Nenê Belarmino

Nenê Belarmino
Personal information
Full name Belarmino de Almeida Júnior
Date of birth (1951-01-08) 8 January 1951
Place of birth Santos, Brazil
Position Forward
Youth career
Pasteur
Santos Praia Clube
1968–1969 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1974 Santos 226 (58)
1974–1982 Universidad de Guadalajara
1982 Portuguesa Santista
Managerial career
1984 Portuguesa Santista (youth)
1986 Santos (youth)
1987 Candidomotense
1988 União Mogi
1989 Santos (youth)
1989–1992 Universidad de Guadalajara (staff)
1993 Operário-MS
1994 Portuguesa Santista (youth)
1995 União São João
1995–1996 Portuguesa Santista
1996–1999 Santos (youth)
1999–2000 Portuguesa Santista (assistant)
2000–2003 Belenenses (assistant)
2004 Portuguesa Santista
2004 São Gabriel-RS
2004 União São João
2005 Comercial-SP
2006 Sertãozinho
2006 Comercial-SP
2006–2007 Sertãozinho
2007 Botafogo-SP
2008 Portuguesa Santista
2008 Santos (assistant)
2009 Matonense
2009–2010 Leones Negros UdeG
2010 Camboriú
2011 Oeste
2011–2012 Uberaba
2013 Grêmio Barueri
2019 Portuguesa Santista (coordinator)
2019 Uberaba
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 November 2025

Belarmino de Almeida Júnior (born 8 January 1951), better known as Nenê Belarmino, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward.

Player career

As a player, Nenê began his career with Santos in 1969, a team for which he played until 1974,[1] winning the state championship in 1973. He then went to play in Mexico for Universidad de Guadalajara (now Leones Negros), where he was twice runner-up in the Mexican championship. He returned to Brazil in 1982 to play for Portuguesa Santista, where he remained until his retirement.[2][3]

Managerial career

Nenê began his career in 1984 at the youth academy of Portuguesa Santista. He also performed the same role at Santos, in addition to coaching several teams, especially in São Paulo state, such as Comercial, Botafogo, Sertãozinho, and Oeste. From 2000 to 2003, he was an assistant to Marinho Peres at Belenenses and his last job as a manager was with Uberaba SC in 2019.[4] Recently, he was hired by the Roraima federation to help in the training of young athletes.[5]

Honours

Player

Santos

Leones Negros UdG

References

  1. ^ "Nenê Belarmino completa hoje 74 anos". Santos FC (in Portuguese). 8 January 2025. Archived from the original on 26 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Que fim levou? Nenê Belarmino". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 19 June 2025. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Nenê… reminiscências lusitanas". Tardes de Pacaembu (in Portuguese). 2 May 2015. Archived from the original on 10 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Uberaba Sport fecha com Nenê Belarmino para reta final do Módulo 2 do Mineiro". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 8 April 2019. Archived from the original on 10 November 2025.
  5. ^ "Captador do Santos avalia talentos do Norte ao Sul de Roraima". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 5 September 2025. Archived from the original on 15 September 2025.