Mirandinha

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

Personal information
Mirandinha
Full name	Francisco Ernami Lima de Silva
Date of birth	July 2, 1959 (1959-07-02) (age 48)
Place of birth	Brasilia, Brazil
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1978-1979 1979-1980 1980-1982 1983-1984 1985 1986-1987 1987-1989 1989-1990 1991 1991 1991 1992-1993 1993-1994 1995	Ponte Preta Palmeiras Botafogo Capibaribe Portuguesa Palmeiras Newcastle United Palmeiras Belenenses Corinthians Fortaleza Shimizu S-Pulse Bellmare Hiratsuka Fortaleza	08 0(0) 0? 0(?) 33 (13) 27 (15) 09 0(2) 26 (21) 54 (20) 16 0(2) 0? 0(?) 08 0(1) 0? 0(?) 0? 0(?) 0? 0(?) 0? 0(?)
National team
1984-1987	Brazil	04 0(1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

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.

He also won 4 caps for the Brazilian national team, scoring one goal against England.^[1]

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