Tostão

Tostão is a Brazilian footballer, born on 25 January 1947 in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Tostão played as a forward for Cruzeiro and Vasco da Gama. Tostão scored 303 goals in 503 league and international games and won 7 trophies, including the World Cup and 6 league titles.

Tostão's career stats

GamesGoals
Clubs, league games449271
Brazil5432
Total503303

Goals per game: 0.60.

Tostão's trophies and awards

  • Trophies with club and country: 7
  • League titles: 6
  • World Cup: 1
  • Trophies with Brazil: 1
  • Individual awards: 5

Cruzeiro

  • Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1 (1966)
  • Campeonato Mineiro: 5 (1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969)

Brazil

  • FIFA World Cup: 1 (1970)

Individual

  • Bola de Prata: 1 (1970)
  • Campeonato Brasileiro Série A top scorer: 1 (1970)
  • South American Footballer of the Year: 1 (1971)
  • World Soccer: 1
  • Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame: 1

Clubs

League games and goals at each club.

  1. 1962–1963: América Mineiro, 26 games, 16 goals
  2. 1963–1972: Cruzeiro, 378 games, 249 goals
  3. 1972–1973: Vasco da Gama, 45 games, 6 goals

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