Didi
1928 – 2001 · aged 73
Brazilian footballer (1928-2001)
- Born
- 8 Oct 1928 · Campos dos Goytacazes
- Died
- 12 May 2001 · Rio de Janeiro
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 8 Oct 1928BornBorn in Campos dos Goytacazes
- 1946TeamAmericano Futebol Clube
- 1946 – 1948TeamClube Atlético Lençoense/Bariri
- 1948 – 1949TeamMadureira Esporte Clube
- 1949 – 1956TeamFluminense F.C.
- 1952 – 1962TeamBrazil men's national football team
- 1954Took part1954 FIFA World Cup
- 1957 – 1959TeamBotafogo F.R.
- 1958Took part1958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959 – 1960TeamReal Madrid Club de Fútbol
- 1960 – 1962TeamBotafogo F.R.
- 1962Took part1962 FIFA World Cup
- 1963TeamClub Sporting Cristal
- 1964 – 1965TeamBotafogo F.R.
- 1965 – 1966TeamTiburones Rojos de Veracruz
- 1966TeamSão Paulo FC
- 12 May 2001DiedDied in Rio de Janeiro
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1928 – 2001).
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
Biography
Waldyr Pereira (8 October 1928 – 12 May 2001), also known as Didi (Brazilian Portuguese: [dʒiˈdʒi]), was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder or as a forward. He played in three FIFA World Cups (1954, 1958, and 1962), winning the latter two.
An elegant and technical player, Didi was renowned for his range of passing, stamina and technique. He also was a free-kick specialist, being famous for inventing the folha seca (dry leaf) dead ball free kicks, notably used by modern-day players such as Juninho and Cristiano Ronaldo, where the ball would swerve downward unexpectedly at a point resulting in a goal.
During his career, he was part of Fluminense between the end of the 1940s to the mid-1950s and one of the main players of the iconic squad of Botafogo in the early 1960s with other world champions such as Garrincha, Nilton Santos, Zagallo and Amarildo.
Text from the Wikipedia article Didi (footballer, born 1928), CC BY-SA 4.0
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