Antonio "Toninho" Gonzaga Almeida (born 22 August 1950 in Teófilo Otoni, Minas Gerais), was a football player from Brazil.
[1] He received the Belfort Duarte Trophy ("fair play award") from the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF).
Almeida is credited for playing the "jogo bonito" (beautiful game) by the vast majority of the Brazilian press.
He was in the squad that reached the finals of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Brazilian championship) in 1974 and 1975 with Cruzeiro E.C.
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