Arthur Friedenreich

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Arthur Friedenreich (18 July 1892 – 6 September 1969) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He was nicknamed The Tiger or Golden Foot.<ref name=Soccer>Template:Cite journal</ref>

He played for the Brazil national team and was a record nine times top scorer of the state championship of São Paulo.<ref name="folha" /><ref name=Bleacher>Template:Cite web</ref> He is occasionally cited as one of the all-time top scorers in football history, although this is highly disputed.<ref name=Soccer/>

Early and personal life

Young Arthur Friedenreich

Friedenreich was born in São Paulo to Oscar Friedenreich, a German businessman whose father immigrated to Brazil, and Mathilde, a Black Brazilian teacher who has been described in various sources as both a former slave and a teacher.<ref name=Bleacher/><ref name=Joshua>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=Soccer/> Due to his Afro-Brazilian origin, Friedenreich faced racial discrimination, though he was able to mitigate some of its effects thanks to his father's reputation and social standing.<ref name=Soccer/><ref name=Joshua/>

Friedenreich began playing football in early childhood, with strong support from his father, who helped shape his path to greatness.<ref name=Soccer/><ref name=Joshua/> Having started to play as a child, Friedenreich's talent was soon noticed by his father, who sent him to play for SC Germânia, a Brazilian football team composed of German immigrants.<ref name=Soccer/> During his youth, he improved his skills by watching Charles Miller, who Friedenreich later described as "sort of my primary teacher in football", but it was with Hermann Friese, a former German football champion, who taught him a "higher level of football".<ref name="EDU">Template:Cite web</ref>

At some point, Friedenreich married his wife, Jonas, and they had a son named Oscar, after Friedenreich’s father. Both outlived him, being left in financial hardship.<ref name=Soccer/>

Club career

Golden years

SPFC squad featuring Arthur Friedenreich in 1931

In his early career, Friedenreich played with several clubs, such as Germânia, Mackenzie, and Ypiranga, until he found a long-lasting home with CA Paulistano, a top Brazilian club, with whom he played for 12 years, from 1917 until 1929, when the club was disbanded.<ref name=Soccer/> He was the top scorer in the Campeonato Paulista in 1912, 1914, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1927 and 1929.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="folha" /> In total, he scored 102 goals in 124 official matches, which results in a ratio of 0,82 goals per game, the second-highest among players with at least 50 matches for the club, only behind Waldemar de Brito's ratio of 1,09.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Notably, on 16 September 1928, he scored a 7-goal haul in a 9–0 trashing of União Lapa, breaking the record for the most goals in a single Campeonato Paulista match at the time.<ref name=EDU/>

Following the collapse of the amateur football system in São Paulo in 1929, Friedenreich and several former teammates from CA Paulistano founded the club São Paulo da Floresta (SPF) in 1930 to continue their careers in the changing football landscape.<ref name=Soccer/> In the mid-time, in early 1930, he briefly played for Santos, appearing in a total of 5 matches, making his debut on 9 February, in a friendly against Atlético Tucumán, which ended in a 4–1 win.<ref name="Santos">Template:Cite web</ref> On 27 December 1931, he scored a four-goal haul to help São Paulo to a 4–2 win over São Bento in the 1931 Campeonato Paulista, becoming, at the age of 39 years and 162 days, the oldest player ever to score a poker-trick, a record that has since been broken by Josef Bican in 1955, aged 41.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Like so many other natives of São Paulo, he enlisted in the São Paulo Army to fight in the Paulista War in 1932, where he rose from sergeant to lieutenant, commanding a division with several athletes.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Later career

