33·Legends
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Brazil · 1957–62

Didi

Mythic CM, also CDM, CAM Right-footed box-to-boxleader
Rating
94
Caps
68
Goals
20
Life
1928–2001
Clubs
Madureira Esporte Clube, Fluminense, Botafogo F.R.
#7
Editorial rank of 33 for Brazil
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The people's rank, live from duel votes

On 21 April 1957 he bent a folha seca free kick past the Peruvian goalkeeper Asca after eleven minutes at the Maracanã, the only goal of the night, and Brazil were on the plane to Sweden. He won the World Cup there in 1958 and again in Chile in 1962, and was voted the best player of the 1958 tournament ahead of Pelé and Garrincha. Career record: 68 caps and 20 goals for Brazil; club career at Madureira Esporte Clube, Fluminense, Botafogo F.R..

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Career record

1946–1946Americano Futebol Clube
1946–1948Clube Atlético Lençoense/Bariri
1948–1949Madureira Esporte Clube
1949–1956Fluminense
1957–1959Botafogo F.R.
1959–1960Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
1960–1962Botafogo F.R.
1963–1963Club Sporting Cristal
1964–1965Botafogo F.R.
1965–1966Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz
1966–1966São Paulo
Brazil68 caps, 20 goals

Shared the era

Brazil legends whose careers overlapped Didi's

The world's great CMs

Around Didi in the almanac

One rank above: Zico at #6.

One rank below: Rivaldo at #8.

Brazil's editorial top five: Pelé · Garrincha · Ronaldinho · Ronaldo Nazário · Romário.