Arthur Friedenreich

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Art(h)ur Friedenreich (born July 18, 1892 in São Paulo – died September 6, 1969) was a Brazilian football player. Nicknamed The Tiger, he was one of the first black players in the previously white world of Brazilian football, and was arguably the sport's first black superstar. He was of mixed descent; his father Oscar Friedenreich emigrated from Germany to Brazil, and his mother Mathilde was an Afro-Brazilian.

After playing with a succession of São Paulo club sides from 1910 onwards, Friedenreich made his debut with the national team in 1914. He played twenty-two internationals, including wins in the 1919 and 1922 editions of the Copa América, scoring ten goals. On Brazil's 1925 tour of Europe, he was feted as the King of Football.

[edit] Playing record

Friedenreich played for the following clubs:

1909 SC Germania
1910 Clube Atlético Ypiranga
1911 SC Germania
1912 Associacão Atlética Mackenzie College
1913–1915 Clube Atlético Ypiranga
1916 Clube Atlético Paulistano
1917 Clube Atlético Ypiranga
1918–1929 Clube Atlético Paulistano
1929–1931 São Paulo Futebol Clube
1933 Clube Atlético Mineiro
1931–1934 Clube de Regatas do Flamengo

He was top scorer of the Liga Paulista in the following years:

1912 Club: Associação Atlética Mackenzie College 12 goals
1914 Club: Clube Atlético Paulistano 12 goals
1917 Club: Clube Atlético Ypiranga 15 goals
1918 Club: Clube Atlético Paulistano 25 goals
1919 Club: Clube Atlético Ypiranga 26 goals
1921 Club: Clube Atlético Paulistano 33 goals
1927 Club: Clube Atlético Paulistano 13 goals
1928 Club: Clube Atlético Paulistano 29 goals
1929 Club: Clube Atlético Paulistano 16 goals

Because of the internal quarrels and the following splitting of the league in the LPF and APEA he had to share the top scorer title with the following players in the following years:

1914 player: Neco, Club: Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, 12 goals
1927 player: Araken, Club: Santos Futebol Clube, 31 goals
1928 player: Heitor, Club: Palestra Itália - today's Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, 16 goals
1929 player: Feitiço, Club: Santos Futebol Clube, 12 goals

He retired while playing for Flamengo in 1934 at the age of 42 and died on September 6, 1969, he was 77 years old. He played over 1200 games, scoring over 1200 goals, which is comparable to the record of Pelé[1]. However, Friedenreich's statistics cannot be confirmed as some of the goals occurred in matches not recognised by FIFA[citation needed].

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  1. ^ The precise number of games and goals are unclear: some sources claim Friedenreich scored 1239 goals in 1329 games, and others that he scored 1329 goals in 1239 games. That these two numbers are identical save for the transposition of the second and third digits is a further source of confusion. See [1]
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