Jorge Pinto de Mendonça (June 6, 1954 – February 17, 2006) was a Brazil

Brazil

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ian footballer

Football (soccer)

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 most famous during 1970s and 1980s, playing in a striker role.

Career

Born in Silva Jardim

Silva Jardim

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, he scored 375 goals during his career (1971–1990). With Brazilian team

Brazil national football team

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 he played 6 games without scoring any goals (he was Zico

Zico

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 reserve in 1978 FIFA World Cup

1978 FIFA World Cup

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). He won the São Paulo State Championship

Campeonato Paulista

The Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1, simply known as the Campeonato Paulista, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The league is contested between 20 clubs and typically lasts from January to April...

 in 1976 and was the top goalscorer in the same tournament in 1981. After he retired he suffered of most problems financiary and familiar. In his last year he directed a project hospital children of Guarani

Guarani Futebol Clube

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. He died at 51 years old from a heart attack

Myocardial infarction

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 in Campinas

Campinas

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.

Palmares

• Campeonato Pernambucano
  Campeonato Pernambucano
  The Campeonato Pernambucano de Futebol is the football championship of Pernambuco state, Brazil, and is organized by the Pernambuco Football Federation....
  
  : 1974 (Náutico)
• Campeonato Paulista
  Campeonato Paulista
  The Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Profissional da Primeira Divisão - Série A1, simply known as the Campeonato Paulista, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The league is contested between 20 clubs and typically lasts from January to April...
  
  : 1976 (Palmeiras)
• Taça de Prata
  Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
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   (Second Division): 1981 (Guarani)