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Clodoaldo in 1970
Personal information
Full name Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana
Date of birth (1949-09-25) 25 September 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth Aracaju, Brazil
Height 1.74 m
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1979 Santos 510 (13)
1980 Tampa Bay Rowdies 43 (4)
1981 Nacional 56 (17)
National team
1969–1974 Brazil 38 (1)
Teams managed
1982 Santos
2010 East Timor
Honours
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1970 Mexico
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana, better known as Clodoaldo (Brazilian Portuguese: [klodoˈawdu]; born 25 September 1949), is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

Clodoaldo spent most of his career at Santos, with whom he had won five Campeonato Paulista, as well as a Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and the 1968 Intercontinental Supercup.

He suffered a career-threatening knee injury when he is 29 years old, and as a result, he left Santos in 1979 to join NASL team Tampa Bay Rowdies. He returned to Brazil after a single season in the United States, joining Nacional-AM.

International career

Clodoaldo was capped 38 times with Brazil 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.

Managerial career

Clodoaldo briefly coached Santos after he retired in 1982. In 2010, he became the manager of the East Timor national team, but left the position after three matches due family reasons.

Honours

Club

Santos

Nacional

  • Campeonato Amazonense: 1981

International

Brazil

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