Djalminha
Djalminha
Brazilian footballer (born 1970)
Djalma Feitosa Dias (born 9 December 1970), known as Djalminha [diʒawˈmĩɲɐ], is a Brazilian football pundit and retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Djalma Feitosa Dias | ||
| Date of birth | (1970-12-09) 9 December 1970 (age 53) | ||
| Place of birth | Santos, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| 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) | |
| International career | |||
| 1996–2002 | Brazil | 14 | (5) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Blessed with superb skill and technical ability but possessing a troublesome character, he represented among others Flamengo, Palmeiras and Deportivo de La Coruña, and was also a Brazil international.[1][2]
Brazil
Son of former footballer Djalma Dias, Djalminha (Little Djalma) was born in Santos, São Paulo, while his father was playing for Santos.[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, where he scored 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] meant less playing time for Djalminha. This was followed by 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]
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]
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Flamengo | 1989 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1990 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| 1991 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1992 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1993 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||
| Total | 23 | 2 | 13 | 4 | ||||||
| Guarani | 1993 | Série A | 19 | 6 | 19 | 6 | ||||
| 1994 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 1995 | 11 | 6 | ||||||||
| Total | 33 | 15 | ||||||||
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 1994 (loan) | J1 League | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Palmeiras | 1996 | Série A | 22 | 12 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 22 | 12 | 12 | 6 | ||||||
| Deportivo | 1997–98 | La Liga | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 10 |
| 1998–99 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 9 | ||||
| 1999–00 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 13 | ||
| 2000–01 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 13 | ||
| 2001–02 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 32 | 3 | ||
| 2003–04 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | ||
| Total | 137 | 38 | 21 | 3 | 26 | 9 | 185 | 50 | ||
| Austria Wien (loan) | 2002–03 | Austrian Bundesliga | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| Club América | Apertura 2004 | Liga MX | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| Career total | 241 | 74 | ||||||||
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1996 | 3 | 1 |
| 1997 | 7 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 14 | 5 | |
Football
Flamengo
- Copa do Brasil: 1990
- Campeonato Carioca: 1991
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1992
Palmeiras
- Campeonato Paulista: 1996
- Copa do Brasil runner-up: 1996
Deportivo
Austria Wien
Brazil
Individual
- Bola de Prata: 1993, 1996
- Bola de Ouro: 1996
Indoor football
Deportivo
- Spanish League: 2007–08, 2009–10
- Spanish Cup: 2007–08, 2009–10
Flamengo
- Brazilian Championship: 2009[15]
Brazil
- Indoor Football World Cup: 2006
Individual
- Indoor Football World Cup MVP: 2006
- Brazilian Championship Top Scorer: 2009[15]
- "Qué fue de… Djalminha" [What happened to… Djalminha]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 7 May 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- "Una leyenda en cinco instantes: Djalminha" [Five snapshots of a legend: Djalminha]. Riazor (in Spanish). 11 July 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- "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.
- Torres, Diego (26 October 2001). "Djalminha exige la titularidad" [Djalminha demands to start]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- "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.
- "Wien capture Brazilian duo". UEFA. 31 August 2002. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- Deportivo 11 Valencia 11; Diario AS, 13 March 2009 (in Spanish)
- Djalminha y Fran destrozan al Madrid (Djalminha and Fran destroy Madrid); Defensa Central, 29 January 2010 (in Spanish)
- "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.
- "Djalminha". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
