Djalma Santos

Djalma Santos ( born February 27, 1929 in São Paulo, † July 23, 2013 in Uberaba ), actually Dejalma Dos Santos, was a Brazilian football player. In addition to Franz Beckenbauer, he was the only one who was elected in three World Championships All-Star Team (1954, 1958 and 1962).

Career

Clubs

Santos began his career as a football player in 1948 at the Portuguesa in his hometown. He is still considered one of the best defenders of all time. He always benefited from his excellent technique and was also equipped with a superior physique. So he could convert objections into veritable flanks, the balls reached the penalty box. But despite his athleticism only 1.73 m wide and 73 kg Djalm Santos never sought the exaggerated hardness and preferred the technically elegant game.

His club career at Portuguesa Sao Paulo, Palmeiras São Paulo and Atlético Paranaense lasted from 1947 until 1971. He came at this time to over 1000 league games and won many important titles, such as with Palmeiras the Brazil Cup, the Taça Brasil in 1960 and 1967, as well as 1967 is also the first Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, which can be considered as precursors of the 1971 imported Brazilian national championship. With José Altafini, Julinho and Vavá Djalma Santos experienced during his time at Palmeiras from the mid-1950s a new period of prosperity.

After the end of his playing days Santos initially trained the national team of Panama, was later in Brazil in Bahia and has also served the mid-80s in Kuwait. Later he lived in Uberaba, a small town in the state of Minas Gerais and gave lessons there at a municipal football school.

He was on 23 October 1963, the FIFA selection in London, the front of 100,000 spectators lost at Wembley Stadium with 1:2 goals for the 100th anniversary of the English Association against England. He made it in the first half ( Halftime score: 0-0 draw ) in front of goalkeeper Lev Yashin with Karl -Heinz Schnellinger the defender pair. From Pele, he was included in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers.

On 1 July 2013, Djalma Santos had to go for pneumonia in patient treatment. On July 23, 2013, died as a result of lung disease.

National

He won with the Brazilian national team's World Cup tournaments in 1958 and 1962 and took 1954 to 1966 at four world championships. He played 98 missions for the Brazilian national team and was dated September 20, 1959 to July 3, 1998 Brazil's most-capped player.

In 1959, he was with the national team unbeaten second behind the hosts in the South American Football Championship in Buenos Aires.

For the first time he wore on April 10, 1952 in Santiago de Chile against Peru (0-0 ) on the side of Ademir Didi and Nílton Santos, the Brazilian national team. Two years later he was part of the squad for the World Cup in Switzerland. In the quarter- final against Hungary he showed despite the 2:4 defeat of his team in a strong performance, holding left-winger Zoltán Czibor at bay. The World Cup 1958 in Sweden Santos was at first an unpleasant chapter: The right-back, who distinguished himself particularly by agility, ball control and speed, had to wait until the final for his first World Cup appearance. After the failure of de Sordi to coach Vicente Feola remembered the qualities of Djalma Santos. At 5-2 in the final against the hosts Sweden, he condemned their previously outstanding left winger Lennart Skoglund to insignificance.

In the title defense in Chile in 1962, when Pele had already violated in the preliminary round match against Czechoslovakia, the success was sought from a strong defensive position. Besides Garrincha and Amarildo the right-back was one of the top performers in the Seleção. Even as Brazil 1966 already failed in England in the first round, he was a member of the team. But it was ill-prepared, as the Brazilian top clubs prefer denied lucrative private games around the world to turn off as well-rested players for the World Cup tournament. In 1968 he did the last time worn the jersey of the national team 's 2-0 victory over Uruguay.

Achievements

  • FIFA World Cup: 1958, 1962
  • Roberto Gomes Pedrosa torneio: 1967
  • Taça Brasil: 1960, 1967
  • Torneio Rio - São Paulo: 1952, 1955, 1965
  • State Championship of São Paulo: 1959, 1963, 1966
  • State Championship of Paraná: 1970

Links and literature

  • Perfil de que atletas disputaram a Copa América, Confederação Brasileira de Futebol
  • Fabian Clemens et al: The 100 of the century. Footballer. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1996, ISBN 3-499-16458-2, ( 6458 Rororo manual), page 164 / 165th
  • Karin Sturm, Carsten brother: Between the beach and stadium. Sports Verlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00785-7, page 61
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