Detinho

José Wellington Bento dos Santos (Chinese: 迪天奴; born 11 September 1973), known as Detinho, is a former Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker. He also holds a Portuguese passport.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Bento and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.
Detinho
Detinho before a game with Citizen in 2012
Personal information
Full name José Wellington Bento dos Santos
Date of birth (1973-09-11) 11 September 1973
Place of birth Sergipe, Brazil
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997 Vasco–SE
1997 Vasco Gama
1997–1998 Paços Ferreira 10 (2)
1998 Vianense 15 (10)
1998–1999 Oliveirense 31 (12)
1999–2000 Marco 26 (19)
2000–2001 Campomaiorense 30 (8)
2001–2005 Leixões 105 (27)
2005–2006 Imortal 29 (12)
2006–2009 South China 56 (52)
2009–2014 Citizen 82 (25)
2014–2015 South China 8 (1)
2015–2020 Wing Yee 93 (82)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 October 2019

He spent his entire professional career in Portugal and Hong Kong, retiring in his 40s.

Club career

Portugal

Born in Sergipe, Detinho only started playing organised football well in his 20s. In 1997, he moved to Portugal where he remained the following nine years, starting with F.C. Paços de Ferreira in the second division and moving to SC Vianense of the third level after a few months.

Subsequently, Detinho represented U.D. Oliveirense and F.C. Marco in division three, his performances with the latter attracting the attention of Primeira Liga club S.C. Campomaiorense who purchased him for the 2000–01 season, and he responded by scoring eight goals in 29 games to finish team top-scorer, even though it was not good enough to prevent relegation.[1][2]

Detinho signed with third-tier Leixões S.C. in late September 2001. He netted ten times in the league his first year, adding three in the club's historic run in the Taça de Portugal which ended in the 1–0 final loss against Sporting CP where he played the full 90 minutes.[3][4] He repeated individual numbers the following campaign, helping to achieve promotion.[5]

After the previous domestic cup exploits, Detinho appeared with the Matosinhos side in the 2002–03 UEFA Cup, scoring in a 2–1 home win over PAOK FC in the first round (3–5 aggregate loss).[6]

South China

Detinho joined South China AA in 2006 from Imortal DC, after the team gave up its "all-Chinese" policy. He had a very successful first season in the Hong Kong First Division League, being chosen South China Star of the Month three times (September, April and May), finishing second in the top scorers table and being selected in the Hong Kong Top Footballer Best XI; additionally, he was also voted his team's best player.

Career statistics

Club (Hong Kong only)
As of 24 October 2019[7]
Club Season League Senior Shield League Cup FA Cup AFC Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
South China 2006–07 1815314243N/AN/A2921
2007–08 1619234420502926
2008–09 2218201033N/AN/A2821
All 5652749696508668
Citizen 2009–10 16621N/AN/A42N/AN/A229
2010–11 155301010N/AN/A205
2011–12 162212010N/AN/A213
2012–13 16662N/AN/A00N/AN/A228
2013–14 15410N/AN/A22N/AN/A186
2014–15 42N/AN/A0000N/AN/A42
All 822514430840010733
South China 2014–15 8110301000131
All 8110301000131
Wing Yee 2015–16 2428N/AN/AN/AN/A41N/AN/A2829
2016–17 2122N/AN/AN/AN/A30N/AN/A2422
2017–18 2521N/AN/AN/AN/A32N/AN/A2823
2018–19 1911N/AN/AN/AN/A45N/AN/A2316
2019–20 40N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A40
All 938200001480010390
Total 239160228156321850313192

Honours

Marco

Leixões

South China

Citizen

References
  1. "Campomaiorense frente ao Gil Vicente: Detinho decisivo" [Campomaiorense against Gil Vicente: Detinho decisive]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 January 2001. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  2. "Campomaiorense frente ao E. Amadora: Detinho goleador" [Campomaiorense against E. Amadora: Scoring Detinho]. Record (in Portuguese). 12 March 2001. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  3. "Detinho: "Jardel marca e nós... 3–1"" [Detinho: "Jardel scores and we... 3–1"]. Record (in Portuguese). 11 May 2002. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  4. "Sporting frente ao Leixões: Adeus cinzento a época de glória" [Sporting against Leixões: Grey goodbye to glorious season]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 May 2002. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  5. "A grande aposta leixonense" [Leixões' big bet]. Record (in Portuguese). 21 April 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  6. "Leixões-PAOK, 2–1: Uma equipa fantástica (...) olé, olé, olé..." [Leixões-PAOK, 2–1: Fantastic team (...) olé, olé, olé...]. Record (in Portuguese). 18 September 2002. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  7. "Detinho". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
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