djalma) was born in Santos, São Paulo, while his father was playing for Santos FC.[3] He started his career at Flamengo, based in Rio de Janeiro.

Afterwards, Djalminha played for Guarani (being briefly loaned, in 1994, to Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan) and then Palmeiras, where he received the Bola de Ouro (Brazilian Golden Ball) award in 1996.

Deportivo de La Coruña

In July 1997, Djalminha joined Spanish club Deportivo de La Coruña, and proceeded to score 26 La Liga goals in 87 appearances in his first three seasons there, playing a significant role in the club's first (and, to date, only) La Liga conquest in 1999–2000. After that, however, the emergence of Juan Carlos Valerón, signed upon Atlético Madrid's relegation,[4][5] and a May 2002 heated confrontation during training with Depor manager Javier Irureta,[6] prompted his loan to Austrian Football Bundesliga side FK Austria Wien in the summer of 2002.[7]

After just 11 appearances for Deportivo in the 2003–04 campaign, Djalminha finished his career with Mexico's Club América, retiring at 34.

Indoor football

In 2008, Djalminha returned to Depor, joining its indoor football team alongside club greats Donato, Fran, Noureddine Naybet and Jacques Songo'o.[8][9]

International career

The stiff competition in Brazil in Djalminha's position of attacking midfielder, combined with his somewhat difficult temperament, limited him to just 14 full international caps in six years, the vast majority coming while at Deportivo. He was part of the squad that won the 1997 Copa América,[10] and of the Brazil team that played in Le Tournoi, also in 1997.

Djalminha was due to be called to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but was finally not chosen by Luiz Felipe Scolari after his incident with Irureta days before the announcement of the final squad, losing his place to Kaká.[11]

Career statistics

Club

[12]

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Brazil League Copa do Brasil South America Total
1989FlamengoSérie A1000????
199011171????
199141????
199270????
199363????
Guarani196196
19943333
Japan League Emperor's Cup Asia Total
1994Shimizu S-PulseJ1 League11400114
Brazil League Copa do Brasil South America Total
1995GuaraniSérie A116????
1996Palmeiras221275????
1997005151
Spain League Copa del Rey Europe Total
1997–98DeportivoLa Liga26831213110
1998–9930851359
1999–00311010733913
2000–0121931933313
2001–021816082323
Austria League Austrian Cup Europe Total
2002–03Austria WienBundesliga1020021123
Spain League Copa del Rey Europe Total
2003–04DeportivoLa Liga1123010152
Mexico League Cup North America Total
Apertura 2004Club AméricaLiga MX5151
CountryBrazil 78292510????
Japan 1140040
Spain 1373821326918550
Austria 102????
Mexico 5151
Total 24174??????

Spain statistics according to LFP; Brazil statistics according to Futpédia

International
Brazil
YearAppsGoals
199631
199773
199800
199900
200020
200100
200221
Total145

Honours

Football

Club
Flamengo
Palmeiras
Deportivo
Austria Wien

International
Brazil

Individual

Indoor football

Club
Deportivo
  • Spanish League: 2007–08, 2009–10
  • Spanish Cup: 2007–08, 2009–10
Flamengo
  • Brazilian Championship: 2009[13]

International
Brazil
  • Indoor Football World Cup: 2006

Individual
  • Indoor Football World Cup MVP: 2006
  • Brazilian Championship Top Scorer: 2009[13]

References
  1. "Qué fue de… Djalminha" [What happened to… Djalminha]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 7 May 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. "Una leyenda en cinco instantes: Djalminha" [Five snapshots of a legend: Djalminha]. Riazor (in Spanish). 11 July 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  3. "Djalma Dias… o craque sem copa" [Djalma Dias… the star without a cup]. Tardes de Pacaembu (in Portuguese). 12 January 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  4. "Djalminha exige la titularidad" [Djalminha demands to start]. El País (in Spanish). 26 October 2001. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  5. "Djalminha volvió para demostrar que Valerón tiene sustituto" [Djalminha returned to show Valerón is replaceable]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 10 November 2003. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  6. Djalminha da un cabezazo a Irureta y se gana el despido (Djalminha headbutts Irureta and earns dismissal); El Mundo, 2 May 2002 (in Spanish)
  7. "Wien capture Brazilian duo". UEFA. 31 August 2002. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  8. Deportivo 11 Valencia 11; Diario AS, 13 March 2009 (in Spanish)
  9. Djalminha y Fran destrozan al Madrid (Djalminha and Fran destroy Madrid); Defensa Central, 29 January 2010 (in Spanish)
  10. Copa América 1997; at RSSSF
  11. "Após briga na Espanha, Djalminha tentou se explicar para Felipão" [After fight in Spain, Djalminha tried to explain himself to Felipão] (in Portuguese). SporTV. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  12. "Djalminha". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  13. Djalma y Emerson, campeones de Brasil de fútbol indoor (Djalma and Emerson, Brazilian Indoor soccer champions); La Voz de Galicia, 11 July 2009 (in Spanish)
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