On 12 March 1933, the 40-year-old Friedenreich started for SPF in the first professional football match in São Paulo, where Friedenreich scored the opening goal in a 4–1 win over his former club Santos.<ref name=Soccer/><ref name="Globo">Template:Cite web</ref> As he grew older, he began to play less and less, only when São Paulo required his assistance, so he began refereeing matches, doing so with a shirt that the Paulista club had offered him, which was a white uniform with a "P" embroidered on the chest, right above the years "1918-1928", a reference to the time he spent at the club.<ref name="Globo2">Template:Cite web</ref> Likewise, on 5 November 1933, he visited Belo Horizonte to referee a friendly match between Atlético Mineiro and Retiro-MG (Nova Lima); his performance was praised by the local press, with the Estado de Minas stating that "Fried stopped calling penalties", while the Correio Mineiro described him as a "correct referee characterized by the strictest discipline".<ref name=Globo2/> Taking advantage of his visit, Atlético invented him to play one match for them, a friendly against Siderúrgica three days later, which he accepted because he was friends with the team's coach; Atlético won 3–0.<ref name=Globo2/> Correio Mineiro stated that he "led his players excellently with mathematical passes".<ref name=Globo2/>

Template:Quote box On 5 July 1934, the Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) helped sponsor and organize the commemorative program of Friedenreich's sporting jubilee (25-year career) in Brasília, which consisted, among other things, of two matches between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.<ref name=Alma/> On the eve of this occasion, his former teammate Sylvio Lagreca stated that he was "the greatest center forward we ever had", describing him as a footballer who "played more with his intelligence than with his feet, and therefore adapted to all the positions in which he was placed without saying a word".<ref name=Alma/> Friedenreich played his last match for SPF on 24 March 1935, aged 42.<ref name="F120">Template:Cite web</ref> In that same year, he returned to Flamengo, for whom he had already played in 1917, and where he retired after refusing a contract renewal.<ref name=EDU/>

According to the IFFHS, Friedenreich scored a total of 357 goals in Brazil's three strongest leagues (National, Carioca, Paulista), which makes him the fifth highest goalscorer in that criteria, only behind Zico (374), Romário (387), Roberto Dinamite (474), and Pelé (567).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> All of those 357 goals were scored at Campeonato Paulista, where he still is the second-highest goalscorer, only behind Pelé, who surpassed by more over a century of goals (466).<ref name=IFFHS>Template:Cite web</ref>

International career

Brazil

Friedenreich made his debut for the Brazilian national team in their first-ever official match in 1914, beating Exeter City 2–0.<ref name=Soccer/><ref name=Bleacher/> In the game, Friedenreich lost two of his front teeth due to a heavy slide tackle.<ref name=Bleacher/> He went to play 17 matches with Brazil, scoring 8 goals and winning the South American Championship in 1919 and 1922.<ref name=Joshua/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In the opening match of the former tournament, he netted a hat-trick to help his side to a 6–0 win over Chile, becoming the first-ever footballer to score a hat-trick in a major international tournament.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> A few days later, on 29 May, he started in the decisive match of the tournament against Uruguay, scoring the match-winning goal that allowed Brazil to win its first international title in the 122nd minute, the latest goal in Copa América history, a record that will likely stand forever due to the current rules.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Friedenreich was also a member of the Brazil team that competed in the 1925 South American Championship, scoring once against in a 5–2 win over Paraguay on 6 December, and another one in a 2–2 draw against the eventual champions Argentina on Christmas Day.<ref name=SC25>Template:Cite web</ref> In doing so at the age of 33 years and 160 days, he became the oldest-ever goalscorer in the then short history of Copa America.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Friedenreich was not picked by Brazil for the 1930 FIFA World Cup because of a clash between the Rio and São Paulo state football federations that saw only players from Rio travelling to the competition.<ref name=Joshua/> According to official statistics from the CBF, he scored ten goals in 23 official matches for Brazil.<ref name=EDU/>

São Paulo

During the 1910s and 1920s, Friedenreich also played several matches for the São Paulo state team; for instance, in 1912 and 1913, he started in four matches against an unofficial Argentine national side, scoring once.<ref name=Argen>Template:Cite web</ref> The following year, in August 1914, Friedenreich started for both a Ypiranga/AA São Bento XI and a APEA League XI in two matches against Italian club Pro Vercelli, scoring in both.<ref name="Verc">Template:Cite web</ref>

