Domingos Antônio da Guia (born in Rio de Janeiro, November 19, 1912 – died in Rio, May 18, 2000) was a Brazilian footballer.
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Full name | Domingos Antônio da Guia | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 19 November 1912|||||||||||||
Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 18 May 2000 | (aged 87)|||||||||||||
Place of death | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre back | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
1929–1932 | Bangu[2] | 57 | (2) | |||||||||||
1932 | Vasco da Gama[3] | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||
1933 | Nacional | 25 | (0) | |||||||||||
1934 | Vasco da Gama[3][4] | 12 | (0) | |||||||||||
1935–1937 | Boca Juniors[5] | 56 | (0) | |||||||||||
1936 | → Flamengo (loan)[6] | 17 | (0) | |||||||||||
1937–1943 | Flamengo | 139 | (0) | |||||||||||
1944–1948 | Corinthians[7] | 77 | (0) | |||||||||||
1948 | Bangu | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||
Total | 417 | (2) | ||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
1931–1946 | Brazil | 30 | (0) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He played in four matches for Brazil in the 1938 FIFA World Cup finals.[8] He is regarded as one of the best Brazilian defenders of all time.[9]