Paulo Valentim

Football player infobox
playername = Paulo Valentim


fullname = Pablo Angelo Valentim
height =
nickname =
dateofbirth = November 20 1933
cityofbirth = Barra do Piraí
countryofbirth = Brazil
cityofdeath = Buenos Aires
countryofdeath = Argentina
dateofdeath = death date and age|1984|7|9|1933|11|20
currentclub =
clubnumber =
position = striker
youthyears = 1949-1952
youthclubs = Guarani
years = 1952-1954
1954-1956
1956-1960
1960-1965
1965-1966
1966-1968
1968
clubs = Guarani
Atlético Mineiro
Botafogo
Boca Juniors
São Paulo
CF Atlante
Argentino de Quilmes
caps(goals) = ? (?)
? (?)
? (?)
105 (67)
? (?)
? (?)
4 (0)
nationalyears = 1959
nationalteam = Brazil
nationalcaps(goals) = ? (?)

pcupdate = October 2007

Paulo Valentim (November 20 1933 - July 9 1984) was a Brazilian football striker. He played for clubs in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico.

Biography

Valentim came through the youth team of Guarani Futebol Clube to make his first team debut in 1952. In 1954 he moved to Atlético Mineiro where he helped the team to win three consecutive state championships.

In 1956 he joined Botafogo where he played alongside legendary players like Garrincha, Jairzinho and Nílton Santos. He was called up to play for the Brazil national football team and played alongside Pelé in the 1959 South American Championship in Argentina.

In 1960 Valentim moved to Argentina to play for Boca Juniors where he won two championships with the club in 1962 and 1964, being topscorer on both occasions. He was also the clubs topscorer in 1960 and 1961. Valentim is fondly remembered by the Boca Juniors fans for the fact that he scored 10 goals in 7 Superclásico games against their fiercest rivals River Plate. He is still Boca's highest scoring player in games against River Plate.

In 1965 Valentim returned to Brazil to play for São Paulo before joining CF Atlante in Mexico and finishing his career with Argentino de Quilmes in the Argentine 2nd division.

Titles

Later years

After retiring from football Valentim stayed in Argentina where he worked as a youth coach. By the 1980s he was living in poverty, he contracted heart problems and Hepatitis and died on July 9 1984 at the age of 50.

External links

*pt icon [http://www.botafogopaixao.kit.net/paulovalentim.htm Botafogo profile]

*es icon [http://www.informexeneize.com.ar/biografia_paulo_valentim.htm Boca Juniors profile]