Nilton Santos

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Brazilian footballer association football defender human

Nilton Santos was a legendary Brazilian left-back, celebrated for his attacking style and key role in Brazil’s 1958 and 1962 World Cup victories.

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Label Occurrences
Nilton Santos canonical 5

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brazilian footballer ⓘ
association football defender ⓘ
human ⓘ
careerEnd 1964 ⓘ
careerStart 1948 ⓘ
clubNumberRetiredBy Botafogo FR ⓘ
surface form: Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
countryOfBirth Brazil ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Brazil ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1925-05-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2013-11-27 ⓘ
familyName Dos Santos ⓘ
surface form: dos Santos
fullName Nílton dos Santos ⓘ
givenName Dos Santos ⓘ
surface form: Nílton
hasStadiumNamedAfter Estádio Nilton Santos ⓘ
honor Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team ⓘ
surface form: FIFA World Cup All-Star Team 1958

FIFA World Cup All-Star Team ⓘ
surface form: FIFA World Cup All-Star Team 1962

FIFA FIFPro World XI selection ⓘ
surface form: FIFA XI selection

IFFHS ⓘ
surface form: IFFHS Brazilian Football Legends list
influenced modern attacking full-backs ⓘ
knownFor attacking style as a left-back ⓘ
pioneering the offensive full-back role ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Portuguese ⓘ
league Campeonato Carioca ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam Botafogo FR ⓘ
surface form: Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas

Brazil national football team ⓘ
nickName Enciclopédia do Futebol ⓘ
The Encyclopedia of Football ⓘ
numberOfInternationalCaps 75 ⓘ
numberOfInternationalGoals 3 ⓘ
participantIn 1950 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
1954 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
1958 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
1962 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
placeOfBirth Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
placeOfBurial Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
placeOfDeath Rio de Janeiro ⓘ
playedFor Botafogo FR ⓘ
surface form: Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas
positionPlayed defender ⓘ
left-back ⓘ
representedNationalTeam Brazil ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport football ⓘ
styleOfPlay offensive overlapping runs ⓘ
technical ability and vision ⓘ
winnerOf 1958 FIFA World Cup ⓘ
1962 FIFA World Cup ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Botafogo FR → notablePlayer → Nilton Santos ⓘ
Estádio Nilton Santos → namedAfter → Nilton Santos ⓘ
Engenhão → shortName → Nilton Santos ⓘ
Engenhão → namedAfter → Nilton Santos ⓘ
Didi → playedWith → Nilton Santos ⓘ