Waldir
Waldir is a Portuguese given name, most commonly used in Brazil, derived from the German name Walter. It may refer to: * Waldir Guerra * Waldir Pereira * Waldir Lucas Pereira * Waldir Pires * Waldir Sáenz * Waldir Azevedo See also * all articles starting with "Waldir" * Valdir Valdir is a given name, most commonly used in Brazil. It may refer to: * Valdir Azevedo (1923–1980), Brazilian conductor * Valdir (footballer, born 1943), Brazilian football defender * Valdir Benedito (born 1965), Brazilian footballer * Valdir ... {{given name Brazilian given names ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Waldir Sáenz
Waldir Alejandro Sáenz Pérez (born May 15, 1973 in Lima) is a Peruvian retired football striker. Career Waldir is most famous as a player for Alianza Lima, in which he became the all-time leading goal scorer of the club with 167 goals in 324 matches. He also played for Colorado Rapids (1998), Unión de Santa Fe (1999), Sporting Cristal (2000), among others. In 2013 he came back from retirement to play for Walter Ormeño. International career He obtained 27 caps for the Peru national football team The Peru national football team represents Peru in men's international football. The national team has been organised, since 1927, by the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF). The FPF constitutes one of the ten members of FIFA's South American ... from 1993 to 2000, scoring three goals. References External links *Waldir Saenz's Goals 1973 births Living people Footballers from Lima Association football forwards Peruvian footballers Peru international footballers P ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Waldir Guerra
Waldir Guerra (born April 2, 1967 in San Vicente) is a retired Salvadoran footballer who played for the El Salvador national football team during his career. Club career Guerra arrived in the USA as a refugee in 1982 and attended Bells High School for whom he scored 117 goals in his first three years, which was a record. As a senior, he played for American Professional Soccer League side Los Angeles Heat until they went out of business in 1990. Three years later he played for Los Angeles Salsa for whom he scored once in 22 matches in his first season. He returned to his native El Salvador in 1997 to play for Águila. He topped the goalscoring charts of the 1999 Apertura. International career Guerra made his debut for El Salvador in an April 1997 friendly match against Guatemala in which he immediately scored a goal, and has earned a total of 13 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1997 and 1999 UNCAF N ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Waldir Pereira
Waldyr Pereira, also known as Didi (; 8 October 1928 – 12 May 2001), was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder or as a forward. He played in three FIFA World Cups (1954, 1958, and 1962), winning the latter two and was awarded the Golden Ball, given to the tournament's best player, for his performance at the 1958 competition. Considered as an elegant and technical player, Didi was renowned for his range of passing, stamina and technique. He also was a free-kick specialist, being famous for inventing the '' folha seca'' (dry leaf) dead ball free kicks, notably used by modern-day players such as Juninho and Cristiano Ronaldo, where the ball would swerve downward unexpectedly at a point resulting in a goal."Kings of the free-kick" FIFA.com. Retrie ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Waldir Azevedo
Valdir Azevedo or Waldir Azevedo (January 23, 1923 in Rio de Janeiro – September 21, 1980 in São Paulo) was a choro composer, conductor and performer, considered to be the most successful musician of this genre. Azevedo was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He played flute starting from the age of seven, and later switched to mandolin and to the cavaquinho. He first performed in public in 1933 at the Carnival, playing flute. He wrote 130 compositions during his lifetime, including the world-famous "Brasileirinho (song), Brasileirinho" and "Delicado (song), Delicado", which was He is considered by many to be the first Brazilian cavaquinho shred guitar, shredder ever. One of his compositions, "Delicado (song), Delicado," is a Latin American dance that has been arranged for piano. He died in São Paulo, aged 57. References External links *[ allmusic profile] Further reading * 1923 births 1980 deaths Choro musicians Musicians from Rio de Janeiro (city) 20th-century ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Waldir Lucas Pereira
Waldir Lucas Pereira Filho (5 February 1982 – 20 June 2021) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He died from COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ... aged 39 on 20 June 2021. References External links * * 1982 births 2021 deaths Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in São Paulo (state) Brazilian footballers Association football forwards Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players K League 1 players AC Ajaccio players Suwon Samsung Bluewings players Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players Associação Desportiva São Caetano players Duque de Caxias Futebol Clube players América Futebol Clube (SP) players Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France Brazilian expatri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Waldir Pires
Francisco Waldir Pires de Souza (21 October 1926 – 22 June 2018) was a Brazilian politician. He served as the Minister of Defence under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, (in Portuguese) before being fired for gross incompetence and inaction during Brazil's aviation crisis of 2006–2007.Brazil's defence minister fired [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Valdir
Valdir is a given name, most commonly used in Brazil. It may refer to: * Valdir Azevedo (1923–1980), Brazilian conductor * Valdir (footballer, born 1943), Brazilian football defender * Valdir Benedito (born 1965), Brazilian footballer * Valdir Bigode (born 1972), Brazilian former footballer * Valdir Espinosa (1947–2020), Brazilian football manager * Valdir Joaquim de Moraes (1931–2020), Brazilian football player and manager * Valdir Lermen, Cyclist * Valdir Pereira (1928–2001), Brazilian footballer * Valdir Peres Waldir Peres de Arruda (January 2, 1951 – July 23, 2017), known as Waldir Peres, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, in particular with São Paulo and the Brazilian national team. Playing career Club At club level, P ... (1951–2017), Brazilian footballer See also * all articles starting with "Valdir" * Waldir {{given name ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as " Lusophone" (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Celtic phonology in its lexicon. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 24 million L2 (second language) speakers, Portuguese has approximately 274 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language, the third-most sp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italy, Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a co-official language of Luxembourg and German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium, as well as a national language in Namibia. Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Bas-Rhin), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Bratislava Region), and Hungary (Sopron). German is most similar to other languages within the West Germanic language branch, including Afrikaans, Dutch language, Dutch, English language, English, the Frisian languages, Low German, Luxembourgish, Scots language, Scots, and Yiddish. It also contains close similarities in vocabulary to some languages in the North Germanic languages, North Germanic group, such as Danish lan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Walter (name)
Walter is a German masculine given name derived from Old High German ''Walthari'', composed of the elements ''walt-'' (Proto-Germanic ''*wald-'') "power", "ruler", and ''hari'' (Proto-Germanic ''*χarja'') "army". The name was first popularized by the famous epic German hero Walter of Aquitaine, Walther von Aquitaine and later with the writer Walther von der Vogelweide. The name is first recorded in the 6th century, with Walthari son of Wacho, who was king of the Lombards during 539–546. Old High German forms are recorded as ''Walthari'', ''Waltari'', ''Walthar'', ''Waltar'', ''Waltere'', ''Waldheri'', ''Waldhere'', ''Waltheri'', ''Walthere'', ''Walther'', ''Walter'', ''Waldher'', and ''Valter''. The Old English equivalent is ''Wealdhere'', Old Norse has ''Valðar'' and '' Valdarr''.Förstemann, ''Altdeutsches Namenbuch'' (1856)1244f The name entered the French language as ''Gauthier'', Spanish as ''Gutierre'', Portuguese as ''Gualter'' and Italian as ''Gualtiero''. The mo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |