Carvalho (footballer)

João Dickson Carvalho (born 1952) is a Brazilian former football player.

Carvalho

Personal information
Full name	João Dickson Carvalho
Date of birth	1952 (age 70–71)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Guarani FC
	Barretos EC
	Fluminense
	Alegria
	Rio Preto EC
1975–1982	Towa Real Estate/Fujita Industry
1983–1986	Yokohama Tristar/ANA
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Carvalho was one of several foreign players in the Japan Soccer League,^[1] and during the 1977 season, he became the first foreign player to win the top scorer in the Japan Soccer League First Division. Carvalho scored a total of 77 goals in the league^[2] becoming the fourth all-time top scorer in the Japan Soccer League First Division history.

Personal honors

• Japanese Footballer of the Year - 1 (1977)
• Japan Soccer League First Division Top Scorer - 2 (1977 (on his own), 1978 (shared with Kunishige Kamamoto))
• Japan Soccer League First Division Best Eleven - 5 (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981)

References

1. "サッカーマガジン　(The Soccer Magazine)" (in Japanese). Kagawa Soccer Library. 1 May 1984.
2. "セルジオ越後とフジタ (Fujita and Sergio Echigo)" (in Japanese). Kagawa Soccer Library. Retrieved 2 November 2010.