Caetano da Silva Nascimento, nicknamed "Veludo

(7 August 1930 – 26 October 1979) was a Brazilian

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player. He played for the

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at the

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finals. Veludo played club football for

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, Canto do Rio,

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Atlético Mineiro Atlético, Spanish for ''athletics'', or Athletico in English, may refer to: Sports Teams Athletico *Athletico SC (Lebanon), a Lebanese football academy *Athletic Bilbao, or Atletico Bilbao, Basque students athletic club (also forming Athletic Cl ...

, Madureira and

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, winning the

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in 1951 with Fluminense and the

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in 1958 with Atlético Mineiro.

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1930 births 1979 deaths Brazilian men's footballers Brazil men's international footballers 1954 FIFA World Cup players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen Canto do Rio Foot-Ball Club players Fluminense FC players Clube Atlético Mineiro players Madureira Esporte Clube players {{brazil-footy-goalkeeper-stub