Waldo Machado da Silva (9 September 1934 – 25 February 2019), known simply as Waldo, was a Brazilian

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who played as a

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. He was best known for his time at Fluminense, where he was the top scorer in the club's history with 319 goals in 403 matches, and

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Club career

Waldo was born in

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. After joining

Madureira Esporte Clube Madureira Esporte Clube, usually abbreviated to Madureira, is a Brazilian football team based in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in the neighbourhood of Madureira. The team compete in Campeonato Carioca, the top tier of the Rio de Janeiro state fo ...

's youth setup in the early 1950s, he made his debut as a senior in 1953. On 11 April 1954, Waldo signed for

Fluminense FC Fluminense Football Club (), known as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, ...

, and was the top goalscorer of all tournaments which his team won. In the 1957 edition of the Torneio Rio – São Paulo, he was one of the most important players as ''Flu'' were crowned champions without losing a game. Waldo left Fluminense on 1 July 1961 with a record of 319 goals in only 403 matches, the club's top goalscorer of all time. He immediately moved to

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's Valencia CF, signing as a replacement for his compatriot

Walter Marciano Walter Marciano de Queirós (15 September 1931 – 21 June 1961) 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 ...

who had just died at the age of 29 in a car accident after a

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between the two sides. Waldo made his debut in the Spanish top division on 3 September 1961, in a 3–0 away loss against

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. He scored his first two goals for the club six days later, in a 3–0 home win over

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. On 19 November 1961, Waldo scored four times in a 6–2 home rout of

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, and finished his first season abroad with 14 goals from 30 appearances. On 12 June 1963, he equalised as Valencia came from behind to win 2–1 at

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in the first leg of the Fairs Cup Final (4–1 on aggregate). Waldo netted a career-best 24 league goals in the 1966–67 campaign, and started in the 2–1 Spanish Cup Final victory against

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional Association football, football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country (autonomous com ...

on 2 July 1967. He represented the ''Che'' until 1970, scoring 157 goals in 294 competitive matches. In summer 1970, Waldo joined

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neighbours

Hércules CF Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a Spanish football team in Alicante, in the autonomous community of Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 3 and plays its hom ...

, retiring after one season in the

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at the age of 36.

International career

Waldo earned five caps for

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and scored two goals, being a part of the squad which won the 1960 Taça do Atlântico.

International goals

''Scores and results lists Brazil's goal tally first.''

Personal life

Waldo's younger brother, Wanderley, was also a footballer and a forward. He spent most of his career with

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and

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, and the pair were teammates at Hércules.

Death

On 25 February 2019, after five years battling with

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, Waldo died in

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at the age of 84.

Honours

Club

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 ...

: 1959 * Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1957, 1960 Valencia *

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: 1961–62, 1962–63 *

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 ...

: 1966–67

International

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 ...

: 1960

Individual

Pichichi Trophy In Spanish football, the Trofeo Pichichi is awarded by the sports newspaper '' Marca'' to the top goalscorer of each La Liga season. Named after the Athletic Bilbao striker Rafael "Pichichi" Moreno, the trophy has been awarded annually since the ...

: 1966–67

References

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