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Valdir Pereira
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Didi, born Waldir Pereira in Campos dos Goytacazes, was a Brazilian association football player and coach. Active as a midfielder, he represented Brazil in the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1954, 1958, and 1962 FIFA World Cups. During his playing career, he was a member of Madureira Esporte Clube, Botafogo F.R., Fluminense F.C., and Real Madrid CF. He also served as a coach for Club Sporting Cristal, the Peru men's national football team, Club Atlético River Plate, and Fenerbahçe Istanbul.
Pereira, who stood 174 cm tall and weighed 68 kg, was known by the pseudonyms "Príncep Etíop" and "Monsieur Football." He died on May 12, 2001, in Rio de Janeiro due to an infectious disease.
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Key facts
- 1944
- São Cristóvão
- 1945
- Industrial
- 1946
- Americano
- 1966
- São Paulo
- 1975
- Fluminense
- 1977
- Cruzeiro
- 1981
- Botafogo
- Full name
- Waldyr Pereira
- Date of birth
- ( 1928-10-08 ) 8 October 1928
- Place of birth
- Campos dos Goytacazes , RJ , Brazil
- Date of death
- 12 May 2001 (2001-05-12) (aged 72)
- Place of death
- Rio de Janeiro , RJ, Brazil
- Height
- 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
- Positions
- Midfielder inside forward
- 1945 1946
- Goytacaz
- Years
- Team
- 1947 1949
- Madureira
- 1949 1956
- Fluminense
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Forward
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Pereira
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Campos dos Goytacazes
- Place of death
- Rio de Janeiro
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Participant in
- 1953 South American Championship
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Brazil men's national football team
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- Brazil
- Mass
- 68
- Image
- Waldir Pereira 1958.jpg
- Height
- 174
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- Commons category
- Waldir Pereira
- date of birth
- 1929-10-08
- date of death
- 2001-05-12
- pseudonym
- Monsieur Football
- cause of death
- infectious disease
- coach of sports team
- Bangu Atlético Clube
- name in native language
- Didi
- manner of death
- natural causes
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