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Vavá
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Edvaldo Izidio Neto (12 November 1934 – 19 January 2002), commonly known as Vavá, was a Brazilian professional footballer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest strikers of his generation. Nicknamed "Peito de Aço" (Steel Chest), he most notably played for Vasco da Gama, Atlético Madrid, Palmeiras and the Brazil national team.
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Vavá was a Brazilian male association football player and coach who played as a forward. Born in Recife on November 12, 1934, he represented Brazil in the 1952 Summer Olympics, the 1958 FIFA World Cup, and the 1962 FIFA World Cup. His professional career began in 1949, and he was a member of several clubs, including Sport Club do Recife, Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, and Toros Neza. He was also known by the pseudonym Peito de Aço.
Standing 174 centimeters tall and weighing 71 kilograms, Vavá spoke Portuguese. He died of natural causes due to a myocardial infarction in Rio de Janeiro on January 19, 2002.
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Key facts
- Football biography.name
- Vavá
- Football biography.image
- Vavá en 1962.jpg
- Football biography.caption
- Vavá in 1962
- Football biography.fullname
- Edvaldo Izídio Neto
- Football biography.birth_place
- Recife, Brazil
- Football biography.death_place
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Football biography.position
- Striker
- Football biography.years1
- 1949–1950
- Football biography.years2
- 1951–1958
- Football biography.years3
- 1958–1961
- Football biography.years4
- 1961–1963
- Football biography.years5
- 1964–1967
- Football biography.years6
- 1967–1968
- Football biography.years7
- 1968
- Football biography.years8
- 1969
- Football biography.clubs1
- Sport Recife
- Football biography.clubs2
- Vasco da Gama
- Football biography.clubs3
- Atlético Madrid
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Recife
- Place of death
- Rio de Janeiro
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Participant in
- 1952 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Elche CF
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Brazil
- Mass
- 71
- Image
- Vavá en 1962.jpg
- Height
- 174
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- date of birth
- 1934-11-12
- date of death
- 2002-01-19
- Commons category
- Vavá
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- pseudonym
- Peito de Aço (Pit d'acer)
- start of work period
- 1949-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- International career
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- Honours
- Club
- International
- Individual
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Edvaldo Izidio Neto (12 November 1934 – 19 January 2002), commonly known as Vavá, was a Brazilian professional footballer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest strikers of his generation. Nicknamed "Peito de Aço" (Steel Chest), he most notably played for Vasco da Gama, Atlético Madrid, Palmeiras and the Brazil national team.
==International career== Vavá earned twenty caps with the Brazil national team between 1955 and 1964, scoring a total of fifteen goals. He was in the side that won both the 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cups, in which he scored five and four goals, respectively. Furthermore, he was a joint-recipient of the 1962 World Cup Golden Boot as one of the tournament's top scorers. Vavá was also part of Brazil's squad for the 1952 Summer Olympics.
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