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Nílton Santos
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Brazilian association football player (1925-2013)
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Vinony's link graph records 434 inbound references to Nílton Santos, and connects out to defender, Botafogo F.R. and Gilmar.
It is catalogued under topics including 1925 births, 1950 FIFA World Cup players and 1954 FIFA World Cup players.
Vinony links it to 49 Wikipedia language editions.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nílton Santos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.