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Brazilian footballer

Santo Cristo
Personal information
Full name Walter Goulart da Silveira
Date of birth (1922-09-12)12 September 1922
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death 30 August 2003(2003-08-30) (aged 80)
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Vasco da Gama
Bonsucesso
SC Oposição (Piedade)
Mavilis FC (Caju)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1942–1944 São Cristóvão
1945–1946 Vasco da Gama 71 (34)
1947 Botafogo
1948 São Paulo 21 (10)
1948–1951 Fluminense 88 (32)
1951 Guarani
1952–1953 XV de Piracicaba
1953 Portuguesa 8 (3)
1953–1954 Ferroviária
1955 Atlético Mineiro 8 (2)
1956 Olaria
Managerial career
1959 São Cristóvão
1961 Tupynambás
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 December 2023

Walter Goulart da Silveira (12 September 1922 – 30 August 2003), better known as Santo Cristo, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a right winger.

Career

Right winger, he was top scorer for most of the clubs he played for. At Vasco, he formed a great partnership alongside Manoel Pessanha. He was also state champion with São Paulo FC in 1948 and Atlético Mineiro in 1955.

Personal life

Walter received the nickname "Santo Cristo" for being born in the Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro. In 1943, he abandoned a flight from São Paulo to Rio de Janeiro just minutes before boarding. The plane ended up crashing in Guanabara Bay, killing 18 people, including Cásper Líbero, founder of the journal A Gazeta, and Dom José Gaspar de Afonseca e Silva, archbishop of São Paulo.

Honours

Player

Vasco da Gama
Botafogo
São Paulo
Atlético Mineiro

Manager

Tupynambás

References

  1. "Há 101 anos nascia Walter Goulart da Silveira, o Santo Cristo, ponteiro no início do Expresso da Vitória". NetVasco (in Portuguese). 12 September 2023. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. "Todos os Jogadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  3. "Walter Goulart da Silveira, "Santo Cristo": o craque esquecido!". História do Futebol (in Portuguese). 20 January 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  4. Érico Faria Loreto; Márcio Monteiro Alencar; Rafael Ribeiro Emiliano; Thiago Teixeira de Azevedo (2007). Almanaque da Lusa. Fundação Cásper Líbero.
  5. "O Cásper Líbero". Fundação Cásper Líbero (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  6. Mário Rodrigues (2003). O negro no futebol brasileiro [O maior clássico sobre o futebol brasileiro] (4ª ed.). Rio de Janeiro: Mauad Editora Ltda. p. 360. ISBN 85-7478-096-0.

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