Darcy Silveira dos Santos (born 24 May 1934), known as Canário, is a Brazilian retired

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who played as a

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. During nine seasons, he amassed

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totals of 175 matches and 45 goals, most notably while with

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

and

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. He won eight major titles with the two clubs combined.

Club career

Born in

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, Canário played for

Olaria Atlético Clube Olaria Atlético Clube, usually abbreviated to Olaria, is a Brazilian football club established in 1915, since expanded into other sports. Mostly know for its Brazilian football team based in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in the neighbourhood ...

and America Football Club in his country. In 1959, he moved to

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where he would remain until his retirement, starting with

and being used mainly as a backup during his three-year spell. He appeared in five games and scored one goal for the club in the

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, three of those matches being in the 1959–60 edition which ended in victory. After spending the 1962–63 season with

Sevilla FC Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It plays in Spanish football's top flight, La Liga. Sevilla have won the UEFA Euro ...

Canário switched to

Real Zaragoza Real Zaragoza, S.A.D. (), commonly referred to as Zaragoza, is a football club based in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain, that currently competes in the Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system. Zaragoza holds its home games at La ...

, going on to be part of an attacking frontline that was dubbed ''Los Magníficos'' (The Magnificent) and also included

Carlos Lapetra Carlos Lapetra Coarasa (29 November 1938 – 24 December 1995) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward. He spent ten of his 11 years as a professional with Zaragoza, appearing in 279 official games (62 goals) and winning three major tit ...

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Eleuterio Santos Eleuterio Santos Brito (9 November 1940 – 28 January 2008) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent the vast majority of his professional career with Real Zaragoza, appearing in 280 official games and scoring 96 goals. Cl ...

and

Juan Manuel Villa Juan Manuel Villa Gutiérrez (born 26 September 1938) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Born in Seville, Andalusia, Villa joined the youth system of Real Madrid at the age of 15, and made his professional de ...

– he acted as

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in the team's formation. He reached four

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finals with the

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ese during his stint, winning the tournament twice. Canário retired at the end of the 1968–69 campaign at the age of 33, after helping

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

promote from

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. He subsequently settled in

International career

Canário won seven

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for

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, all in 1956. Barred by

Garrincha Manuel Francisco dos Santos (28 October 1933 – 20 January 1983), nicknamed Mané Garrincha, best known as simply Garrincha (, "little bird"), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a right winger. He is widely regarded as one of ...

, however, he never attended any major international tournament.

Honours

Club

Real Madrid *

: 1960–61, 1961–62 *

Copa del Generalísimo The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

: 1961–62 *

: 1959–60 * Intercontinental Cup:

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Zaragoza *

: 1963–64, 1965–66 *

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: 1963–64

Country

Brazil *

Taça do Atlântico Taça do Atlântico ( en, Atlantic Cup, es, Copa del Atlántico) was a national football team's competition held between 1956 and 1976 on an irregular basis, contested by the national football teams from South America. Teams participating wer ...

: 1956 *Taça Oswaldo Cruz: 1956

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Canario 1934 births Living people Brazilian emigrants to Spain Naturalised citizens of Spain Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian footballers Association football forwards America Football Club (RJ) players La Liga players Segunda División players Real Madrid CF players Sevilla FC players Real Zaragoza players RCD Mallorca players UEFA Champions League winning players Brazil international footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Spain