Fumaça (footballer born 1976)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | José Rodrigues Alves Antunes | ||
| Date of birth | 15 July 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Belém, Brazil | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 199?–2004 | Catuense | (1) | |
| 1998 | → Benfica (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | → Birmingham City (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Colchester United (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Barnsley (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | → Newcastle United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2002 | → América (RJ) (loan) | (0) | |
| 2002 | → Caxias (loan) | (0) | |
| 2005 | FK Drnovice | 10 | (1) |
| 2006 | Türkiyemspor Berlin | 15 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | SC Paderborn | ||
| 2007 | SV Wilhelmshaven | 10 | (1) |
| 2008 | Türkiyemspor Berlin | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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José Rodrigues Alves Antunes (born 15 July 1976), more commonly known as Fumaça, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a midfielder in Brazil, England, Czech Republic and Germany.
Born in Belém, Fumaça began his career with Catuense,. In August 1998, he had a month loan spell at Benfica but he wanted to join an English club. Holding a Portuguese passport, he was allowed to take a year abroad on loans and the club would accept an offer of £500k for him.
In the end of 1998, Fumaça joined Birmingham City on a three-month loan with an option to stay on a permanent deal. He played in a friendly against Walsall and one reserve game against Leeds United where he was substituted at the half-time. After the match, the club decided against signing him and ended his loan. In his next trial at Grimsby Town, he scored 3 goals in 3 matches and although the club wanted him to sign, he decided to take a new trial at Derby County, which went unsuccessful. He underwent another unsuccessful trial with Watford. Fumaça then joined Second Division side Colchester United, making his debut in only the second ever TV pay-per-view game when Colchester hosted Manchester City. Colchester lost the game 1–0, but not before Fumaça was stretchered off injured after just 14 minutes following a collision with Andy Morrison.
After having his contract cancelled at Colchester United, he joined Barnsley but failed to play a single match and was also cut from the team after John Hendrie was sacked. Allowed to stay one more season abroad, Fumaça joined Crystal Palace where Mick Wadsworth, his coach at Colchester United, was appointed an assistant. He played in two League Cup matches and in three league matches. Since the club could not afford his permanent deal, his tenure at Palace lasted two weeks as Wadsworth left the club to become assistant at Newcastle United, who also took him on loan.
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