Elba de Pádua Lima (20 February 1915 – 7 July 1984), best known by the nickname ''Tim'', was a Brazilian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

and coach. Tim was born in

Rifaina Rifaina () is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 mi ...

, São Paulo. During his career, which spanned from 1931 to 1951, he played for Brazilian

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Botafogo-SP Botafogo Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Botafogo-SP, Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto or simply Botafogo, is a Brazilian association football club in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo. They currently play in the Série B, the second tier of Braz ...

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, Fluminense, and Olaria; he won five Rio de Janeiro State Tournaments (1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941). He retired in

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with Atlético Junior of

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. He was also a member of the Brazil national team, at the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, beat ...

, playing one match against

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, and at the

South American Championship 1942 The seventeenth edition of the Copa América, South American Championship was held in Montevideo, Uruguay from 10 January to 7 February. For the first time seven teams took part of the event; the participating countries were Argentina national ...

, where he scored one goal. 44 years after participating in the World Cup as a player, Tim was the manager of the

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at the

1982 World Cup The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain between 13 June and 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy, who defeated West Germany 3–1 i ...

, in what is the longest interval ever between an individual's World Cup participations, and the longest World Cup career overall. Two years after the 1982 World Cup, he died in

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at the age of 69. He coached Bangu. In 1968, he was Primera División Argentina champion with San Lorenzo de Almagro.

Honours

Player

; Fluminense *

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Port., Rio de Janeiro State Championship), was started in 1906 and is the annual football championship in the state of Rio de Janeiro, B ...

(5): 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941

Manager

; Fluminense *

(1): 1964 *

Taça Guanabara The Taça Guanabara, or Guanabara Cup, is a football tournament organized annually since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. In its first four editions (1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968), the Taça Guanabara was a tournament in its o ...

(1): 1966 ; Bangu * International Soccer League (1):

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Ja ...

; San Lorenzo *

Argentine Primera División The Primera División (; en, "First Division"), known officialy as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Binance for sponsorship reasons, is a professional football league in Argentina, organised by the Argentine Football Association (AFA). Th ...

: 1968 Metropolitano ; Vasco da Gama *

(1): 1970 ; Coritiba *

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(2): 1971, 1973 *

Torneio do Povo Torneio do Povo (meaning ''Tournament of the People'') was a competition contested between the most popular Brazilian football clubs between 1971 and 1973. It was organized by the Brazilian Sports Confederation (CBD), and was played in the beginni ...

(1): 1973

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tim 1915 births 1984 deaths Footballers from São Paulo (state) Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Brazilian football managers Brazil international footballers Expatriate footballers in Colombia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Colombia Expatriate football managers in Colombia Expatriate football managers in Argentina Expatriate football managers in Peru Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Peru 1938 FIFA World Cup players 1982 FIFA World Cup managers Categoría Primera A players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Associação Atlética Portuguesa (Santos) players Fluminense FC players Nacional Atlético Clube (SP) players São Paulo FC players Olaria Atlético Clube players Atlético Junior footballers Olaria Atlético Clube managers Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) managers Atlético Junior managers Bangu Atlético Clube managers Fluminense FC managers San Lorenzo de Almagro managers CR Flamengo managers CR Vasco da Gama managers Coritiba Foot Ball Club managers Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas managers Santos FC managers Guarani FC managers Esporte Clube Vitória managers Peru national football team managers Association football forwards Association football player-managers