Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Petronilho de Brito | ||
Date of birth | (1904-05-31)31 May 1904 | ||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
Place of death | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Antárctica-SP | |||
Minas Gerais-SP | |||
Sírio-SP | |||
Independência-SP | |||
1933–1935 | San Lorenzo | 53 | (31) |
International career | |||
1926 1928–1935 |
São Paulo Brazil |
4 5 |
(13) (4) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Petronilho de Brito(31 May 1904 – 1983/4), was an association footballer who played forward, and who played for the Brazil national team. He died about 1983 or 1984, in São Paulo.
Club career
Born in São Paulo, Petronilho de Brito spent most of his career defending clubs of that city. He played for Antárctica-SP, Minas Gerais-SP, Sírio-SP and Independência-SP, winning the Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais in 1926, representing the state of São Paulo, and being awarded as the competition's top goalscorer with 13 goals, before moving to San Lorenzo of Argentina in 1930. He won the Primera División Argentina in 1933, retiring in 1936.
International career
Petronilho de Brito played five games for the Brazil national team between 1928 and 1935. He played his first game on June 24, 1928, against Motherwell of Scotland, and scored his first goal for Brazil on February 24, 1929, against Rampla Juniors of Uruguay. Petronilho played his last game for the country on February 24, 1935, against River Plate of Argentina.
Personal life
He is the brother of former footballer Waldemar de Brito.
Honours
Club
Individual
- Campeonato Brasileiro de Seleções Estaduais top goalscorer (13 gols): 1926
References
- ^ Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 2. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 324. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
- ^ Napoleão, Antônio Carlos; Assaf, Roberto (2006). Seleção Brasileira 1914–2006. São Paulo: Mauad X. p. 289. ISBN 85-7478-186-X.
- "Brazil – Championships of State Selections – List of Topscorers". RSSSF. February 4, 2006. Archived from the original on June 10, 2009. Retrieved June 10, 2009.
- 1904 births
- 1984 deaths
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
- Argentine Primera División players
- San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina
- Brazil men's international footballers
- Footballers from São Paulo
- Men's association football forwards
- São Paulo state football team players
- 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Argentina