Djalminha

Djalma Feitosa Dias (born 9 December 1970), known as Djalminha [diʒawˈmĩɲɐ], is a Brazilian football pundit and retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Feitosa and the second or paternal family name is Dias.
Djalminha
Personal information
Full name Djalma Feitosa Dias
Date of birth (1970-12-09) 9 December 1970
Place of birth Santos, Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1976–1988 Flamengo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1993 Flamengo 22 (2)
1993–1995 Guarani 33 (15)
1994 → Shimizu S-Pulse (loan) 11 (4)
1996–1997 Palmeiras 22 (12)
1997–2004 Deportivo La Coruña 137 (38)
2002–2003 → Austria Wien (loan) 10 (2)
2004 Club América 5 (1)
Total 240 (74)
International career
1996–2002 Brazil 14 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Blessed with superb skill and technical ability but possessing a troublesome character, he represented among others Flamengo, Palmeiras and Deportivo de La Coruña, and was also a Brazil international.[1][2]

Club career

Brazil

Son of former footballer Djalma Dias, Djalminha (Little Djalma) was born in Santos, São Paulo, while his father was playing for Santos.[3] He started his career at Flamengo, based in Rio de Janeiro.

Afterwards, Djalminha played for Guarani (being briefly loaned, in 1994, to Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan) and then Palmeiras, where he received the Bola de Ouro (Brazilian Golden Ball) award in 1996.

Deportivo de La Coruña

In July 1997, Djalminha joined Spanish club Deportivo de La Coruña, where he scored 26 La Liga goals in 87 appearances in his first three seasons there, playing a significant role in the club's first (and, to date, only) La Liga conquest in 1999–2000. After that, however, the emergence of Juan Carlos Valerón, signed upon Atlético Madrid's relegation,[4][5] meant less playing time for Djalminha. This was followed by a May 2002 heated confrontation during training with Depor manager Javier Irureta,[6] prompted his loan to Austrian Football Bundesliga side FK Austria Wien in the summer of 2002.[7]

After just 11 appearances for Deportivo in the 2003–04 campaign, Djalminha finished his career with Mexico's Club América, retiring at 34.

Indoor football

In 2008, Djalminha returned to Depor, joining its indoor football team alongside club greats Donato, Fran, Noureddine Naybet and Jacques Songo'o.[8][9]

International career

The stiff competition in Brazil in Djalminha's position of attacking midfielder, combined with his somewhat difficult temperament, limited him to just 14 full international caps in six years, the vast majority coming while at Deportivo. He was part of the squad that won the 1997 Copa América,[10] and of the Brazil team that played in Le Tournoi, also in 1997.

Djalminha was due to be called to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but was finally not chosen by Luiz Felipe Scolari after his incident with Irureta days before the announcement of the final squad, losing his place to Kaká.[11]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[12][13][14]
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Flamengo 1989 Série A 1000
1990 11171
1991 41
1992 70
1993 63
Total 232134
Guarani 1993 Série A 196196
1994 3333
1995 116
Total 3315
Shimizu S-Pulse 1994 (loan) J1 League 11400114
Palmeiras 1996 Série A 221275
1997 005151
Total 2212126
Deportivo 1997–98 La Liga 26831213110
1998–99 30851359
1999–00 311010733913
2000–01 21931933313
2001–02 1816082323
2003–04 1123010152
Total 1373821326918550
Austria Wien (loan) 2002–03 Austrian Bundesliga 1020021123
Club América Apertura 2004 Liga MX 5151
Career total 24174

International
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Brazil 199631
199773
199800
199900
200020
200100
200221
Total145

Honours

Football

Flamengo

Palmeiras

Deportivo

Austria Wien

Brazil

Individual

Indoor football

Deportivo

  • Spanish League: 2007–08, 2009–10
  • Spanish Cup: 2007–08, 2009–10

Flamengo

  • Brazilian Championship: 2009[15]

Brazil

  • Indoor Football World Cup: 2006

Individual

  • Indoor Football World Cup MVP: 2006
  • Brazilian Championship Top Scorer: 2009[15]

References
  1. "Qué fue de… Djalminha" [What happened to… Djalminha]. 20 minutos (in Spanish). 7 May 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  2. "Una leyenda en cinco instantes: Djalminha" [Five snapshots of a legend: Djalminha]. Riazor (in Spanish). 11 July 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  3. "Djalma Dias… o craque sem copa" [Djalma Dias… the star without a cup]. Tardes de Pacaembu (in Portuguese). 12 January 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  4. Torres, Diego (26 October 2001). "Djalminha exige la titularidad" [Djalminha demands to start]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  5. "Djalminha volvió para demostrar que Valerón tiene sustituto" [Djalminha returned to show Valerón is replaceable]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 10 November 2003. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  6. Djalminha da un cabezazo a Irureta y se gana el despido (Djalminha headbutts Irureta and earns dismissal); El Mundo, 2 May 2002 (in Spanish)
  7. "Wien capture Brazilian duo". UEFA. 31 August 2002. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  8. Deportivo 11 Valencia 11; Diario AS, 13 March 2009 (in Spanish)
  9. Djalminha y Fran destrozan al Madrid (Djalminha and Fran destroy Madrid); Defensa Central, 29 January 2010 (in Spanish)
  10. Copa América 1997; at RSSSF
  11. "Após briga na Espanha, Djalminha tentou se explicar para Felipão" [After fight in Spain, Djalminha tried to explain himself to Felipão] (in Portuguese). SporTV. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  12. "Djalminha". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  13. Spain statistics according to LFP
  14. Brazil statistics according to Futpédia
  15. Djalma y Emerson, campeones de Brasil de fútbol indoor (Djalma and Emerson, Brazilian Indoor soccer champions); La Voz de Galicia, 11 July 2009 (in Spanish)
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