José Reinaldo de Lima

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Reinaldo
Full name	José Reinaldo de Lima
Date of birth	January 11, 1957 (1957-01-11) (age 51)
Place of birth	Ponte Nova, Brazil
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1973-1985 1985 1986 1986 1987 1988	Clube Atlético Mineiro Palmeiras Rio Negro Cruzeiro BK Häcken Telstar	{{{caps(goals)}}}
National team
1975–1985	Brazil	{{{nationalcaps(goals)}}}
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

José Reinaldo de Lima, born on January 11, 1957, is a former Brazilian football player and striker, popularly known as Reinaldo or Rei (The King).

[edit] Clubs and Years active

During his career (1973–1988), he played for:

Reinaldo played 30 matches and scored 11 goals for the Brazilian national team between July 1975 and May 1985, including the 1978 FIFA World Cup, where he scored one goal against Sweden. He also scored the qualifying goal for Brazil's participation in the 1982 FIFA World Cup held in Spain, but was not included on the team.

[edit] Records and Awards

Reinaldo scored a club record of 255 goals for Clube Atlético Mineiro. He also averaged 1.55 goals per match in the 1977 season—scoring 28 goals in 18 matches— the record average for the Brazilian League, for which Atlético supporters nicknamed him The King.^{[citation needed]} He won eight Campeonato Mineiro titles including six consecutively: in 1976, 1978–1983 and 1985.

[edit] Subsequent Career

Reinaldo is still remembered by Atlético Mineiro supporters and received significant support from both club and fans when he was prosecuted on drug abuse charges in 1998.^{[citation needed]} In 2004, he was elected in Belo Horizonte to represent the Partido dos Trabalhadores (Brazilian Workers' Party).^{[citation needed]}

Preceded by Dadá Maravilha	Brazilian Championship Top Scorer 1977	Succeeded by Paulinho

v • d • e Brazil squad - 1978 FIFA World Cup Third Place

1 Leão • 2 Toninho • 3 Oscar • 4 Amaral • 5 Toninho Cerezo • 6 Edinho • 7 Zé Sérgio • 8 Zico • 9 Reinaldo • 10 Rivelino • 11 Dirceu • 12 Carlos • 13 Nelinho • 14 Abel • 15 Polozzi • 16 Rodrigues Neto • 17 Batista • 18 Gil • 19 Jorge Mendonça • 20 Roberto Dinamite • 21 Chicão • 22 Valdir Peres • Coach: Coutinho