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Chinho
Personal information
Full name João dos Santos de Almeida[1]
Date of birth (1982-09-02)2 September 1982
Place of birth Luanda, Angola
Date of death 8 July 2019(2019-07-08) (aged 36)
Position(s) Midfielder
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Angola 10 (0)

João dos Santos de Almeida, also known as Chinho (September 2, 1982 - July 8, 2019) was a former Angolan football player. He has played for the Angolan national team.

Chinho holds the only African title ever achieved by Angola in football as they won the 2001 African Youth Championship in Ethiopia.

Death

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In mid-morning, July 8, 2019, Chinho was found shot dead inside his vehicle, at the Sapu neighborhood, in the outskirts of Luanda, shortly after leaving his office where he had just paid monthly wages to his employees. A witness has reportedly seen a motorcycle bumping on the rear side of his vehicle and as he stopped the vehicle and lowered the side window he was shot by the motorcycle's passenger several times at point-blank range and died on the scene.[2]

National team statistics

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Angola national team
Year Apps Goals
2004 4 0
2005 2 0
2006 3 0
2007 0 0
2008 0 0
2009 1 0
Total 10 0

References

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  1. ^ "Chinho :: João dos Santos de Almeida ::".
  2. ^ "Futebol: Morreu ex-futebolista "Chinho"" (in Portuguese). ANGOP Angolan News Agency. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  • Chinho at National-Football-Teams.com