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José Carlos Bauer (21 November 1925 – 4 February 2007), commonly known as Bauer, was a Brazilian football player and manager.


Early life

Born in
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, he was the son of a Swiss man and an African-Brazilian woman. He was normally a defensive midfielder, Bauer was regarded as one of the finest Brazilian midfielders of his generation.


Career

In career he played for
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and
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. He won six
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(1943, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949 and 1953). For
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he played 29 matches, with five goals he won Copa América 1949 and participated at two
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finals, in
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and 1954. His last match in this tournament is famous
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. After he retired he managed Ferroviária de Araraquara. Curiously, in a trip of Ferroviária in Mozambique, Bauer saw a young
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. Very impressed with him, Bauer indicated Eusébio to
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, which denied him."Os vice-campeões", Max Gehringer, ''Especial Placar: A Saga da Jules Rimet'' fascículo 4 - 1950 Brasil, dezembro de 2005, Editora Abril, págs. 46-47 Then, he talked with his former coach in São Paulo, Béla Guttmann, about Eusébio. Guttmann, who was coaching Benfica at the time, brought him to the
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.


Death

He died on 4 February 2007, in
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.


Honours


Club

São Paulo * Campeonato Paulista: 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1953 Atlas *
Copa México The Copa MX (formerly called Copa Tower Monterrey, Copa Eliminatoria, Copa México and Copa Corona MX (for sponsorship reasons)) was a Mexican football cup competition that was established in 1907. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 1997, it was ...
: 1962 *
Campeón de Campeones ''Campeón de Campeones'' ( es, Champion of Champions) is an annual Mexican football competition established in 1942. In its current form, the winner of the Apertura season faces the winner of the Clausura season, for both Liga MX and Liga MX Feme ...
: 1962


International

Brazil *
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: 1949 *
Panamerican Championship The Panamerican Championship was an international football tournament held by the Panamerican Football Confederation every four years with three editions held from 1952 through 1960.
: 1952 *
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Runner-up: 1950 *
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Runner-up: 1953


Individual

*
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team At the end of each FIFA World Cup final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams who have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the game. Awards *There are currently five post-tournament awards from the FIFA ...
: 1950


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bauer, Jose Carlos 1925 births 2007 deaths Brazilian people of Swiss descent Brazilian footballers Brazilian football managers Expatriate football managers in Colombia Expatriate football managers in Mexico Footballers from São Paulo Association football midfielders 1950 FIFA World Cup players 1954 FIFA World Cup players Brazil international footballers São Paulo FC players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Esporte Clube São Bento players Clube Atlético Juventus managers Associação Ferroviária de Esportes managers Atlas F.C. managers Millonarios F.C. managers Esporte Clube Comercial (MS) managers