Didi (soccer player, 1928)
Didi | ||
Didi, 1958
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Personnel | ||
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Surname | Valdir Pereira | |
birthday | October 8, 1928 | |
place of birth | Campos dos Goytacazes , Brazil | |
date of death | May 12, 2001 | |
Place of death | Rio de Janeiro , Brazil | |
size | 174 cm | |
position | midfield player | |
Men's | ||
Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
1946-1948 | Club Atlético Lençoense / Bariri | |
1946 | Americano FC | |
1948-1949 | Madureira EC | 32 (8) |
1949-1956 | Fluminense FC | 150 (51) |
1957-1959 | Botafogo FR | 64 (40) |
1959-1960 | real Madrid | 19 (6) |
1960–1962 | Botafogo FR | 44 (19) |
1963 | Sporting Cristal | |
1964-1965 | Botafogo FR | |
1964 | Sao Paulo FC | |
1965-1966 | CD Veracruz | 29 (4) |
1966 | Sao Paulo FC | |
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Stations as a trainer | ||
Years | station | |
1962-1964 | Sporting Cristal | |
1964 | Botafogo FR | |
1965 | CD Veracruz (Mexico) | |
1966-1967 | Sao Paulo FC | |
1967-1969 | Sporting Cristal | |
1969-1970 | Peru | |
1971 | River Plate | |
1972-1975 | Fenerbahçe Istanbul | |
1975 | Fluminense Rio de Janeiro | |
1977 | Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte | |
1978-1981 | al-Ahli (Saudi Arabia) | |
1981 | Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte | |
? | Atlético Mineiro | |
1985 | Fortaleza EC | |
1986 | Sao Paulo FC | |
1986 | Alianza Lima | |
1989-1990 | Bangu AC | |
1 Only league games are given. |
Didi , actually Valdir Pereira (born October 8, 1928 in Campos dos Goytacazes , † May 12, 2001 in Rio de Janeiro ), was a Brazilian football player . As a midfield star , Didi led his country Brazil to two world championship titles in 1958 and 1962 . He played a total of 68 international matches and scored 20 goals. From May 13 to September 20, 1959 he was together with Nílton Santos record national player of Brazil. Both made their 54th international match in the 2-0 win against England and replaced their predecessor Zizinho . They were then replaced by Djalma Santos , who expanded the record to 98 games.
Life
His parents were Arthur Pereira and Maria da Penha. He started his career at the provincial club Americano FC (RJ) (1945-46). Via Lençoes São Paulo (1946) and Madureira Rio de Janeiro (1946-50), he finally came in 1950 to one of the country's great clubs, Fluminense Rio de Janeiro . That same year, on July 19, he scored the very first goal in the newly built Maracanã stadium during the opening game, a friendly between the youth teams of the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
In 1952 he made his debut for the Brazilian national team in a 2-0 win over Mexico on April 6. In the following years he became a regular player. His trademark was the so-called Folha Seca, a shot with the outer instep in which the trajectory of the ball changes in a surprising way for the goalkeeper (like a falling dry leaf). At the 1954 World Cup , he played three games and scored two goals, but was eliminated in the quarter-finals against title favorites Hungary.
From 1956 he played for Fluminenses local rivals Botafogo FR who went through his second golden era in one team with him and unforgettable world stars such as Nilton Santos and Garrincha . On April 21, 1957, with a directly converted free kick eight minutes before the end of the game in the World Cup qualifier against Peru , he secured Brazil's participation in the 1958 World Cup , which was to be his career highlight. Brazil became world champions for the first time in history and Didí was voted best player of the tournament.
In 1959 he moved to the reigning European Cup winner Real Madrid following an offer comprising several cubic pesets . It is generally said that there was not enough space for a third star in the team alongside Alfredo Di Stéfano and Ferenc Puskás . He only played 19 games (6 goals) in the league, where it was only enough for runner-up, and he did not come at Real Madrid's fifth and last European Cup triumph of this era, which culminated in a 7-3 final win over Eintracht Frankfurt in Glasgow for use. He was happy to return to Botafogo. At the end of his playing career, he played from 1962 to 1966 for São Paulo FC . Didi had his international game farewell on June 17, 1962 in a 3-1 victory in the World Cup final against Czechoslovakia in Santiago de Chile.
In 1962, after winning his second World Cup, he ended his international career and switched to the coaching business. a. at São Paulo FC , 1971/72 River Plate , 1972/75 Fenerbahçe Istanbul and Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte . In 1970 he took part in the soccer world championship as national coach of Peru and led the South American country to the quarter-finals. In the preliminary round he lost against Germany with 1: 3 and in the quarterfinals against Brazil with 2: 4.
Coaching stations: 1963/64 Sporting Cristal (Peru), 1964 Botafogo , 1965 Veracruz (Mexico), 1966/67 FC São Paulo , Saudi Arabia, Atlético Mineiro , Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte (both Brazil), 1972–1975 Fenerbahçe Istanbul
literature
- Péris Ribiero: Didi: o gênio da folha-seca. Gryphus Editora, Rio de Janeiro 2014, ISBN 978-85-8311-017-0 .
Web links
- Didi in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leandro Stein: Didi 90: Uma coleção de histórias sobre a lenda do futebol. In: com.br. Trivela, October 9, 2018; accessed October 21, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Didi |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pereira, Valdir (real name); Pereira, Waldir |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1928 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Campos dos Goytacazes |
DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 2001 |
Place of death | Rio de Janeiro |