Domingos da Guia

Summary

Domingos Antônio da Guia (born in Rio de Janeiro, November 19, 1912 – died in Rio, May 18, 2000) was a Brazilian footballer.

Domingos da Guia
Da Guia with Boca Juniors
Personal information
Full name Domingos Antônio da Guia
Date of birth (1912-11-19)19 November 1912[1]
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death 18 May 2000(2000-05-18) (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)
1936Flamengo (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
Representing  Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1938 France
*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]

Honours edit

Nacional
Vasco
Boca Juniors
Flamengo
Corinthans
Rio de Janeiro State Team
Brazil

Individual edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Domingos da Guia". Soccerway. Perform. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  2. ^ [1] Archived 2018-08-13 at the Wayback Machine Almanaque do Bangu (in Portuguese)
  3. ^ a b "Acervo histórico". Acervo O Globo (in Portuguese). O Globo.
  4. ^ [2] BrFut (in Portuguese)
  5. ^ La Historia de Boca Juniors (in Spanish)
  6. ^ Fla-Estatística.com(in Portuguese)
  7. ^ Unzelte, Celso (2005). Almanaque do Timão (in Portuguese). Ed. Abril.
  8. ^ "Domingos da Guia". Competitions. FIFA. Archived from the original on June 15, 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  9. ^ Brazil's greatest defenders at Sky Sports
  10. ^ Copa América Best Players

External links edit

  • Futbol Factory Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2007) (in Spanish)