During a Paulistano tour of Europe in 1925, Friedenreich scored 12 goals to help his side win 9 out of 10 matches, notably scoring a hat-trick in a 7–2 trashing of France on 15 March, after which he began being called Le roi du football ("The King of Football").<ref name=Globo/><ref name=F120/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He is widely regarded as the greatest Brazilian football player of the amateur era, as well as the biggest name in Brazilian football until the emergence of Leônidas da Silva.<ref name=EDU/><ref name=Santos/><ref name=F120/>

Style of play

Friedenreich was often described as a pioneer of jogo bonito, or "the beautiful game," a style that emphasized rapid play with short passes, quick touches, and fluid combinations. It also involved frequent long-range shots and attacks led by two or three fast-paced forwards to disorient the defense. Despite his relatively short stature (5 ft 7 in), Friedenreich was known for his speed, strength, and exceptional technical dribbling.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

After football

Despite his status as one of Brazil’s most renowned early footballers, Friedenreich did not transition into coaching or other roles within the football world after retiring.<ref name=Joshua/> Instead, his post-football life was marked by financial hardship, and he received little support from the football institutions he had once represented.<ref name=Bleacher/><ref name=Joshua/> Both his wife and son, who outlived him, were also left in poverty.<ref name=Bleacher/> His decline into obscurity reflected a broader pattern in which former amateur-era players were forgotten in Brazil’s new, professional football era.<ref name=Soccer/><ref name=Joshua/>

Posthumous tributes

Friedenreich has been the subject of posthumous tributes in his hometown of São Paulo, which named several places and buildings after him, such as a street and a park on the east side of the city, as well as a school located within the sports complex of the Maracanã Stadium.<ref name=Santos/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 1999, IFFHS named him the fifth greatest Brazilian Player of the 20th Century, only behind Zizinho, Zico, Garrincha, and Pelé.<ref name=Century>Template:Cite web</ref>

Discrimination and race in Brazilian football

Friedenreich was subject to the racial prejudices of his era.<ref name=Soccer/><ref name=Bleacher/> Although his upbringing in a middle-class German family allowed him access to elite football clubs and shielded him from certain forms of social exclusion, his identity as a man of colour still marked him, in the eyes of many, as emblematic of poverty.<ref name=Soccer/> As a result, he encountered racial bias even within the same elite spaces.<ref name=Soccer/> To counter this, he felt compelled to constantly assert his belonging to the upper class, adopting "whitening" practices like using hot towels or gel to straighten his hair.<ref name=Soccer/><ref name=Bleacher/>

Controversy in the number of goals

Due to a lack of documentation, the exact number of goals that Friedenreich scored is unknown. His former teammate Mario de Andrade compiled his goalscoring record, reaching the number of 1,239 goals, which he showed to journalist Template:Ill, in hopes that he would register this tally in FIFA and the CBD.<ref name="Vasco">Template:Cite web</ref> However, Andrade kept the papers for one last revision, so when he died a few days later, De Vaney attempted to recover them, but the papers were never found again because Andrade's family, uninterested in football, thought they were useless and threw them in the trash.<ref name=Vasco/> His goalscoring record thus mysteriously vanished in the mid-1960s, during a time when Friedenreich himself had Alzheimer's disease.<ref name=Bleacher/> Despite having no proof, De Vaney published Friedenreich's goalscoring record (1,239) in the newspaper Tribuna de Santos.<ref name=Vasco/>

When writing Os Gigantes do Futebol Brasileiro ("The Giants of Brazilian Football"), published in Rio de Janeiro in 1965, João Maximo based Friedenreich's numbers on De Vaney's research, but erroneously recorded 1,329, instead of 1,239.<ref name=Vasco/><ref name="NR7">Template:Cite web</ref> This tally is 48 goals higher than Pelé's Guinness World Record of 1,281 goals, which caused him to be occasionally cited as one of the all-time top scorers in football history.<ref name=Vasco/><ref name=NR7/> For instance, Richard Henshaw wrote in the Encyclopedia of World Soccer that Friedenreich "was the greatest goalscorer in the history of football, with 1,329 goals",<ref name=Vasco/> and even Guinness itself acknowledged this number by stating that he "scored an undocumented 1,329 goals".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The media also said for years that he had never missed a single penalty in over 500 attempts, which is certainly untrue as well, given that some records indicate that he wasted at least 12 penalties.<ref name=EDU/>

