Osman Medeiros (1896 – 1929), was a Brazilian professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Career
A midfielder, Osman began his career at SC Americano in 1912. With the club's dissolution the following year, he went to America, a team he played for until 1919, when he left the football to embark on a military career.
International career
Osman played in just one match for the Brazil national team, the first in history, against
Exeter City,
21 July 1914.
Honours
;America
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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 ...
:
1916
Events
Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled.
* ...
Death
Osman was killed with a shot in the chest when breaking up a fight in the city of Curitiba, between police officers and people protesting against the
milk coffee politics.
References
External links
Osmanat ogol.com.br
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1896 births
1929 deaths
1929 murders in Brazil
Deaths by firearm in Brazil
People murdered in Brazil
Men's association football midfielders
Brazilian men's footballers
Brazil men's international footballers
America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro) players
Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Coffee with milk politics