Paulo Valentim

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Paulo Valentim
Full name	Pablo Angelo Valentim
Date of birth	November 20, 1933
Place of birth	Barra do Piraí, Brazil
Date of death	July 9, 1984 (aged 50)
Place of death	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Playing position	striker
Youth clubs
1949-1952	Guarani
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1952-1954 1954-1956 1956-1960 1960-1965 1965-1966 1966-1968 1968	Guarani Atlético Mineiro Botafogo Boca Juniors São Paulo CF Atlante Argentino de Quilmes	? (?) ? (?) ? (?) 105 (67) ? (?) ? (?) 4 (0)
National team
1959	Brazil	? (?)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Paulo Valentim (November 20, 1933 - July 9, 1984) was a Brazilian football striker. He played for clubs in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico.

1 Biography
2 Titles
3 Later years
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Valentim came through the youth team of Guarani Futebol Clube 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 football 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 CF Atlante in Mexico and finishing his career with Argentino de Quilmes in the Argentine 2nd division.

[edit] Titles

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

[edit] 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.