Clodoaldo facts for kids
![]() Clodoaldo in 2013
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Full name | Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 25 September 1949 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Aracaju, Brazil | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m | |||||||||||||||
Playing position | Defensive midfielder | |||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||
1966–1979 | Santos | 510 | (13) | |||||||||||||
1980 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 43 | (4) | |||||||||||||
1981 | Nacional | 56 | (17) | |||||||||||||
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1969–1974 | Brazil | 38 | (1) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana, better known as Clodoaldo (Brazilian Portuguese: [klodoˈawdu]; born 25 September 1949 in Aracaju), is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
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Career
Clodoaldo usually played as a defensive midfielder for both Santos Futebol Clube and the Brazilian national team, for whom he was capped 38 times (scoring one goal) between 1969 and 1974.
He was part of the Brazil squad that won the 1970 FIFA World Cup, and scored the equalising goal in the semi-final against Uruguay. He then memorably contributed to the famous goal by Carlos Alberto Torres against Italy in the final by dribbling past four of the opposition's players in his own half.
He played his club football for Santos (1966–79), Tampa Bay Rowdies (1980), and Nacional-AM (1981).
Honours
Club
- Campeonato Paulista (São Paulo state championship):1967, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1978
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1968
International
- FIFA World Cup: 1970
- Roca Cup: 1971
See also
In Spanish: Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana para niños
![]() | Raymond Telles |
![]() | Esteban Torres |
![]() | Romualdo Pacheco |
![]() | Raúl Héctor Castro |