Below are the reported numbers of goals scored between 1909 and 1935, according to different sources:

• 1,329 goals in 1,239 matches – According to journalists João Maximo and Marcos de Castro, in the book Gigantes do futebol brasileiro (2011)<ref name=Vasco/><ref name=NR7/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1,239 goals in 1,329 matches – According to research by his former teammate Mario de Andrade and journalist Template:Ill<ref name=Vasco/>
• 595 goals in 605 matches – According to the Centro de Referência do Futebol Brasileiro<ref name=NR7/>
• 558 goals in 562 matches – According to journalists Orlando Duarte and Severino Filho, in the book Fried versus Pelé (2000)<ref name="Mile">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 557 goals in 562 matches – According to RSSSF<ref name=RSSSF>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 554 goals in 561 matches – According to journalist Alexandre da Costa, in the book O Tigre do futebol: uma viagem nos tempos de Artur Friedenreich<ref name=Mile/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 357 goals in 323 matchesTemplate:Efn – According to IFFHS<ref name=IFFHS/>

Career statistics

Goals for Brazil main team

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Friedenreich goal.

List of international goals scored by Arthur Friedenreich

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Template:Abbr
1	12 July 1916	Estadio GEBA, Buenos Aires	Template:Fb	1–0	1–2	1916 South American Championship	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
2	11 May 1919	Estádio de Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Template:Fb	1–0	6–0	1919 South American Championship	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
3				3–0
4				6–0
5	29 May 1919	Estádio de Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Template:Fb	1–0	1–0	1919 South American Championship play-off	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
6	6 December 1925	Estadio Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Template:Fb	2–0	5–2	1925 South American Championship	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
7	25 December 1925	Estadio Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Template:Fb	1–0	2–2	1925 South American Championship	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
8	1 August 1930	Estádio de Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Template:Fb	2–2	3–2	Friendly	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}

Goals for São Paulo state team

Scores and results list São Paulo's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Friedenreich goal.

