Viladônega

Viladônega
Personal information
Full name Viladônega de Souza Rodrigues
Date of birth (1942-06-08)8 June 1942
Place of birth Euclides da Cunha, Brazil
Date of death 2 August 2022(2022-08-02) (aged 80)
Place of death Itapetinga, Brazil
Positions
Youth career
1954 Jequiá-BA
1954–1960[1] Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1963[2] Vasco da Gama 62 (29)
1963 → Atlético Mineiro (loan)
1964–1966 Atlético Mineiro 95 (41)
1966–1970 URT
International career
1959 Brazil Olympic 2 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place1959 Chicago
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Villadonega Souza Rodrigues (8 June 1942 – 2 August 2022), known as just Villadonega or Viladônega, was a Brazilian footballer.

Viladônega represented the Brazil national team at the 1959 Pan American Games, where the team won the silver medal.[3][4] He joined Vasco da Gama at the age of 12 in 1954, played professionally from 1960 to 1963, appearing in 62 matches and scoring 29 goals, winning the Pentagonal Tournament in Mexico in 1963.[5]

He played for Atlético-MG from mid-1963 until 1966, appearing in 95 games and scoring 41 goals. He was the Minas Gerais state champion and top scorer of the competition with 12 goals in 1963..[6][7][8]

He ended his career at URT-MG and in the 70s returned to Bahia, where he became a visual artist in the city of Itapetinga.[9]

Honours

Atlético Mineiro

Vasco da Gama

  • Campeonato Carioca (Aspirantes): 1960 e 1961
  • Torneio Pentagonal do México: 1963

Seleção do Rio de Janeiro

  • Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais amadoras: 1961

References

  1. ↑ "BOM DE BOLA E TELA". museudapelada. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Segundo Villadóniga e Viladônega de Souza Rodrigues (jogadores com passagem pelo Vasco)". soumaisvasco. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Seleção Brasileira Restritiva (Brazilian National Restrictive Team) 1952-1963". RSSSF Brazil. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "Medalhistas Brasileiros - Chicago 1959". Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Há 84 anos nascia Viladônega, atacante do Vasco nos anos 50 e 60". netvasco. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  6. ↑ "Minas Gerais State Championship - List of Topscorers". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Que fim levou? Viladonega". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  8. ↑ "VILADONEGA=terceirotempo". Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "ITAPETINGA/ MORRE VILADÔNEGA, EX-JOGADOR DE FUTEBOL E ARTISTA PLÁSTICO". sudoestehoje. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
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