China (footballer, born 1939)

China
Personal information
Date of birth (1939-09-11)11 September 1939
Place of birth Fortaleza, Brazil
Date of death 1990 (aged 51)
Place of death Rapallo, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1962 Botafogo
1962–1965 Sampdoria 75 (30)
1965–1966 Roma 12 (3)
1966–1967 Vicenza 12 (4)
1967–1968 Mantova 2 (0)
1969–1972 Bangu
International career
1959–1960 Brazil Olympic 16 (17)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1959 Chicago
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

José Ricardo da Silva, also known as China (11 September 1939 – 1990) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He also represented the Brazil national team at the 1959 Pan American Games and the 1960 Summer Olympics.[1][2][3]

He died at the end of the year 1990, at the age of 51.[4]

da Silva played for six seasons (101 games, 37 goals) in the Italian Serie A for U.C. Sampdoria, A.S. Roma, L.R. Vicenza and A.C. Mantova.

Honours

Botafogo

References

  1. ^ "Seleção Brasileira Restritiva (Brazilian National Restrictive Team) 1952-1963". RSSSF Brazil. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Medalhistas Brasileiros - Chicago 1959". Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. ^ "China". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  4. ^ "José Ricardo da Silva, o China, brilhou pela Sampdoria nos clássicos de Gênova". Calciopedia. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2024.


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