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Valdomiro Vaz Franco (born 17 February, 1946) is a Brazilian former professional football player. He has played for Brazil national team. Club career statistics. 199||60 International career statistics. !Total||17||3
Alfredo Mostarda Filho (born 18 October 1946, died 28 March 2025) was a Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. Club career statistics. 121||2 121||2 International career statistics. !Total||2||0
Marco Antônio Feliciano (born February 6, 1951, in Santos), known as just Marco Antônio, is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. Club career statistics. 192||12 192||12 International career statistics. !Total||||
Paulo César Carpegiani (born 7 February 1949) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. Club career statistics. 172||17 172||17 International career statistics. !Total||16||0
Ademir da Guia (born 3 April 1942) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for the Brazilian national team. Club career statistics. 133||18 133||18 International career statistics. !Total||9||0
Sebastião Miranda da Silva Filho (born 26 February 1952) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. Club career statistics. 104||45 32||8 136||53 International career statistics. !Total||6||0
Jonas Eduardo Américo, called Edu, (born 6 August 1949) is a Brazilian former footballer. Edu was born in Jaú, São Paulo. From 1966 to 1985 he played for Santos, Corinthians, Internacional, Tigres UANL (in Mexico), São Cristovão and Nacional Fast Clube. He won five Campeonato Paulista titles (1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1977) and received the Brazilian Silver Ball Award in 1971. With the Brazil national team, Edu played in 42 matches, from June 1966 to June 1976. Edu scored eight goals. He was a 1970 World Champion, and was also selected for Brazil at the 1966 and the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He played once in 1970 and once in 1974. He was also called up for the 1966 FIFA World Cup, at 16 years and 339 days of age at the start of the tournament, being the youngest player to ever be called up for the tournament; however, he did not play in any match. More recently Edu played in an all-stars masters team in touring friendlies.
Félix Miéli Venerando (born 24 December, 1937) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for the Brazil national team. Club career statistics. 64||0 64||0 International career statistics. !Total||38||0
Brito, real name Hércules de Brito Ruas, (born 9 August 1939 in Rio de Janeiro) is a former Brazilian footballer. He played as a central defender for many clubs, and for the Brazilian national team. Brito was regarded to be one of the best defenders in the history of Vasco da Gama. He was known as a classic defender as a great tackler, leader, man-marking opponent and a quick and tireless runner. Club career. He started his career at Vasco da Gama, his favorite team, in 1960, replacing Bellini, two-time world champion with the Brazilian national team. In 1971, in a classic between Botafogo and Vasco, the Vasco defender punched referee José Aldo Pereira, after a penalty was awarded against Botafogo. For the assault, he received a year's suspension. He stayed at the Rio club for 10 years. He was champion of the Rio-São Paulo Tournament in 1966 for the club. He arrived at Cruzeiro shortly after the 1970 FIFA World Cup, on loan from Flamengo, where he had a falling out with Yustrich. For Toca da Raposa, he played only 31 games until February 1971. In one of them, against Flamengo, after a 3-1 victory, in heavy rain, at Mineirão, the player ran towards the opponent's bench and threw his shirt at Yustrich, who tried to leave the tunnel in pursuit, but was held back by members of the coaching staff and reserve players. Raposa reached the semifinals of Robertão, the Brazilian at the time, and Brito entered the team for the first Silver Ball of the newly created Score Magazine. At the end of the loan, the athlete ended up transferring to Botafogo. He defended Corinthians in 1974 for 29 games (12 wins, 7 draws, 10 defeats), and scored 3 goals in favor and even scored an own goal. He also played for Internacional, Atlético Paranaense, Deportivo Galicia and River-PI. Intenational career. Brit
