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Vavá

1934 – 2002 · aged 68

Brazilian association football player (1934–2002)

Born
12 Nov 1934 · Recife
Died
19 Jan 2002 · Rio de Janeiro
Part ofBrazil1649 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 78 years
  1. 12 Nov 1934BornBorn in Recife
  2. 1949 – 1950TeamSport Club do Recife
  3. 1951 – 1958TeamCR Vasco da Gama
  4. 1955 – 1964TeamBrazil men's national football team
  5. 1958Took part1958 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1958 – 1961TeamAtlético Madrid
  7. 1961 – 1963TeamSociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
  8. 1962Took part1962 FIFA World Cup
  9. 1964 – 1967TeamClub América
  10. 1967 – 1968TeamToros Neza
  11. 1968TeamSan Diego Toros
  12. 1969TeamAssociação Portuguesa de Desportos
  13. 19 Jan 2002DiedDied in Rio de Janeiro

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1934 – 2002).

  1. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  2. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  3. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  4. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1938Munich Agreement
  6. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  7. 1939 – 1945World War II
  8. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  9. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  10. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  11. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  12. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  13. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  14. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  15. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  16. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  17. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  18. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  20. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  21. 1956Suez Crisis
  22. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  23. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  24. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  26. 1968Prague Spring
  27. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  28. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  29. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  30. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  32. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  33. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  34. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  35. 1985Schengen Agreement
  36. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  37. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  38. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  39. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  40. 19941994 FIFA World Cup

Biography

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.

Text from the Wikipedia article Vavá, CC BY-SA 4.0

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