Edvaldo Alves de Santa Rosa (March 16, 1934 – September 17, 2002), better known as Dida, was a Brazilian
football
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player. Following his retirement, he remained with Flamengo, working for two decades with the club's youth teams.
On September 17, 2002, he died of
cancer
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in a
Rio de Janeiro
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hospital, at the age of 68.
Dida is the 2nd high scorer in Flamengo's history with 244 goals. He was capped six times for his country, including the 1958
World Cup
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, scoring four goals.
Honours
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Alagoas State Championship 1952
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Rio State Championship 1954, 1955, 1963
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Rio-São Paulo Tournament 1961
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1958 FIFA World Cup
The 1958 FIFA World Cup was the sixth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Sweden from 8 to 29 June 1958. It was the first FIFA World Cup to be played in a Nordic country.
Brazil be ...
- Winner
References
External links
Former Brazil star Dida dies- ESPN Soccernet, 9/18/02
1934 births
2002 deaths
Brazilian footballers
Brazil international footballers
Association football forwards
CR Flamengo footballers
Atlético Junior footballers
Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players
1958 FIFA World Cup players
FIFA World Cup-winning players
Deaths from cancer in Rio de Janeiro (state)
Sportspeople from Alagoas
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