Mirandinha

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For the Brazilian footballer who played in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, see Sebastião Miranda da Silva.

Francisco Ernami Lima de Silva, better known as Mirandinha (born 2 July 1959 in Brasilia), is a Brazilian former professional football player.

Mirandinha is most notable for being the first Brazilian to play for an English football team, when he signed for Newcastle United in 1987, after he scored a goal for Brazil against England in the 1987 Rous Cup. The move cost Newcastle £575,000. His time at Newcastle was a mixed bag of spectacular goals, injury and charges of selfish play. The forward was one of 11 children and worked down a salt mine before football came along. In 2001, he was Rio Negro's manager. In that year, he won the Campeonato Amazonense.

Mirandinha is currently the manager of the Brazilian team Centro Esportivo Nova Esperança.

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