List of international goals scored by Arthur Friedenreich

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Template:Abbr
1	8 September 1912	Velódromo Paulistano, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Fb	1–1	3–6	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
2	13 August 1914	Parque Antártica, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Pro Vercelli		2–1	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
3	7 November 1915	Velódromo Paulistano, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon image Rio de Janeiro		8–0	Taça Rio-São Paulo de Seleções	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
4
5	13 August 1916	Velódromo Paulistano, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon image Rio de Janeiro		5–0	Taça Rio-São Paulo de Seleções	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
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7
8	14 January 1917	Velódromo Paulistano, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Dublin	1–4	1–5	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
9	15 November 1917	Parque Antártica, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Palestra Itália-SP		7–0	Friendly	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
10
11	25 December 1917	Chácara da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon image Rio de Janeiro		9–1	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
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13
14
15
16	2 June 1918	Chácara da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon image Rio de Janeiro		4–2	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
17
18	4 August 1918	Estádio de Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Template:Flagicon image Rio de Janeiro		2–3	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
19	1 September 1918	Chácara da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon image Rio de Janeiro		8–1	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
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21
22	12 October 1918	Chácara da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon image Rio de Janeiro	1–0	5–0	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
23	15 June 1919	Chácara da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon image Rio de Janeiro	1–1	3–1	Taça Füchs	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
24				3–1
25	3 June 1920	Chácara da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Palestra Itália-SP		1–2	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
26	6 June 1920	Estádio de Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Template:Flagicon image Rio de Janeiro	1–1	7–1	Taça Rodrigues Alves	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
27				3–1
28				5–1
29	13 June 1920	Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Paraná	2–0	8–1	Taça Afonso Camargo	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
30				3–0
31				4–0
32				6–1
33	14 June 1920	Arena da Baixada, Curitiba, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Britânia		10–0	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
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35
36
37	7 September 1920	Parque Antártica, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Paraná		6–1	Taça Afonso Camargo	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
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39	14 August 1921	Parque da Graciosa, Curitiba, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Paraná	2–0	2–1	Taça Afonso Camargo	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
40	14 July 1922	Chácara da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Paraná		8–3	Taça Afonso Camargo	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
41	23 July 1922	Chácara da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Minas Gerais		13–0	Brasileiro de Seleções	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
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44	2 August 1922	Chácara da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Rio Grande do Sul		4–2	Brasileiro de Seleções	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
45
46	6 August 1922	Parque Antártica, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon image Bahia		3–0	Brasileiro de Seleções	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
47	13 August 1922	Estádio General Severiano, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Template:Flagicon image Bahia	2–0	4–1	Brasileiro de Seleções	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
48				4–1
49	27 August 1922	Estádio General Severiano, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Template:Flagicon image Rio de Janeiro	2–1	2–1	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
50	4 October 1923	Chácara da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Guarani		5–2	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
51
52
53
54	7 October 1923	Chácara da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Paraná		5–1	Brasileiro de Seleções	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
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56	2 August 1925	Parque Antártica, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Rio Grande do Sul		4–0	Brasileiro de Seleções	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
57	6 September 1925	Estádio de Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Pará	2–0	3–0	Brasileiro de Seleções	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
58				3–0
59	31 October 1926	Vila Belmiro Stadium, Santos, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Santos		7–1	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
60	14 November 1926	Chácara da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Asociación Amateurs de Football		1–2	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
61	25 March 1928	Chácara da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon image Rio de Janeiro		9–1	Taça Castelões	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
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64	20 January 1929	Campo do Independência, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon image Rio de Janeiro		6–2	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
65	3 May 1929	Estádio da Ponte Grande, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon image Rio de Janeiro	1–1	4–1	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
66				2–1
67				4–1
68	23 June 1929	Rua José do Patrocínio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Template:Flagicon image Rio de Janeiro		3–4	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
69	13 October 1929	Estádio da Ponte Grande, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon image Rio de Janeiro		5–3	Taça Júlio Prestes	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
70	26 March 1930	Chácara da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Internacional-SP		4–2	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
71	28 March 1930	Chácara da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Sportivo Buenos Aires	7–0	8–1	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
72	19 June 1930	Parque Antártica, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon New York Hakoah	1–0	3–1	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
73	16 July 1931	Estádio da Ponte Grande, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Internacional-SP		3–2	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
74	2 August 1931	Chácara da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Santos	3–1	9–1	Friendly	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
75				6–1
76				7–1
77				8–1
78	16 August 1931	Chácara da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Pernambuco		11–3	Brasileiro de Seleções	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
79
80	30 August 1931	Parque São Jorge, São Paulo, Brazil	Template:Flagicon image Rio de Janeiro	2–0	3–0	Brasileiro de Seleções	{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
81				3–0

Honours

Paulistano

• Campeonato Paulista (7): 1916,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 1918,<ref name=L24>Template:Cite web</ref> 1919,<ref name=L24/> 1921, 1926, 1927, 1929<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Copa dos Campeões Estaduais: 1920<ref name="museum">Template:Cite web</ref>

São Paulo

• Campeonato Paulista: 1931<ref name="F120" />

São Paulo state team

• Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais: 1922,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 1923<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Brazil

• Copa América:<ref name="Joshua" /> 1919, 1922
• Roca Cup: 1914<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Individual

• South American Championship player of the tournament: 1919<ref name=Trivia>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Copa América top scorer: 1919<ref name=Trivia/>
• IFFHS Brazilian Player of the 20th Century: 5th place<ref name=Century/>
• IFFHS South American Player of the 20th Century: 13th place<ref name=Century/>
• Campeonato Paulista top scorer:<ref name="folha">Template:Cite web</ref> 1912, 1914, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1927, 1928, 1929

See also

• German Brazilians

External links

• Template:WorldFootball.net