Pedro DeBrito

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Pedro DeBrito
DeBrito with Wichita Wings in c. 1988
Personal information
Full name Pedro Guilherme DeBrito[1]
Birth name Pedro Guilherme Gomes de Brito[a]
Date of birth (1959-05-25)May 25, 1959
Place of birth Ribeira Brava, Portuguese Cape Verde[2]
Date of death July 5, 2014(2014-07-05) (aged 55)
Place of death Miami, Florida, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)
Defender
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1981 Connecticut Huskies
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982
Tampa Bay Rowdies
 29 (2)
1983 Team America 19 (0)
1983–1984
Tampa Bay Rowdies
(indoor)		 22 (9)
1984
New York Cosmos
 23 (2)
1984–1985
New York Cosmos
(indoor)		 32 (12)
1985–1987 Dallas Sidekicks (indoor) 87 (35)
1987–1990 Wichita Wings (indoor) 108 (14)
1989 Albany Capitals
1990–1992 Dallas Sidekicks (indoor) 46 (13)
1992–1993 Detroit Rockers (indoor) 23 (13)
International career
1983 United States 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pedro Guilherme DeBrito (May 25, 1959 – July 5, 2014) was a

cap with the United States national team
in 1983.

College

DeBrito, a native of

First Team All American honors.[4][6] The University of Connecticut inducted DeBrito into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.[citation needed] He was inducted into the Connecticut Soccer Hall of Fame in the Class of 2000.[3][7]

DeBrito was one of 22 college players to be part of the 40-40 club, having both 40 goals and 40 assists in their college career.[8]

Professional

The

Tacoma Stars for Godfrey Ingram. When the two teams failed to complete the trade, the Sidekicks released DeBrito due to salary cap considerations nine games into the 1987–1988 season. DeBrito then signed with Wichita Wings as a free agent. Later that season, he broke his right leg. In 1989, DeBrito played for the Albany Capitals of the outdoor American Soccer League.[13]

DeBrito returned to the Dallas Sidekicks as a free agent in 1990 and remained with the team through 1991. On December 2, 1992, he signed with the

National Professional Soccer League and played with the team until 1994 when he retired from professional soccer.[14] He later spent time in Portugal before returning to the United States and settling in Miami where he continued to play for local recreational soccer teams.[15][16]

National team

DeBrito earned his only

cap in the U.S. national team's only game in 1983, a 2–0 win over Haiti on April 30, 1983.[17]

Personal life

DeBrito's parents were John and Angelina DeBrito. He had five sisters: Vera, Fernanda, Valeriana, Angela, and Maria. His younger brother, John DeBrito, was also a professional soccer player in the 1990s and early 2000s.[18] Pedro was the Boys Varsity Soccer Coach for the Oliver-Wolcott Technical High School in Torrington, CT in 1999.

DeBrito was critically injured in an automobile accident in

Miami, Florida, on July 3, 2014, and died as a result of those injuries on July 5, 2014. He was on his way to work as a manager of the Drew Estate Cigar Company when the car he was driving hit a tree in the median.[3][15][19]

References

  1. ^ In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Gomes and the second or paternal family name is de Brito.
  1. ^ "Tribute for Joao Joaquim DeBrito Jr". Stanfill Funeral Home.
  2. ^ "Pedro DeBrito Obituary (1959 - 2014)". Legacy Remembers.
  3. ^ a b c Conyers, Matthew (July 7, 2014). "UConn Soccer Great Pedro DeBrito, 55, Dies After Car Crash". Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Pedro DeBrito Passes Away". UConn Huskies. July 7, 2014. Archived from the original on July 12, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  5. ^
    Waterbury, CT. Archived from the original
    on July 23, 2014. Retrieved July 9, 2014.
  6. National Soccer Coaches Association of America. July 15, 2013. p. 47. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on December 15, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  7. ^ "Class of 2000". Connecticut Soccer Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  8. NCAA
    . August 10, 2018. pp. 7–8. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  9. ^ "Best Foot Forward". The New York Times. December 15, 1981. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  10. ^ "UConn Soccer Star". The New York Times. September 8, 1982. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  11. ^ "Team America Boots Rowdies, 1–0". Miami Herald. Associated Press. June 10, 1983. p. 3E.
  12. St. Petersburg Independent
    . p. 3C. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  13. ^ "American Soccer League 1989 Season". A-League Archives Home. January 27, 2007. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  14. ^ NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS – 1992–1993 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ a b Marshall, Raymond (July 6, 2014). "Former Sidekick Pedro Debrito Killed in Car Accident". The Dallas Morning News. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  16. ^ Claps, Arthur V. (February 10, 2003). "Former Cosmos Star DeBrito Helps Soccer Locker's Victory". Miami Herald. p. 9D.
  17. ^ "USA – Details of International Matches 1980–1989". Rec Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved July 6, 2014.
  18. ^ Cohen, Howard (July 10, 2014). "Tampa Bay Rowdies, UConn soccer champ Pedro DeBrito dies after car crash in Miami". Miami Herald. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  19. ^ "Rowdies aim to boost scoring touch".

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