Miltão

José Milton Benedito, also known as Miltão (1 July 1950 – 22 December 2003) was a Brazilian professional football player. He has been the topscorer of the 1979 Copa Libertadores with 6 goals.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Milton and the second or paternal family name is Benedito.
Miltão
Personal information
Full name José Milton Benedito
Date of birth (1950-07-01)1 July 1950
Place of birth Brazil
Date of death 22 December 2003(2003-12-22) (aged 53)
Place of death Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Estrela de Piquete
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1974 Tiradentes 15 (5)
1975–1978 Sport Recife 66 (22)
1979 Guarani 2 (0)
1980–1983 Vila Nova 21 (1)
1984 Tuna Luso 9 (0)
1990 Volta Redonda
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

After having played at youth level for Estrela de Piquete, a small club based in the São Paulo state, he transferred to Sociedade Esportiva Tiradentes, a Piauí club that played in the first level of Brazilian football.[1] His first season in the Brasileirão (which was then simply called Campeonato Nacional, National Championship) was the 1974 tournament. He then moved to Sport Recife, and he stayed there for 4 seasons, playing 66 games and scoring 22 goals. In 1979, he played for Guarani, both in the National championship (only 2 appearances) and the Copa Libertadores: during the latter tournament he scored 6 goals, finishing as the topscorer along Peruvian Juan José Oré. After his experience with Guarani, he played for Vila Nova, a Goiânia-based club, and he played one last season in Série A with Tuna Luso in 1984.

References
  1. (in Portuguese) Que Fim Levou? - Miltão


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