Djalminha

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Personal information
Djalminha
Full name	Djalma Feitosa Dias
Date of birth	December 9, 1970
Place of birth	Santos, Brazil
Playing position	Offensive Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
1984–1989	Vasco da Gama
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1989–1993 1993–1994 1995 1996 1997–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004	Flamengo Guarani Shimizu S-Pulse Palmeiras Deportivo de La Coruña FK Austria Wien Deportivo de La Coruña Club América	21 (2) – (–) – (–) – (–) 126 (36) – (–) 11 (2) – (–)
National team
1996-2002	Brazil	14 (6)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Djalminha, full name Djalma Feitosa Dias, (born December 9, 1970 in São Paulo) is a former Brazilian football player. He played offensive midfielder with CR Flamengo and Deportivo de La Coruña.

He received the Bola de Ouro (Brazilian Golden Ball award) in 1996 and has 17 caps with the Brazilian national team.

Blessed with outrageous natural ability, Djalminha has a full catalogue of independently created tricks which have excited crowds of for each club he has played for. Indeed, this reliance on tricks and inventiveness has often wreaked havoc in his professional dealings with his managers. He classes the game of football as a "gladiatorial bout; my role is to entertain". This selfish and individualistic approach to the game has blunted his career and limited the sublime talent of the Brazilian to just 17 full international caps. However, it has made him a firm fans' favourite throughout the world.