Rondinelli (footballer)

Football player infobox


playername= Rondinelli
fullname = Antônio José Rondinelli Tobias
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1954|4|26
cityofbirth = São José do Rio Pardo, São Paulo
countryofbirth = Brazil
height =
currentclub = retired
clubnumber =
position = central defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1974–1981
1981
1981
1982
clubs = Flamengo
Corinthians
Vasco
Bonsucesso
caps(goals) =396 (14)
12 (0)
nationalyears = 1979–1980
nationalteam = Brazil
nationalcaps(goals) = 3 (0)
manageryears =
managerclubs = Vila Nova
CFZ do Rio

Antônio José Rondinelli Tobias, usually known as Rondinelli (born April 26, 1954pt icon cite web | title = Gilberto Ribeiro de Carvalho | url=http://200.159.15.35/registro/registro.aspx?s=55615 | accessdate = 2008-06-21 | publisher=Brazilian Football Confederation ] in São José do Rio Pardo, São Paulo), is a retired professional Brazilian footballer who played as a central defender for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs Flamengo, Corinthians and Vasco.cite book | first = | last = | title = Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 2 | publisher = Aretê Editorial S/A | location = Rio de Janeiro | year = 2001 | pages = pp. 343–344| isbn = 8588651017]

Playing career

Rondinelli started his career playing for Flamengo, where he played 394 matches and scored 14 goalspt icon cite web | title = Rondinelli: ‘O Flamengo é mais seguro com Fábio’ | url=http://jsports.uol.com.br/portal/processa.php?modulo=montasecao&secao=2&materia=68027 | accessdate = 2008-06-21 | publisher=Jornal dos Sports ] from 1974 to 1981, winning during that time period the Campeonato Carioca in 1974, 1978, and the two 1979 championships, and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1980. In 1978, he won the Placar's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Bola de Prata award.cite journal | first = | last = | title = Guia 2008 Brasileirão | publisher = Editora Abril | location = São Paulo | year = 2008 | pages = 155 | issue = 1318-B] While playing for Flamengo, he was nicknamed Deus da Raça (God of Race, race meaning fighting spirit, determination) by the club's supporters, due to his will to fight.pt icon cite web | title = Rondinelli (ex-zagueiro do Flamengo) | url=http://desenvolvimento.miltonneves.com.br/QFL/Conteudo.aspx?ID=60368 | accessdate = 2008-06-21 | publisher=Milton Neves ] After leaving Flamengo, he played 12 matches for Corinthians, and Flamengo's rival Vasco in 1981, and retired while playing for Bonsucesso in 1982.

National team

He played three matches for the Brazilian national team, one match in 1979, against the Bahia State Combined Team, and two matches in 1980, against the Brazil Youth Team and the Minas Gerais State Combined Team, drawing the first match, and winning the other two.cite book |last= Napoleão |first= Antonio Carlos |coauthors= Roberto Assaf |title = Seleção Brasileira 1914-2006 | publisher = Mauad Editora Ltda. | location = Rio de Janeiro | year = 2006 | pages = 298| id = ISBN 857478186X]

Managerial career

After retiring, Rondinelli started a managerial career. Among the clubs he managed are Vila Nova, of Goiás state, and CFZ do Rio, of Rio de Janeiro state.

Personal life

Rondinelli has one son, and two daughters. His son, Antônio José Rondinelli Tobias Júnior, born in 1979 in Rio de Janeiro, is also a footballer.pt icon cite web | title = Antônio José Rondinelli Tobias Júnior | url=http://200.159.15.35/registro/registro.aspx?s=139507 | accessdate = 2008-06-21 | publisher=Brazilian Football Confederation ] Rio de Janeiro is also the birthplace of his wife. Rondinelli opened a football academy in his home city, São José do Rio Pardo, named Deus da Raça.

Documentary

In 2003, a documentary telling Rondinelli's story, directed and written by Felipe Nepomuceno and Pedro Asbeg, and produced by Raça Filmes, which is a company based in Rio de Janeiro city, was released. While the Portuguese-language name of the documentary is O Deus da Raça, its English-language name is Our God.pt icon cite web | title = O Deus da Raça - Our God | url=http://www.curtacinema.com.br/focos_arena1.html | accessdate = 2008-06-21 | publisher=Curtacinema ]

Honors

Besides winning the Bola de Prata in 1978, Rondinelli won the following honors during his playing career:

References