Marcos Carneiro de Mendonça

Marcos Carneiro de Mendonça

Personal information
Full name	Marcos Carneiro de Mendonça
Date of birth	December 25, 1894(1894 -12-25)
Place of birth	Cataguases, Brazil
Date of death	October 19, 1988(1988-10-19) (aged 93)
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1910-1911	Haddock Lobo
1911-1914	América
1914-1928	Fluminense
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:49, 13 June 2009 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

Marcos Carneiro de Mendonça (Cataguases, December 25, 1894), was a Brazilian footballer who achieved notoriety playing for Fluminense and the Brazilian national football team. He was the first goalkeeper for the Brazilian squad and played a key role in Brazil's first cup, the 1919 South American Championship.^[1][2][3]

Honours

• América
  • Campeonato Carioca: 1913
• Fluminense
  • Campeonato Carioca: 1917, 1918, 1919
• Brazil
  • South American Championship: 1919, 1922

References

1. ^ "Primeiro goleiro da seleção, Marcos de Mendonça virou referência na posição" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.com. 2009-05-29. http://globoesporte.globo.com/Esportes/Noticias/Memoria/0,,MUL1175300-16319,00-PRIMEIRO+GOLEIRO+DA+SELECAO+MARCOS+DE+MENDONCA+VIROU+REFERENCIA+NA+POSICAO.html. Retrieved 2009-06-14. 
2. ^ "Relíquias de casa velha" (in Portuguese). Revista Veja Rio. 2007-05-30. http://veja.abril.com.br/vejarj/300507/memoria.html. Retrieved 2009-06-14. 
3. ^ "MARCOS DE MENDONÇA - GOLEIRO". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF). http://www.cbf.com.br/ca2/433j.html. Retrieved 2009-06-14. 

Persondata
Name	de Mendonca, Marcos Carneiro
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	December 25, 1894
Place of birth	Cataguases, Brazil
Date of death	October 19, 1988
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil