Detinho

Detinho

Personal information
Full name	José Wellington Bento dos Santos
Date of birth	September 11, 1973 (1973-09-11) (age 38)
Place of birth	Sergipe, Brazil
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Citizen
Number	30
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997	Vasco-SE	?	(?)
1997–1998	Paços de Ferreira	?	(?)
1998	S.C. Vianense	?	(?)
1998–1999	U.D. Oliveirense	?	(?)
1999–2000	Futebol Clube do Marco	?	(?)
2000–2002	S.C. Campomaiorense	?	(?)
2002–2005	Leixões S.C.	?	(?)
2005–2006	Imortal de Albufeira	?	(?)
2006–2009	South China	56	(53)
2009–	Citizen	5	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 September 2009. † Appearances (Goals).

José Wellington Bento dos Santos, commonly known as Detinho (Chinese:迪天奴) (born 11 September 1973 in Sergipe), is a Brazilian football player who is playing for the Hong Kong First Division League club Citizen.

Football career

Detinho played for a number of seasons in the Portuguese Liga; he self-identifies as Portuguese rather than Brazilian. He started his professional career at Vasco-SE in the state of Sergipe.

While at Leixões S.C., Detinho played both legs in the UEFA Cup 2002-03 first round, scoring one goal.

South China

Detinho joined South China in 2006 after the team gave up its "All-Chinese" policy. He finished with a very successful season; he was awarded South China Star of the Month three times (September, April and May), finished as runner-up in the Hong Kong First Division League 2006-07 top scorer table and was selected in the Hong Kong Top Footballer Best XI Squad. He was also awarded his club's award as the Best Performing Player of 2006-07.

Detinho scored goals during the friendly match with Italian giants Juventus and David Beckham side's L.A. Galaxy. He was voted the man of the match ahead of David Beckham.

Detinho was released by South China at the end of the 2008-2009 season. He revisited Hong Kong in early September 2009 and received an offer to play for Citizen.

Citizen

Detinho scored a hat-trick and helped Citizen defeat Sun Hei SC by 5:4 in a league game during the 2010-11 Hong Kong First Division League season. ^[1] Detinho also came on as a substitute in the 2010-11 Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield final, helping the club overturn a 0:3 deficit to draw the match 3:3, then win the match after extra time and penalties by 4:2.^[2]

Career statistics in Hong Kong

As of 11 September 2009

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	15 (3)	15	3 (0)	1	4 (0)	2	4 (0)	3	N/A	N/A	26 (3)	21
	2007-08	15 (1)	19	2 (0)	3	2 (2)	4	2 (0)	0	3 (2)	0	24 (5)	26
	2008-09	15 (7)	18	2 (0)	0	1 (0)	0	3 (0)	3	N/A	N/A	21 (7)	21
All		45 (11)	52	7 (0)	4	7 (2)	6	9 (0)	6	3 (2)	0	71 (15)	69
Citizen	2009-10	5 (0)	3	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	N/A	N/A	5 (0)	3
All		5 (0)	3	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	0	5 (0)	3

Honours

Club

Citizen AA

• Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield
  • Winner2010-11

References

1. ^ (Chinese)鞠盈智建奇功 公民5：4反勝晨曦 Ming Pao (on soccer.sina.com.hk) 2010-10-18 04:55:31
2. ^ (Chinese)南華災難性失銀牌 公民奇迹奪冠 Oriental Daily. 17 January 2011

External links

• Player Information on HKFA Website (English)
• Brazilian FA database (Portuguese)
• Player profile on zerozero.pt (English)
• HKFA Website 香港足球明星簡介(二) - 迪天奴 (Chinese)

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Tales Schutz	Hong Kong First Division League top scorer 2007–08 2008–09 (with Giovane)	Succeeded by Cahê

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Date of birth	11 September 1973
Place of birth	Sergipe, Brazil
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