Walter Cesar Nogueira da Silva (12 January 1942 – 21 May 2009) was a Brazilian professional

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who played as a striker. Active primarily in South Africa – scoring a total of 162 goals for

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, Powerlines, Hellenic and

Berea Park Berea Park is a multi-sport venue in Pretoria, South Africa, on Lilian Ngoyi Street (earlier Van der Walt Street) near downtown. It has been utilized by multiple local sports teams in both football/soccer, including Berea Park F.C., and formerly cr ...

– Da Silva was also a football manager, and had coached

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and

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. In November 1999, while managing

, two supporters decided to kidnap da Silva and escaped with him, forcing the Brazilian to make a phone call to his assistants ahead of a game against

Bush Bucks Bush Bucks is a South African association football club. The club was founded in 1957 and originally based in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape. In 2001, the team moved to East London, Eastern Cape, East London. It was nicknamed ''Imbabala (The Bucks)' ...

, asking them to leave the stadium.

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