Djalma Santos
Djalma Santos was born in São Paulo, Brazil on February 27th, 1929 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 84, Djalma Santos biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Djalma Santos, a Brazilian Portuguese player who played for Brazil's national team in four World Cups (also spelled Dejalma Santos), played in two Brazilian footballers (1927-1959 and 1962). He was born in Djalma Santos (Brazilian Portuguese: [diawma Santos; also spelled Dejalma Santos) in 1928 and 1963. Santos is regarded as one of the best right-backs of all time. Although primarily known for his defensive abilities, he also played upfield and displayed some impressive engineering and attacking skills.
He was one of three players to be accepted into three FIFA World Cup All Star teams (in 1954, 1958, and 1962), along with Franz Beckenbauer and Philipp Lahm. He was unrelated to Nilton Santos, his regular defensive partner. In March 2004, Pelé named him one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in the world. He is also one of the few footballers to have made over 1,000 professional appearances in his career.
Djalma Santos made history by playing for three major franchises. Djalma played 498 games for nine years and gained numerous accolades, at Portuguesa, where he started playing professional football and played 510 games, and Atlético Paranaense, where he ended his career. He was never sent-off from the field, and he was known as an excellent player.
Club career
Djalma Santos started his career in his hometown with Portuguesa. He initially played in the centre of defence, but was later moved to the right side of defense. He was part of one of the best Portuguesa teams of all time, where alongside players like Pinga, Julinho Botelho and Brandãozinho he won the Rio-São Paulo Tournament in 1952 and 1955 and the Blue Ribbon in 1951 and 1953. He is the second largest record holder of games played by the club, 434 in total, between the years 1949 and 1958, second only to Capitão, with 496 games.
At Palmeiras, with 498 games, he is the seventh player who wore most the "alviverde" {Green and White} jersey. He was featured in the first academy alongside stars such as Ademir da Guia, Julinho Botelho, Djalma Dias and Vavá. It was at Palmeiras that he won the greatest number of titles of his career: the Paulista Championship in 1959, 1963 and 1966; the Brazilian Championships of 1960, 1967 (Robertão) and Brazil Cup of 1967. In addition, he won the Rio-São Paulo Tournament in 1965.
For Atlético Paranaense he played until the age of 42, another unusual brand for soccer players.
Despite having only defended three clubs in his career, Djalma Santos once wore the jersey of São Paulo, even though he belonged to Palmeiras at the time. On November 9, 1960, he played as an honor guest in the celebrations of the inauguration of the Morumbi Stadium, in the victory over Nacional do Uruguay, by 3-0, with goals from Canhoteiro and Gino.
International career
Santos made 98 official appearances for Brazil between 1952 and 1968, and was in the squad for four consecutive World Cups between 1954 and 1966. He made his first appearance against Peru in the Panamerican Championship. The match was drawn 0–0. He also made two unofficial appearances for Brazil.
Santos made his World Cup debut in a 5–0 win against Mexico, and played in all of Brazil's matches during the tournament. He scored his first goal for Brazil from the penalty spot in a 4–2 defeat against Hungary (also known as the "Battle of Berne").
Santos had lost his place in the side after being dropped in favour of De Sordi, and did not play until the final against Sweden. Brazil won the match 5–2, with Santos being one of the outstanding performers. As a result, despite only playing one match in the tournament, he was included in the tournament's All-Star Team.
Santos was once again a regular in the starting lineup, playing in all of Brazil's games. In the final against Czechoslovakia he set up the final goal for Brazil. Noting that the Slovak goalkeeper Viliam Schrojf was somewhat off his line, Santos lofted a long, massive, high arcing ball, into the goalmouth aided by the glare of the afternoon sun. Schrojf mishandled the cross, and Brazilian striker Vavá hammered the ball into goal.
Santos, now at the age of 37, was selected for a fourth consecutive World Cup. The inclusion of Santos in the squad was a surprise to some, with Carlos Alberto expected to be selected instead. Santos played the first two games, but was dropped after the 3–1 defeat to Hungary. Brazil were knocked out of the tournament in the next game against Portugal.