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Leônidas

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Also known as Leonidas

Brazilian footballer and commentator

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Leônidas da Silva was a soccer player who began his professional career in 1929. He played as a Centre-Back for the Stuttgart team and held Swiss nationality. During his life, he was associated with the pseudonyms "Diamante Negro" and "Homem-Borracha."

Born in 1913, he died on January 24, 2004. His physical attributes included a height of 173 and a mass of 75. The subject is referenced by 426 other encyclopedia articles.

Note: The provided facts also list an author named Leónidas C. Lamborghini with works such as *Al público* and *Perón en Caracas*, as well as Last.fm data indicating four listeners and five playcounts. However, these details appear to refer to a different individual or entity, as they conflict with the soccer player’s biographical data.

Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Open Library, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
21

Top works

  • Al público
  • La historia y la política en la ficción argentina
  • Comedieta
  • Perón en Caracas
  • El macró del amor

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
4
Total plays
5

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Le%C3%B4nidas">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Leônidas

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

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
Stuttgart
Position
Centre-Back
Nationality
Switzerland

via TheSportsDB

~8 min read

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.

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