Waldemar de Brito
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Brazil1 appearance in the starting line-ups the archive holds — not a career total. Our line-up coverage is partial, so a match he played that we hold no sheet for is simply not counted here.
Waldemar de Brito was a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward for several clubs in Brazil and Argentina, as well as for the Brazil national team. He was considered as one of the best dribblers in Brazil in the 1930s and he was one of the youngest players to scorre a hat-trick in the country. Waldemar de Brito is also acknowledged to have discovered Pelé during the latter's early footballing days. His brother, Petronilho de Brito, was also a footballer. — Wikipedia
identity matched to Wikidata · last verified 2026-09-02
In the line-ups
1 appearance in recorded line-ups · 1934The archive holds 1 team sheet naming Waldemar de Brito in Brazil's starting line-up, on 1934-05-27.
A different player of the same name scored for Brazil (0 goals, 1966–1970) — Brito · Brazil