Carlos Castilho

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Carlos José Castilho (November 27, 1927 – February 2, 1987) was a Brazilian football goalkeeper. He was born in Rio de Janeiro and played for Fluminense from 1947 to 1964 and for Brazil.<ref name="Portuguesebio" /> He was a member of the Brazil squad in four World Cups: 1950, 1954, 1958 and 1962. Castilho has the all-time record of matches played in Fluminense FC history, with 699 appearances.<ref name="Portuguesebio" />

He was noted as a goalkeeper for making seemingly impossible saves. Due to his good luck, his opponents' supporters called him "Leiteria" (lucky man) and Fluminense supporters called him "Saint Castilho".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He was daltonic and he believed he was favored because he saw yellow balls as if they were red, though he had trouble at night with white balls.<ref name="Portuguesebio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

During his career he appeared in 699 games for Fluminense, a club record.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> With Fluminense, he won 420 games, conceded 777 goals, and kept 255 clean-sheets; all individual records in Fluminense history.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After his retirement from playing sport, he coached many teams from Brazil.

He died by suicide on February 2, 1987.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Honours

Player

Fluminense

• Campeonato Carioca: 1951, 1959, 1964
• Torneio Rio – São Paulo: 1957, 1960
• Copa Rio: 1952

Paysandu

• Campeonato Paraense: 1965

Brazil

• World Cup: 1958, 1962<ref name="Portuguesebio" />
• Panamerican Championship: 1952

Manager

Santos

• Campeonato Paulista: 1984

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