Paulo Valentim

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Paulo Valentim
Personal information
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.

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[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 Flag of Brazil Atlético Mineiro Campeonato Mineiro
1955 Flag of Brazil Atlético Mineiro Campeonato Mineiro
1956 Flag of Brazil Atlético Mineiro Campeonato Mineiro
1957 Flag of Brazil Botafogo Campeonato Carioca
1962 Flag of Argentina Boca Juniors Primera División Argentina
1964 Flag of Argentina 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.

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