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Film & TV
Known for
- Não Nasci para Deixar meus Olhos Perderem Tempo — Self (archive footage)2019
- Onde a Moeda Cai em Pé: A História do São Paulo Futebol Clube2018
- Suzana e o Presidente1951
- Alma e Corpo de uma Raça1938
via TMDB
Key facts
- 1930
- Syrio e Libanez
- 1933
- Peñarol
- 1934
- Vasco da Gama
- Full name
- Leônidas da Silva
- Date of birth
- ( 1913-09-06 ) 6 September 1913
- Place of birth
- Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
- Date of death
- 24 January 2004 (2004-01-24) (aged 90)
- Place of death
- Cotia , Brazil
- Height
- 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
- Position
- Centre forward
- 1927 1929
- São Cristóvão
- 1929 1930
- Syrio e Libanez
- Years
- Team
- 1931 1932
- Bonsucesso
- 1935 1936
- Botafogo
- 1936 1942
- Flamengo
- 1943 1950
- São Paulo
- 1932 1946
- Brazil
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Rio de Janeiro
- Place of death
- Cotia
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Participant in
- 1946 South American Championship
- Sport
- association football
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Brazil
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- Leonidas dasilva.jpg
- Height
- 173
- Residence
- Rio de Janeiro
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- name in native language
- Leônidas da Silva
- Commons category
- Leônidas da Silva
- date of birth
- 1913-09-06
- date of death
- 2004-01-24
- medical condition
- Alzheimer's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- pseudonym
- Diamante Negro (diamant negre)<br />Homem-Borracha (home goma)
- start of work period
- 1929-00-00
- ethnic group
- African Brazilians
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Leônidas da Silva ( Portuguese pronunciation: [leˈõnidɐz dɐ ˈsiwvɐ]; 6 September 1913 – 24 January 2004) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the most important players of the first half of the 20th century. At the height of his career, Leônidas was very popular amongst the people of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro. Leônidas played for Brazil national team in the 1934 and 1938 World Cups, and was the top scorer of the latter tournament. He was known as the "Black Diamond" and the "Rubber Man" due to his agility.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leônidas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.