Sidney Pullen (14 July 1895 – 1950s) was an English-born Brazilian

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, who played for

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, a club based in

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Biography

Born in

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, Sidney migrated to Brazil after his father, Hugh Pullen, was transferred to a factory in Rio de Janeiro. When Paysandu closed their football department, he moved to

, and his father imported from Germany the kit known as coral snake. During

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, he left Flamengo to fight for England. Sidney Pullen died in the 1950s, in

Career

He started his career in 1910, defending Paysandu, a Rio de Janeiro team founded by English expatriates, winning the

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in 1912. After the club closed their football department in 1914, he moved to

in 1915, where he played 116 matches and scored 40 goals, winning the Campeonato Carioca five times before leaving the club in 1925. He also worked as Flamengo's head coach.

Brazil national team

Sidney Pullen was the first of only five foreigners to play for the Brazil national team. He played five matches between 1916 and 1917, thereof three 1916 Copa América matches in July 1916. In 1917 he played for Brazil in two test matches against the club sides Dublin FC from Montevideo and

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from Buenos Aires.

Refereeing career

He worked as a referee in one match of the 1916 Copa América. The match was played on 6 July, between

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and

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References

* Marcelo Leme de Arruda, André do Nascimento Pereira:
Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1914-1922
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and RSSSF Brazil, 15 February 2014. Notes: {{DEFAULTSORT:Pullen, Sidney 1895 births 1950s deaths Brazilian men's footballers English men's footballers English football managers Brazilian football managers English football referees Brazilian football referees English expatriate men's footballers CR Flamengo footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil Brazil men's international footballers Footballers from Southampton British emigrants to Brazil Fluminense FC players Men's association football midfielders British military personnel of World War I 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen 20th-century English sportsmen