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Nílton Santos
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Brazilian association football player (1925-2013)
Key facts
- Full name
- Nílton dos Santos
- Date of birth
- ( 1925-05-16 ) 16 May 1925
- Place of birth
- Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
- Date of death
- 27 November 2013 (2013-11-27) (aged 88)
- Place of death
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Height
- 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Position
- Left back
- Years
- Team
- 1948 1964
- Botafogo
- 1949 1962
- Brazil
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Santos
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Rio de Janeiro
- 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
- defender
- Country for sport
- Brazil
- Mass
- 68
- Official website
- www.niltonsantos.com.br
- Image
- Nilton Santos 1 (1956).tif
- Height
- 180
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- Commons category
- Nílton Santos
- date of birth
- 1925-05-16
- date of death
- 2013-11-27
- place of burial
- Cemitério de São João Batista
- birth name
- Nílton dos Reis Santos
- cause of death
- respiratory failure
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Nílton dos Santos ( Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈniwtõ ˈsɐ̃tus]; 16 May 1925 – 27 November 2013) was a Brazilian footballer who primarily played as a wingback. At international level, he was a member of the Brazil squads that won the 1958 and 1962 World Cups.
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