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Brazilian footballer and coach
Elba de Pádua Lima (20 February 1915 – 7 July 1984), best known by the nickname Tim, was a
Brazilian
footballer and coach.
Tim was born in
Rifaina, São Paulo. During his career, which spanned from 1931 to 1951, he played for Brazilian
clubs
Botafogo-SP,
Portuguesa Santista,
Fluminense,
[1] and
Olaria;
[2] he won five
Rio de Janeiro State Tournaments (1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941). He retired in
Colombia with
Atlético Junior of
Barranquilla.
[3] He was also a member of the
Brazil national team, at the
1938 FIFA World Cup, playing one match against
Czechoslovakia, and at the
South American Championship 1942, where he scored one goal.
44 years after participating in the World Cup as a player, Tim was the manager of the
Peru national football team at the
1982 World Cup, in what is the longest interval ever between an individual's World Cup participations, and the longest World Cup career overall.
[4] Two years after the 1982 World Cup, he died in
Rio de Janeiro at the age of 69.
He coached
Bangu.
[5] In 1968, he was
Primera División Argentina champion with
San Lorenzo de Almagro.
Honours
Player
- Fluminense
Manager
- Fluminense
- Bangu
- San Lorenzo
- Vasco da Gama
- Coritiba
References
External links
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Tim at Sambafoot (archived)
Tim international tournaments |
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