Clodoaldo (born 26 September 1949) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. Considered by many as one of the best defensive midfielders of all time. He was known as a skillful midfielder, who was fast and strong. He played equally well in attack and defense, had good dribbling skills to beat the opponents and gave a lot of assists. He was a playmaker and possessed good passing ability. He was also known for his positioning and stamina. Club career. Clodoaldo played alongside many of his childhood idols. A Santista since childhood, he began his career in Vila Belmiro at the age of thirteen, when he began to work in the club's youth categories. Clodoaldo is considered by many to be a skilled midfielder, who scored well on both sides of the field and was efficient in supporting the attack. He played most of his career at Santos, where he scored thirteen goals in 510 matches. His first games for Santos' first team, in 1966, were during a tour of South America. As early as 1967, at just seventeen years old, he became the team's starter by replacing Zito. In the thirteen years in which he played for Santos, Clodoaldo helped Santos to win five Paulista Championships: (1967, 1968, 1969, 1973 and 1978 Championship), the 1968 Brazilian Championship, the 1968 Intercontinental Champions Supercopa Sudamericana and the 1968 Intercontinental Champions Cup. He was regarded to be one of the most successful football players. International career. Clodoaldo made his debut for the national team in 1969. He was called up for the 1970 World Cup, he was a starter and champion, In the semi-final against neighboring Uruguay, he scored the equalizer, later Jairzinho and Roberto Rivellino scored the winning goals. In the final, he contributed to the famous goal of Carlos Alberto Torres, by dribbling past four Italian players which put the 4-1 victory on the board. In the next edition, in 1974, he ended up cut before the final list of entries due to injury, and midfielder Mirandinha replaced him. International career statistics. !Total||38||1 Honours. Club. Santos Nacional International. Brazil
Gérson (born 11 January 1941) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. He is best known for his role as a playmaker at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. There he was the mainstay in midfield and key to the success of strikers Pelé, Jairzinho and Tostão. He is considered one of the best passers in the history of the World Cup. He was also praised for his great sense of organization and strategy. This ensured that he was able to deliver razor-sharp passes, over short and long distances. He was a very intelligent playmaker, known for vision, positional sense, efficiency, his ability to retain posession, powerful shots and his incredible passing ability. He is regarded as one of Brazil's greatest ever players. He also possessed an excellent positional sense, and a powerful shot with his left foot, which earned him the nickname "Canhotinha de Ouro" ("Golden left foot," in Portuguese). Early life. Childhood. Gérson was born on in Niterói, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro. He came from a football family. His father Clovis Nuno and his uncle had both been professional football players in Rio. The legendary Zizinho, who formed one of the best lines of attack ever in the 1950s along with Ademir and Jair, was a close friend of his father and a familiar face with the Nunes family. In elementary school he was known as the papagaio (parrot), because of his talk. The slender and shaggy boy, never lacked a mind of his own, especially on the football field where he left a confident and managerial impression from an early age. When he indicated as a teenager that he wanted to become a professional football player, few obstacles stood in his way. He trained at a young age with Fluminense, Botafogo and Bangu. He ended up with Canto do Rio from his native Niterói. After having played a practice match against Flamengo, he was later called by the professional club asking if he wanted to come and play football there. How to play. Although his
Tostão (born 25 January 1947) is a former Brazilian football player. He played for Brazil national team. A complete player, he was a natural left-hander able to fill various roles in an excellent way, from the attacking midfielder to the left midfielder up to the first striker and the second striker. His first-rate individual technique allowed him to jump the man with great ease and to have a very broad vision of the game. He played as an attacking midfielder, left midfielder, first striker and second striker. He scored 303 goals between club and national team. In the national team he was the center forward. He was widely considered as one of the best players in the world. He was named the first South American Footballer of the Year in 1971. Early life. He was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. ,His nickname was 'Tostão' (little