Chinho

{{Short description|Angolan footballer (1982–2019)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Chinho | image = | fullname = João dos Santos de Almeida<ref name="nft"/> | birth_date = {{Birth date|1982|9|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Luanda, Angola | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|7|8|1982|9|2|df=yes}} | height = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = | caps1 = | goals1 = | nationalyears1 = 2004–2009 | nationalteam1 = Angola | nationalcaps1 = 13 | nationalgoals1 = 1 }} '''João dos Santos de Almeida''', also known as '''Chinho''' (2 September 1982 - 8 July 2019) was a former Angolan footballer who played as a midfielder. He made 13 appearances for the Angolan national team, scoring once.<ref name="nft">{{NFT|191}}</ref>

Chinho holds the only African title ever achieved by Angola in football as they won the 2001 African Youth Championship in Ethiopia.

==Death== In mid-morning, 8 July 2019, Chinho was found shot dead inside his vehicle, at the Sapu neighborhood, in the outskirts of Luanda, shortly after leaving his office where he had just paid monthly wages to his employees. A witness has reportedly seen a motorcycle bumping on the rear side of his vehicle and as he stopped the vehicle and lowered the side window he was shot by the motorcycle's passenger several times at point-blank range and died on the scene.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.angop.ao/angola/pt_pt/noticias/desporto/2019/6/28/Futebol-Morreu-futebolista-Chinho,b2482f17-c6b6-49f3-af91-d09c8c7aa45a.html |title=Futebol: Morreu ex-futebolista "Chinho" |publisher=ANGOP Angolan News Agency |date=8 July 2019 |accessdate= 21 September 2019 |language=pt}}</ref>

==Career statistics== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="nft"/> |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="7"|Angola |2003||1||1 |- |2004||6||0 |- |2005||3||0 |- |2006||3||0 |- |2007||0||0 |- |2008||0||0 |- |2009||0||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!13!!1 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Worldfootball.net|new_id=pe73707}}

Category:1982 births Category:2019 deaths Category:21st-century Angolan sportsmen Category:Angolan men's footballers Category:Angola men's international footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders