Viladônega

Villadonega Souza Rodrigues (8 June 1942 – 2 August 2022), known as just Villadonega or Viladônega, was a Brazilian footballer.

Full name Viladônega de Souza Rodrigues

Date of birth (1942-06-08)8 June 1942

Place of birth Euclides da Cunha, Brazil

Date of death 2 August 2022(2022-08-02) (aged 80)

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Viladônega

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Full name	Viladônega de Souza Rodrigues
Date of birth	(1942-06-08)8 June 1942
Place of birth	Euclides da Cunha, Brazil
Date of death	2 August 2022(2022-08-02) (aged 80)
Place of death	Itapetinga, Brazil
Positions	Midfielder forward
Youth career
1954	Jequiá-BA
1954–1960[1]	Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–1963[2]	Vasco da Gama	62	(29)
1963	→ Atlético Mineiro (loan)
1964–1966	Atlético Mineiro	95	(41)
1966–1970	URT
International career
1959	Brazil Olympic	2	(0)
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Brazil Pan American Games 1959 Chicago
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Viladônega represented the Brazil national team at the 1959 Pan American Games, where the team won the silver medal.^[3][4] He joined Vasco da Gama at the age of 12 in 1954, played professionally from 1960 to 1963, appearing in 62 matches and scoring 29 goals, winning the Pentagonal Tournament in Mexico in 1963.^[5]

He played for Atlético-MG from mid-1963 until 1966, appearing in 95 games and scoring 41 goals. He was the Minas Gerais state champion and top scorer of the competition with 12 goals in 1963..^[6][7][8]

He ended his career at URT-MG and in the 70s returned to Bahia, where he became a visual artist in the city of Itapetinga.^[9]