Danilo Alvim
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Full name | Danilo Alvim Faria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 3 December 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | May 16, 1996 | (aged 75)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1939–1942 |
America-RJ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1943 |
Canto do Rio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1944–1945 |
America-RJ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1946–1954 |
Vasco da Gama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1955–1956 | Botafogo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1945–1953 | Brazil | 25 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1956–1957 | Uberaba | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1963 | Botafogo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1963–1965 | Bolivia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1968–1970 | Remo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1978 | Náutico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1981 | Galícia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Danilo Alvim Faria (3 December 1920 – 16 May 1996) was a Brazilian
Club career
Danilo Alvim was an amateur playing with America-RJ when Flávio Costa's Rio de Janeiro squad practiced against them in 1941. He was asked to fill in for one of the injured players and so impressed the famous coach that he was asked to join the squad. At first he thought it was a joke, but when he realized it was true he went out to celebrate. On his way back home he was hit by a car and had his leg broken (in 39 places according to some sources).
In 1942 he came back to
International career
He played 25 games with 2 goals between 1945 and 1953, winning the 1949
Managerial career
After ending his playing career and revealing that ever since his accident he could never fully extend or bend his right leg, Danilo became a coach. In 1963, he led Bolivia to their only title – Copa América – with a 5-4 win over Brazil along the way. He became the first non-native coach of a winning Copa América team since Jack Greenwell led Peru to victory in 1939.
Honours
Player
- Vasco da Gama
- Campeonato Sul-Americano de Campeões: 1948
- Campeonato Carioca: 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952
- Torneio Octogonal Rivadavia Correa Meyer: 1953
- Brazil
- Copa América: 1949
- FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1950
Manager
- Bolivia
- Remo
- Campeonato Paraense: 1968
- Itabaiana
- Campeonato Sergipano: 1981
References
External links
- Danilo Alvim at Sambafoot (archive)
- Danilo Alvim at National-Football-Teams.com