Orlando Fantoni

Orlando Fantoni
Personal information
Date of birth (1917-05-13)13 May 1917
Place of birth Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Date of death 5 June 2002(2002-06-05) (aged 85)
Place of death Salvador, Brazil
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1932–1942 Palestra Itália-MG 53 (62)
1943–1945 Siderúrgica
1946–1947 Cruzeiro
1948 Lazio 8 (2)
1948–1949 Vasco da Gama
1949 Cruzeiro 1 (0)
1949–1950 Vasco da Gama
Managerial career
1955–1959 Venezuela
1957 UCV
1958 Deportivo Portugués [es]
1961–1967 Deportivo Italia
1967–1968 Cruzeiro
1970 América Mineiro
1971–1972 Cruzeiro
1973 América Mineiro
1974–1975 Náutico
1976–1977 Bahia
1977–1978 Vasco da Gama
1979 Grêmio
1980 Corinthians
1980 Vasco da Gama
1981 Sport Recife
1982 Náutico
1983 Cruzeiro
1984 Botafogo
1986–1987 Bahia
1988–1989 Vitória
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Orlando Fantoni (13 May 1917 – 5 June 2002), also known as Fantoni IV, was a Brazilian professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward.

Playing career

The youngest of the Fantoni brothers, Orlando followed in the footsteps of Ninão and Niginho by playing for Palestra Itália (currently Cruzeiro) from 1932 to 1942.[1] He also played two seasons for Siderúrgica de Sabará and in 1948 he transferred to Lazio, being the fourth Fantoni to represent for the club . He would still play for Vasco da Gama, where he was champion in 1949 and 1950.[2]

Managerial career

Soon after retiring from the field, he accepted the task of helping in the development of football in Venezuela, taking over the command of the national team and some clubs such as UCV, Deportivo Portugués and Deportivo Itália, being national champion for all of these.[3] As a coach he had a very successful career, being the first Brazilian to win five state championships with different teams, in addition to winning titles again with Cruzeiro and Vasco, where he had been champion as a player. Fantoni also did great work for América and Corinthians, even without winning titles, in addition to being EC Bahia champion in three editions of the state championship.[4][5]

Personal life and death

Orlando is brother os also footballers Niginho (Leonídio Fantoni) and Ninão (João Fantoni), cousin of Nininho Fantoni, and uncle of Benito Fantoni and Fernando Fantoni.

Fantoni died on 5 June 2002, at the age of 85 in Salvador, due to lung emphysema.[2]

Honours

Player

Cruzeiro

Vasco da Gama

Manager

UCV

Deportivo Portugués

Deportivo Itália

Cruzeiro

Náutico

Bahia

Vasco da Gama

Grêmio

References

  1. ^ "Orlando Fantoni". Cruzeiropédia (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Que fim levou? Orlando Fantoni". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  3. ^ "ORLANDO FANTONI: conquistou muitos títulos como treinador". Memória do Esporte (in Portuguese). 9 July 2023. Archived from the original on 9 December 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Orlando Fantoni". Acervo do Coelho (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Orlando Fantoni, ex-treinador do Corinthians". Meu Timão (in Portuguese). 14 August 1980. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_Fantoni