Orlando Fantoni

Orlando Fantoni
Personal information
Full name	Orlando Fantoni
Date of birth	4 May 1917
Place of birth	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Date of death	5 June 2002 (aged 85)
Place of death	Salvador, Brazil
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1932–1942	Palestra Itália-MG
1943–1945	Siderúrgica
1946–1947	Cruzeiro
1948	Lazio
1948–1949	Vasco da Gama
1949	Cruzeiro
1949–1950	Vasco da Gama
Managerial career
1955–1959	Venezuela
1957	UCV
1958	Deportivo Portugués [es]
1961–1967	Deportivo Italia
1967–1968	Cruzeiro
1970	América Mineiro
1971–1972	Cruzeiro
1973	América Mineiro
1974–1975	Náutico
1976–1977	Bahia
1977–1978	Vasco da Gama
1979	Grêmio
1980	Corinthians
1980	Vasco da Gama
1981	Sport Recife
1982	Náutico
1983	Cruzeiro
1984	Botafogo
1986–1987	Bahia
1988–1989	Vitória
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 February 2024

Orlando Fantoni (4 May 1917 – 5 June 2002), also known as Fantoni IV, was a Brazilian professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward.

Career

The youngest of the Fantoni brothers, Orlando followed in the footsteps of Ninão and Niginho by playing for Palestra Itália (currently Cruzeiro) from 1932 to 1942.^[1] He also played two seasons for Siderúrgica de Sabará and in 1948 he transferred to Lazio, being the fourth Fantoni to represent for the club . He would still play for Vasco da Gama, where he was champion in 1949 and 1950.^[2]

Managerial career

Soon after retiring from the field, he accepted the task of helping in the development of football in Venezuela, taking over the command of the national team and some clubs such as UCV, Deportivo Portugués and Deportivo Itália, being national champion for all of these.^[3] As a coach he had a very successful career, being the first Brazilian to win five state championships with different teams, in addition to winning titles again with Cruzeiro and Vasco, where he had been champion as a player. Fantoni also did great work for América and Corinthians, even without winning titles, in addition to being EC Bahia champion in three editions of the state championship.^[4]^[5]

Personal life

Orlando is brother os also footballers Niginho (Leonídio Fantoni) and Ninão (João Fantoni), cousin of Nininho Fantoni, and uncle of Benito Fantoni and Fernando Fantoni.

Death

Fantoni passed away on 5 June 2002, at the age of 85 in Salvador, due to lung emphysema.^[2]

Honours

Player

Cruzeiro

Campeonato Mineiro: 1940

Vasco da Gama

Campeonato Carioca: 1949, 1950

Manager

UCV

Venezuelan Primera División: 1957

Deportivo Portugués

Venezuelan Primera División: 1958

Deportivo Itália

Venezuelan Primera División: 1961, 1963, 1966

Cruzeiro

Campeonato Mineiro: 1968
Taça Minas Gerais: 1983

Náutico

Campeonato Pernambucano: 1974

Bahia

Campeonato Baiano: 1976, 1986, 1987

Vasco da Gama

Campeonato Carioca: 1977
Taça Guanabara: 1977

Grêmio

Campeonato Gaúcho: 1979

References

^ "Orlando Fantoni". Cruzeiropédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Que fim levou? Orlando Fantoni". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^ "ORLANDO FANTONI: conquistou muitos títulos como treinador". Memória do Esporte (in Portuguese). 9 July 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^ "Orlando Fantoni". Acervo do Coelho (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^ "Orlando Fantoni, ex-treinador do Corinthians". Meu Timão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 15 February 2024.