Paulo Valentim

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Paulo Valentim
Personal information
Full name Paulo Angelo Valentim
Date of birth (1933-11-20)November 20, 1933
Place of birth Barra do Piraí, Brazil
Date of death July 9, 1984(1984-07-09) (aged 50)
Place of death Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position striker
Youth career
1947-1949 Brazil Central de Barra do Piraí
1949-1952 Brazil Guarani de Volta Redonda
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952-1954 Brazil Guarani de Volta Redonda ? (?)
1954-1956 Brazil Atlético Mineiro 51 (31)
1956-1960 Brazil Botafogo 206 (135)
1960-1965 Argentina Boca Juniors 105 (67)
1965-1966 Brazil São Paulo 10 (4)
1966-1968 Mexico Atlante ? (?)
1968 Argentina Argentino de Quilmes 4 (0)
National team
1959 Brazil Brazil 5 (5)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 2014.


Paulo Valentim (November 20, 1932 July 9, 1984) was a Brazilian football striker. He played for clubs in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico.

Biography

Valentim came through the youth team of Guarani de Volta Redonda to make his first team debut in 1952. In 1954 he moved to Atlético Mineiro where he helped the team to win three consecutive state championships.

In 1956 he joined Botafogo where he played alongside legendary players like Garrincha, Jairzinho and Nílton Santos. He was called up to play for the Brazil national team and played alongside Pelé in the 1959 South American Championship in Argentina.

In 1960 Valentim moved to Argentina to play for Boca Juniors where he won two championships with the club in 1962 and 1964, being topscorer on both occasions. He was also the clubs topscorer in 1960 and 1961. Valentim is fondly remembered by the Boca Juniors fans for the fact that he scored 10 goals in 7 Superclásico games against their fiercest rivals River Plate. He is still Boca's highest scoring player in games against River Plate.

In 1965 Valentim returned to Brazil to play for São Paulo before joining Atlante F.C. in Mexico and finishing his career with Argentino de Quilmes in the Argentine 2nd division.

Titles

Season Team Title
1954Brazil Atlético Mineiro Campeonato Mineiro
1955Brazil Atlético Mineiro Campeonato Mineiro
1956Brazil Atlético Mineiro Campeonato Mineiro
1957Brazil Botafogo Campeonato Carioca
1962Argentina Boca Juniors Primera División Argentina
1964Argentina Boca Juniors Primera División Argentina

Later years

After retiring from football Valentim stayed in Argentina where he worked as a youth coach. By the 1980s he was living in poverty, he contracted heart problems and Hepatitis and died on July 9, 1984 at the age of 50.

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