Djalminha

Djalminha

Personal information
Full name	Djalma Feitosa Dias
Date of birth	9 December 1970 (1970-12-09) (age 40)
Place of birth	Santos, Brazil
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	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	138	(38)
2002–2003	→ Austria Wien (loan)	10	(2)
2004	Club América	5	(1)
Total		241	(74)
National team
1996–2002	Brazil	14	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

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

Blessed with superb skills but also a troublesome character he represented, among others, Flamengo and Deportivo de La Coruña, and was also a Brazil international.

Club career

Brazil

Son of former footballer Djalma Dias, Djalminha (literally little Djalma) was born in Santos, São Paulo, while his father was playing for Santos FC. However, he started his career at Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, the most popular club based in Rio de Janeiro.

Afterwards, he would have short stints with Guarani Futebol Clube and Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras (where he received the Bola de Ouro (Brazilian Golden Ball) award in 1996), with a short-lived Japanese adventure with Shimizu S-Pulse in between.

Deportivo

In July 1997, he joined Deportivo de La Coruña in the Spanish La Liga, and proceeded to score 26 league goals in 87 appearances in his first three seasons, largely contributing to the team's first-ever national championship conquest, in 2000. After that, the emergence of Juan Carlos Valerón, signed upon Atlético Madrid's relegation, and a May 2002 bust-up during training with Depor manager Javier Irureta,^[1] prompted his loan in 2002–03 to Austrian Bundesliga side FK Austria Wien.^[2]

After just 11 appearances for Deportivo in 2003–04, 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.^[3]

International career

The stiff competition in Brazil in Djalminha's position, 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.

Honours

Football

Club

• Flamengo:
  • Brazilian Cup: 1990
  • Rio State State League: 1991
  • Brazilian Championship: 1992

• Palmeiras:
  • São Paulo State Championship: 1996

• Deportivo:
  • Spanish League: 1999–2000
  • Spanish Cup: 2001–02
  • Spanish Supercup: 2000, 2002

• Austria Wien:
  • Austrian League: 2002–03

National team

• Brazil:
  • Copa América: 1997

Individual

• Golden Ball: 1996

Indoor football

Club

• Deportivo La Coruña:
  • Spanish League: 2007–08, 2009-10
  • Spanish Cup: 2007–08, 2009-10

• Flamengo:
  • Brazilian Championship: 2009^[4]

National team

• Brazil:
  • Indoor Football World Cup: 2006

Individual

• Indoor Football World Cup MVP: 2006
• Brazilian Championship Top Scorer: 2009^[4]

Statistics

Club

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Brazil			League		Copa do Brasil		South America		Total
1989	Flamengo	Série A	1	0	0	0	?	?	?	?
1990			11	1	7	1	?	?	?	?
1991			4	1			?	?	?	?
1992			7	0			?	?	?	?
1993					6	3	?	?	?	?
	Guarani		19	6					19	6
1994			3	3					3	3
Japan			League		Emperor's Cup		Asia		Total
1994	Shimizu S-Pulse	J. League	11	4	0	0			11	4
Brazil			League		Copa do Brasil		South America		Total
1995	Guarani	Série A	11	6			?	?	?	?
1996	Palmeiras		22	12	7	5	?	?	?	?
1997			0	0	5	1			5	1
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Europe		Total
1997–98	Deportivo	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	1	0	9	3	31	12
2001–02			18	1	6	0	8	2	32	3
Austria			League		Austrian Cup		Europe		Total
2002–03	Austria Wien	Bundesliga	10	2	?	?			?	?
Spain			League		Copa del Rey		Europe		Total
2003–04	Deportivo	La Liga	11	2	3	0	1	0	15	2
Mexico			League		Cup		North America		Total
Apertura 2004	Club América	Primera División	5	1					5	1
Country	Brazil		78	29	25	10	?	?	?	?
	Japan		11	4	0	0			4	0
	Spain		137	38	19	2	26	9	183	49
	Austria		10	2	?	?			?	?
	Mexico		5	1					5	1
Total			241	74	?	?	?	?	?	?

Spain statistics according to LFP; Brazil statistics according to Futpédia

International

Brazil national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1996	3	1
1997	7	3
1998	0	0
1999	0	0
2000	2	0
2001	0	0
2002	2	1
Total	14	5

References

1. ^ Djalminha da un cabezazo a Irureta y se gana el despido (Djalminha headbutts Irureta and faces dismissal) (Spanish)
2. ^ "Wien capture Brazilian duo". UEFA.com. 31 August 2002. http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/news/newsid=32142.html. Retrieved 7 June 2011. 
3. ^ Real Madrid and Deportivo draw 14–14 in a match decided in the last minute (Spanish)
4. ^ ^{a b} Djalma y Emerson, campeones de Brasil de fútbol indoor (Djalma and Emerson, Brazilian Indoor soccer champions) (Spanish)

External links

• BDFutbol profile
• Deportivo archives
• Djalminha at National-Football-Teams.com
• Djalminha – FIFA competition record

Persondata
Name	Djalminha
Alternative names	Djalma Feitosa Dias
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	9 December 1970
Place of birth	Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death