Marcos de Mendonça

Marcos de Mendonça
Personal information
Full name	Marcos Cláudio Phillipe Carneiro de Mendonça
Date of birth	25 December 1894
Place of birth	Cataguases, Brazil
Date of death	October 19, 1988 (aged 93)
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1910–1911	Haddock Lobo
1911–1914	América
1914–1928	Fluminense
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:49, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

Marcos Cláudio Phillipe Carneiro de Mendonça (born December 25, 1894) was a Brazilian footballer who achieved notoriety playing for Fluminense and the Brazil national football team. He was the inaugural goalkeeper for Brazil and played a key role in Brazil's debut cup, the 1919 South American Championship.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Primeiro goleiro da seleção, Marcos de Mendonça virou referência na posição" (in Portuguese). globoesporte.com. 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
^ "Relíquias de casa velha" (in Portuguese). Revista Veja Rio. 2007-05-30. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
^ "MARCOS DE MENDONÇA - GOLEIRO". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF). Archived from the original on 2009-03-18. Retrieved 2009-06-14.