coin). Legend has it that as a six-year-old school boy he scored 47 goals in one game for his primary school football team. Club career. At the age of 14 he entered the Cruzeiro youth academy. After a further year of apprenticeship at América, he returned to Cruzeiro. He made his debut as a first-team center-forward at sixteen. With the Cruzeiro shirt he won five consecutive editions of the Campeonato Mineiro, from 1965 to 1969. He was the best scorer for four consecutive editions (from 1965 to 1968). He won a Taca Brasil in 1966 beating Santos di Pelé in both home and away finals. With 249 official goals, Tostão is still the best scorer in Cruzeiro history. He holds the record for goals (143) scored at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte. His move to Vasco da Gama in Rio de Janeiro, in 1972, was one of the most famous of the time. It was one of the most expensive in Brazilian football. Tostão did not have the opportunity to be very useful to his new team. He suffered from a detachment of the retina due to a ball in the face received in
Roberto Miranda (born 31 July 1944) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. Club career statistics. 82||26 82||26 International career statistics. !Total||||
José Guilherme Baldocchi (born 14 March 1946), better known as Baldocchi, is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a central defender. Honours. Club. Palmeiras Fortaleza International. Brazil
José de Anchieta Fontana (born 31 December 1940) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. Club career statistics. 34||0 34||0
Everaldo (11 September 1944 – 28 October 1974) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Juventude, Grêmio and Brazil national team. He is regarded as one of the best left-backs of all time. He was renowned as a ball-winner, defensive skills, marking opponents and he was capable as a fast and a strong left-back. Having a simple but efficient style of play, with a great ability to score. He earned his nickname Golden Star. Career. Everaldo entered Grêmio's youth academy in 1957. In 1964 he was loaned to Juventude for a year. In 1965 he became vice champion with the club in the Campeonato Gaúcho behind Grêmio. Shortly afterwards he returned to Porto Alegre. In 1966 Everaldo won the Campeonato Gaucho with Grêmio. It was the fifth time in a row that the club won the state championship. The next two years, in 1967 and 1968, the state championship was again won. His good performances at Grêmio led to Everaldo being called up to the Brazil national football team for the first time in 1967 for the games against Uruguay in the battle for the Copa Rio Branco. After three draws, it was decided to share the title. In 1970, national coach Mário Zagallo included him in Brazil 's squad for the 1970 World Cup, which took place in Mexico. Brazil, with players like Carlos Alberto Torres and Pelé, became undefeated world champions in the final against Italy beating 4-1. Everaldo did not miss a single minute in the tournament, in which Brazil conceded just seven goals. After winning the World Cup, Everaldo and his teammates were treated like gods by the Brazilian people. Everaldo received numerous awards and was made an honorary member of the Rio Grande do Sul Football Federation. In addition, President Emílio Garrastazu Médici presented him with a check for 25,000 cruzeiro and a savings account for 5,000 cruzeiro. On June
Joel Camargo (18 September 1946 – 23 May 2014) was a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. Camargo died on 23 May 2014 from renal failure, aged 67. Club career statistics. 5||0 26||0 31||0
Dadá Maravilha (born 4 March 1943) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. Club career statistics. 236||112 236||112 International career statistics. !Total||||
Gylmar dos Santos Neves (22 August 1930 – 25 August 2013) was a Brazilian football player. He has played for the Brazil national football team. Listed by the International Federation of Football History &amp; Statistics as one of the best goalkeepers of the twentieth century, with the Brazilian national team he won the World Cup in 1958 and 1962; he is the only goalkeeper to have managed to win two editions of the World Cup. Before him, only Guido Masetti had won two world titles in 1934 and 1938, but as the third goalkeeper called up. He was elected the best Brazilian goalkeeper of the 20th century. He is remembered for his sober style on the pitch and his peaceful personality. He is considered the most complete goalkeeper in Brazilian football of all time, reactive extreme goalkeeper of classic style, he had very quick reflexes, was agile and possessed of remarkable acrobatic qualities. He played until he was 39. Regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time. He played in legendary teams such as Corinthians in the 1950s, Santos in the 1960s and in the Brazilian team that won twice the world. Gilmar had at least one title in each competition he played.  