Danilo Alvim

Danilo Alvim
Danilo Alvim with the Brazil national football team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Danilo Alvim Faria
Date of birth (1920-12-03)3 December 1920
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death May 16, 1996(1996-05-16) (aged 75)
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1939–1942 America-RJ
1943 Canto do Rio
1944–1945 America-RJ
1946–1954 Vasco da Gama
1955–1956 Botafogo
International career
1945–1953 Brazil 25 (2)
Managerial career
1956–1957 Uberaba
1963 Botafogo
1963–1965 Bolivia
1968–1970 Remo
1978 Náutico
1981 Galícia
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil (as player)
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1950 Brazil
South American Championship
Winner 1949 Brazil
Runner-up 1945 Chile
Runner-up 1946 Argentina
Runner-up 1953 Peru
Representing  Bolivia (as manager)
Copa América
Winner 1963 Bolivia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Danilo Alvim Faria (3 December 1920 – 16 May 1996) was a Brazilian footballer. He was a member of the ill-fated Brazilian 1950 World Cup team. One of the greatest center-halves in the World during his prime, he was renowned as a very sophisticated and elegant player who possessed fine ball control and accurate long range passing.


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