- José Carlos Bauer
José Carlos Bauer, commonly known as "Bauer" (b.
São Paulo ,November 21 ,1925 - d.São Paulo ,February 4 ,2007 ) was a formerBrazil ian football player and manager. He was the son of aSwiss , man and an Afro-brazil ian woman.In career he played for São Paulo and Botafogo. He won six São Paulo State Championship (1943, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949 and 1953).
For
Brazil national football team he played 29 matches, won Copa América 1949 and participated at twoFIFA World Cup finals, in 1950 and 1954. His last match in this tournament is famousBattle of Berne .After he retired he managed Ferroviária de Araraquara. Curiously, in a trip of Ferroviária in Mozambique, Bauer saw a young
Eusébio . Very impressed with him, Bauer indicated Eusébio to São Paulo and then toBenfica .He died on February 4, 2007. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/04/sports/LA-SPT-SOC-Obit-Bauer.php Bauer, Brazil midfielder who played in two World Cups, dies at 81 - International Herald Tribune ] ]
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