Early years. Gilmar was born on August 25, 1930 in Santos to his parents Gilberto and Maria, he began playing as a goalkeeper for Jabaquara in 1945, his coach was impressed with his goalkeeping ability and his great saves. He became renowned as one of the finest shot-stoppers ever for the club. Club career. Gilmar switched from Jabaquara to Corinthians in 1951, where he immediately won the Campeonato Paulista, repeating it in 1952 and 1954. In 1961 he went to Santos with star players Pelé and Coutinho for $3000. With Santos he won the state championship five times and the national title five times. In 1962 and 1963 he won the Copa Libertadores with Santos against Peñarol and B
José Maria Fidélis dos Santos (13 March 1944 – 28 November 2012), known as Fidélis) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. Club career statistics. 95||0 95||0
Hilderaldo Bellini (7 June 1930 – 20 March 2014) was a Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. He is of Italian origin who played as a defender and he was known in Brazil to be considered as one of the nation's most solid central defenders ever. Widely regarded to be one of the best Brazilian centre-backs of his generation. Bellini was known as a solid and reliable defender and was known for his marking and covering. Bellini was a strong, lean defender who stood out in the box. He compensated for limited technique with seriousness and loyalty to opponents, which earned him the post of captain for the national team in 1958. Club career. In 1947, Hilderaldo Bellini joined the newly founded Sociedade Esportiva in his hometown of Itapira – located around 180 km east of the state capital of São Paulo on the border with Minas Gerais – which that year took part in the state’s interior championship, the Campeonato do Interior. From 1949 he played for Esportiva in nearby São João da Boa Vista. At the end of 1952 he was brought to the CR Vasco da Gama in the then federal capital Rio de Janeiro. With the state championship in 1952, the Maltese cruisers won the last title of their era as Expresso de Vitória, the golden era of the club. He went through his club career until 1961 at Vasco da Gama, FC São Paulo (until 1968) and ended his active career in 1969 at Athletico Paranaense. International career. He made his debut for the national team on July 13, 1957 in Lima against Peru (1-1), During his career in the national team, which lasted 9 years, he played 51 matches for Brazil. As part of the national team, he was a participant in the 1957 Copa América draw in Peru, where together with the team he won "silver", Bellini was captain and central defender in the Seleção at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, when Brazil won
Altair Gomes de Figueiredo (22 January 1938 – 9 August 2019) was a Brazilian football player. He played for Fluminense and Brazil national team. de Figueiredo died on 9 August 2019 in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro at the age of 81.
Orlando Peçanha de Carvalho (20 September, 1935 – 10 February, 2010) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. With the Brazilian national team he became world champion in 1958. At club level, he has played in Brazil with CR Vasco da Gama and FC Santos and in Argentina with Boca Juniors great achievements. With his powerful style of play and ability to read the game, he is regarded as one of the best defenders in Brazilian football history. Club career. Orlando started his professional career in 1953 with the Vasco da Gama club where he played until 1961, winning 2 Rio championships and the Rio São Paulo tournament. In February 1961, he made his debut with Boca Juniors, in which he played 119 matches (105 in the league and 14 in the Copa Libertadores ), but did not score a single goal. With Boca, the team that he took to the field with the captain's armband, he won 3 Argentine championships. In 1965, Orlando returned to Brazil and began playing for Santos. With Santos, Orlando won 4 Paulista championships, Rio São Paulo tournament, Copa Brazil, Roberto Gómez Pedrosa and Recopa Sudamericana Tournament Orlando ended his career in 1970, playing for his first club, Vasco da Gama, for three months. International career. In May 1958, Orlando Peçanha also made his national team debut. In São Paulo, the Seleção won 3-1 against Bulgaria. A month later he was taken on a trip to Sweden for the 1958 FIFA World Cup. There Orlando Peçanha, together with Bellini, formed the defensive backbone of the Seleção, who impressed the world with the brilliant attacking players Garrincha, Didi, Vavá, Zagallo and the 17-year-old Pelé and brought the title to Brazil for the first time with a brilliant 5-2 final victory over Sweden. In 1959 he took part in the Copa America in Argentina with Brazil. When the score was 0-1
