João Dickson Carvalho (born 1952) is a Brazilian former football player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | João Dickson Carvalho | ||
| Date of birth | 1952 (age 71–72) | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Guarani FC | |||
| Barretos EC | |||
| Fluminense | |||
| Alegria | |||
| Rio Preto EC | |||
| 1975–1982 | Towa Real Estate/Fujita Industry | ||
| 1983–1986 | Yokohama Tristar/ANA | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Carvalho was one of several foreign players in the Japan Soccer League,[1] and during the 1977 season, he became the first foreign player to win the top scorer in the Japan Soccer League First Division. Carvalho scored a total of 77 goals in the league[2] becoming the fourth all-time top scorer in the Japan Soccer League First Division history.
Personal honors edit
- Japanese Footballer of the Year - 1 (1977)
- Japan Soccer League First Division Top Scorer - 2 (1977 (on his own), 1978 (shared with Kunishige Kamamoto))
- Japan Soccer League First Division Best Eleven - 5 (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)
References edit
- ^ "サッカーマガジン (The Soccer Magazine)" (in Japanese). Kagawa Soccer Library. 1 May 1984.
- ^ "セルジオ越後とフジタ (Fujita and Sergio Echigo)" (in Japanese). Kagawa Soccer Library. Retrieved 2 November 2010.
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