Waldemar de Brito

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Waldemar de Brito

Waldemar de Brito (born May 17, 1913 in São Paulo ; † February 21, 1979 ibid) was a Brazilian soccer player who played for several clubs in Brazil and Argentina , as well as for the Brazilian national team. He is considered to be the discoverer of the football legend Pelé . He played in the position of the striker .

Club career

De Brito began his career at São Paulo FC . There he was in 1933 with 21 goals top scorer of the Torneio Rio-São Paulo . He later played for CA San Lorenzo de Almagro in Argentina until he moved back to Brazil to Flamengo Rio de Janeiro in 1936 , where he won the Rio de Janeiro National Championship in 1939 . In 1943 he went back to São Paulo to Associação Atlética Portuguesa Santista , where he ended his career in 1945.

National team

He made 18 appearances for Brazil and scored 18 goals. In 1934 he took part in the World Cup with Brazil .

After the active career

After his resignation, Waldemar de Brito became a talent scout for Bauru Atlético Clube . In the 1950s, he discovered a child named Edson Arantes do Nascimento , better known today as Pelé . He brought Pelé to Santos FC and prophesied that one day he would become the best footballer in the world.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 2 . Aretê Editorial S / A, Rio de Janeiro 2001, p. 324, ISBN 8588651017 .
  2. ↑ a b Belpiede, Marcelo: Waldemar de Brito: craque como jogador e descobridor de talentos . Gazeta Esportiva.net, Brazil. Retrieved on January 26, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / admin.gazetaesportiva.net  
  3. ^ Folha Online : Todos os brasileiros - 1934 . Folha de Sao Paulo . Retrieved January 26, 2010.
  4. ↑ fifaworldcup.com: Pelé - Brazil's god of football . FIFA . Retrieved January 26, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Brito, Waldemar de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH São Paulo
DATE OF DEATH February 21, 1979
Place of death São Paulo