Paulo Henrique Souza de Oliveira (born 5 January 1943) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for the Brazil national team. Club career statistics. 15||0 15||0
Rildo da Costa Menezes (23 January 1942 – 16 May 2021) was a Brazilian football player. He played for Brazil national team. Rildo died in Los Angeles, California on 16 May 2021, aged 79. Club career statistics. 79||2 79||2 International career statistics. !Total||38||1
Aílton Corrêa Arruda (born 26 April, 1937) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. Club career statistics. 107||0 107||0
Denílson Custódio Machado (28 March 1943 – 1 October 2024) was a Brazilian football player. He played for Brazil national team. Denilson died in Rio de Janeiro on 1 October 2024, at the age of 81. Club career statistics. 58||1 58||1
Antônio Lima dos Santos (18 January 1942 – 3 February 2025) was a Brazilian football player. He played for Brazil national team. Death. Lima died on 3 February 2025 at a hospital in Santos, São Paulo from heart and kidney failure at the age of 83. Club career statistics. 10||1 10||1
Zito (18 August 1932 – 14 June 2015) was a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. He was a highly intelligent player, known for his leadership, tackling, passing, dribbling, his ability to win back possesion and his distribution. A strong, commanding and influential midfielder, known for his leadership, Zito usually played in a supporting role as a wing-half or half-back, serving as a defensive foil to his more offensive minded teammates. Considered as one of the greatest midfielders in the world in his prime, he was regarded to be one of the biggest idols of Santos FC, the club he represented for years. His club career was spent mostly in the service of Santos, captaining a side including Pelé to domestic and international successes. He was also part of the Brazilian squads which won the World Cup in 1958 and 1962. After his retirement as a player, Zito remained at Santos as a director and youth coordinator, developing several young future international players. Early life. Born in Roseira, São Paulo, Zito initially intended to become a schoolteacher, and attended technical schools in his hometown, before pursuing a career as a footballer. Club career. Zito joined Santos in 1952, after finishing his formation at hometown amateur club Roseira FC, and spending two years at Taubaté. He made his debut for "Peixe" on 29 June 1952 in a 3–1 friendly win against Madureira. Zito appeared regularly for Santos in the following 15 years, playing 727 games and scoring 57 goals. He was the captain of the "Os Santásticos" team of the late 1950s and 1960s, playing alongside Pelé, Pepe and other Brazilian stars. Zito was nicknamed "Gerente" (manager in Portuguese) by the media during his playing days, due to helping the manager Lula while outfields. Despite missing the two last games of 1963 Intercontinental Cup due to an injury, he acted as Lula's assistant during both matches as his team won the second title in a row. Zito played
Alcindo Martha de Freitas (born 31 March, 1945) is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. Club career statistics. 23||5 38||24 61||29
Wálter Machado da Silva (2 January 1940 – 29 September 2020) was a Brazilian football player. He played for Brazil national team. Batuta died on 29 September 2020 in Rio de Janeiro, aged 80. Club career statistics. 28||18 23||0 51||18
Adhemir de Barros (born 21 March, 1942), better known as Paraná, is a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. Club career statistics. 91||5 91||5
The Cyrillic letter Lje (Љ, љ) is a combination of Л and Ь and is used in Serbian and Macedonian. It makes the sound . It was created by Vuk Karadžić and is the same as the Latin digraph in the Serbian language and Croatian language. It is romanized using the letter L with caron (Ľ ľ). It also takes the form of Ль.
A Higher is a level of study in the Scottish educational system. It is typically studied by students in their last two years at secondary school aged fifteen to seventeen and is slightly harder than the English GCSE.