Waldemar de Brito (May 17, 1913 – February 21,1979) was a Brazilian footballer, who played for several clubs in Brazil and Argentina, as well as for the Brazil national team. He is acknowledged to have discovered Pele during the latter's early footballing days.
Club career
Waldemar, a native of São Paulo, played as an inside forward or as centre forward. At the beginning of his career, he played for the local clubs Syrio, Independência, and São Paulo da Floresta. By 1933, he was playing professionally with the latter, now named São Paulo FC; he was top goalscorer of the Rio-São Paulo Tournament with 21 goals. That same year, he won the Campeonato Brasileiro playing for the Paulista squad. The following year, he moved to Botafogo, where he spent a short time, before transferring to San Lorenzo de Almagro in the Argentine first division. In 1936, he returned to Brazil, this time to play for Flamengo, with whom he won the Campeonato Carioca of 1939. He went back to São Paulo in 1943, to play for Portuguesa de Desportos. He finished his playing career in 1945 with Portuguesa Santista.
National team
Waldemar was capped 18 times for the Brazilian national team, scoring 18 goals. He played at the 1934 World Cup, where Brazil was eliminated by Spain in the first round. In that match, Waldemar took a penalty kick for Brazil, but Spain goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora saved his shot.Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tables/34full.html#8fin
Post-playing career
After he retired prom playing, Waldemar de Brito was part of a project to scout young talents at Bauru Atletico Clube. In 1954, he spotted a kid named Edson Arantes do Nascimento, whom he took to Santos FC, predicting that he would become the greatest footballer in the world. Although Waldemar is recognized for his own talent while he was a player, it is perhaps his scouting of Pele what makes him most notable in the history of football in Brazil.
References and notes
Other pages about Non-Argentine footballers in Argentina
-Ademir Roque Kaefer -Albeiro Usuriaga -Alberto Garcia Aspe -Aldo Bobadilla -Alejandro Escalona -Alejandro Ruben -Alexander Viveros -Alexis Sanchez (footballer) -Alfeu Martha de Freitas -Alfredo Mendoza -Alvaro Gonzalez -Alvaro Ormeno -Alvaro Pereira -Andres Eduardo Perez -Andres Felipe Gallego -Andres Orozco -Andres Scotti -Angel Berni -Antonio Alzamendi -Antonio Pacheco D'Agosti -Aristides Rojas -Armando Dely Valdes -Arsenio Erico -Aureliano Torres -Carlos Aguilera -Carlos Diogo -Carlos Gamarra -Carlos Morales Santos -Catalino Rivarola -Celso Ayala -Celso Esquivel -Cesar Augusto Ramirez -Cesar Eduardo Gonzalez -Clarence Acuna -Claudio Marcelo Morel Rodriguez -Cristian Andres Alvarez -Cristian Rolando Ledesma -D.J. Countess -Daniel Eduardo Baldi -Daniel Fonseca -Danilo Aceval -David Chabala -David Trezeguet -Delfin Benitez Caceres -Delio Toledo -Denis Caniza -Derlis Florentin -Diego Barreto -Diego Figueredo -Diego Forlan -Diego Gavilan -Dino Sani -Doctor Khumalo -Domingo Salcedo -Dwight Pezzarossi -Edgar Daniel Gonzalez -Edgardo Adinolfi -Eduardo Bennet -Eduardo Hurtado -Enzo Francescoli -Eros Perez -Fabian Andres Vargas -Faryd Aly Mondragon -Fernando Cornejo -Freddy Grisales -Freddy Guarin -Gabriel Cedres -Gabriel Gonzalez (footballer) -Giovanny Hernandez -Gonzalo Choy Gonzalez -Gonzalo Vargas -Guido Alvarenga -Guillermo Daniel Rodriguez -Guillermo Sanguinetti -Gustavo Morinigo -Gustavo Neffa -Hector Gonzales (footballer) -Heraldo Becerra -Hugo Brizuela -Hugo Ricardo Talavera -Hugo de Leon -Ibrahim Sekagya -Ignacio Risso -Ivan Castillo -Ivan Cordoba -Ivan Kaviedes -Ivan Moreno y Fabianesi -Ivo Basay -Jairo Castillo -Jairo Patino -Jersson Gonzalez -Joaquin Botero -John Galliquio -Jorge Bermudez -Jorge Guagua -Jorge Nunez -Jose Cardozo -Jose Devaca -Jose Luis Chilavert -Jose Luis Villanueva -Jose Moreno Mora -Jose Rodrigues Neto -Josemir Lujambio -Josimar Mosquera -Juan Bautista Villalba -Juan Carlos Toja -Juan Manuel Olivera -Juan Pablo Angel -Julio Cesar Baldivieso -Julio Cesar Caceres -Julio Cesar Cortes -Justo Villar -Leonardo Martin Miglionico -Lorgio Alvarez -Luis Amaranto Perea -Luis Barbat -Luis Capurro -Luis Carlos Toffoli -Luis Cubilla -Luis Ignacio Quinteros -Luis Pedro Figueroa -Manuel Fleitas Solich -Manuel Neira -Marcelo Vega -Marco Sandy -Marcos Gonzalez -Mario Jardel -Mario Yepes -Martin Arzuaga -Martin Hidalgo -Mauricio Ferney Casierra -Mauricio Molina -Mauricio Serna -Milovan Mirosevic -Naohiro Takahara -Neicer Reasco -Nelson Cuevas -Nelson Parraguez -Nelson Rivas -Nelson Tapia -Nolberto Solano -Orlando Pecanha de Carvalho -Oscar Cardozo -Oscar Cordoba -Osvaldo Canobbio -Pablo Bengoechea -Pablo Contreras -Paolo Montero -Patricio Ormazabal -Paulo Wanchope -Paulo da Silva -Pedro Iarley Lima Dantas -Pedro Sarabia -Radamel Falcã? -Rafael Olarra -Renato Cesarini -Ricardo Pavoni -Ricardo Roberto Barreto da Rocha -Roberto Cabanas -Roberto Jimenez -Roberto Mina -Rodrigo Melendez -Rogelio Delgado -Ronald Raldes -Ruben Dario Velazquez -Ruben Paz -Ruben Ruiz Diaz -Ruben da Silva -Santiago Salcedo -Santiago Silva -Sebastian Gonzalez -Sebastian Rozental -Sebastian Vazquez -Sergio Daniel Martinez -Sergio Leal -Sergio Orteman -Velko Yotov -Victor Lopez -Victor Ugarte -Vladimir Marin -Waldemar de Brito -Walter Vilchez -Yovanny Amu Arrechea -Ysrael Zuniga
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Waldemar_de_Brito
