Niginho
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Leonídio Fantoni, best known as Niginho or Fantoni III (born in Belo Horizonte, 12 February 1912 – died 5 September 1975) was a professional association footballer who played as a forward.
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Key facts
- Football biography.name
- Niginho
- Football biography.image
- File:Ninão,niginho,bengala.jpg
- Football biography.caption
- Niginho (center) in 1936
- Football biography.fullname
- Leonídio Fantoni
- Football biography.birth_place
- Belo Horizonte (MG), Brasil
- Football biography.position
- Forward
- Football biography.years1
- 1929–1933
- Football biography.clubs1
- Palestra Itália (MG)
- Football biography.caps1
- 31
- Football biography.goals1
- 6
- Football biography.years2
- 1934–1936
- Football biography.clubs2
- Lazio
- Football biography.caps2
- 50
- Football biography.goals2
- 42
- Football biography.years3
- 1936
- Football biography.clubs3
- Palestra Itália (SP)
- Football biography.caps3
- 6
- Football biography.goals3
- 6
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Belo Horizonte
- Place of death
- Belo Horizonte
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Participant in
- 1938 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Cruzeiro E.C.
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Brazil
- Mass
- 82
- Image
- Ninão,niginho,bengala.jpg
- Height
- 188
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1912-02-12
- date of death
- 1975-09-05
- coach of sports team
- Cruzeiro E.C.
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Leonídio Fantoni, best known as Niginho or Fantoni III (born in Belo Horizonte, 12 February 1912 – died 5 September 1975) was a professional association footballer who played as a forward.
==Biography== His Italian-origins family was a supporter of Cruzeiro, than known as "Palestra Itália". Fantoni started his career in that club, playing with his brother João Fantoni (Ninão) and their cousin Otávio Fantoni (Nininho). In 1931, they were sold to Lazio, where they would be known by their surnames, like a dynasty: Ninão was Fantoni I, Nininho was Fantoni II and him, Fantoni III. They played with another Italian-Brazilian player, Anfilogino Guarisi, in a Lazio squad known as "Brasilazio". Before moving to Italy, Niginho conquested the Minas Gerais State Championship in 1928, 1929 and 1930.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Niginho” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.