Waldo Machado da Silva (9 September 1934 – 25 February 2019), known simply as Waldo, was a Brazilian

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who played as a forward. He was best known for his time at Fluminense, where he was the top scorer in the club's history with 319 goals in 403 matches, and

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Club career

Waldo was born in

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. After joining

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's youth setup in the early 1950s, he made his debut as a senior in 1953. On 11 April 1954, Waldo signed for

Fluminense FC Fluminense Football Club () is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest Association football, football club in the state since its foundation in 1902. It competes in the Campeonato B ...

, and was the top scorer of all tournaments which his team won. In the 1957 edition of the Torneio Rio – São Paulo, he was one of the most important players as ''Flu'' were crowned champions without losing a game. Waldo left Fluminense on 1 July 1961 with a record of 319 goals in only 403 matches, the club's all-time scorer. He immediately moved to

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, signing as a replacement for his compatriot

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who had just died at the age of 29 in a

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after a friendly between the two sides. Waldo made his debut in the Spanish top division on 3 September 1961, in a 3–0 away loss against

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. He scored his first two goals for the club six days later, in a 3–0 home win over

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. On 19 November 1961, Waldo scored four times in a 6–2 home rout of

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, and finished his first season abroad with 14 goals from 30 appearances. On 12 June 1963, he equalised as Valencia came from behind to win 2–1 at

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in the first leg of the Fairs Cup final (4–1 on aggregate). Waldo netted a career-best 24 league goals in the 1966–67 campaign, and started in the 2–1 Spanish Cup final victory against

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on 2 July 1967. He represented the ''Che'' until 1970, scoring 157 goals in 294 competitive matches. In summer 1970, Waldo joined

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neighbours

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. He retired after one season in the

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, at the age of 36.

International career

Waldo earned five

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for

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and scored two goals, being a part of the squad that won the 1960 Taça do Atlântico.

Personal life and death

Waldo's younger brother, Wanderley, was also a footballer and a forward. He spent most of his career with

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and

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, and the pair were teammates at Hércules. On 25 February 2019, after five years battling with

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, Waldo died in

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at the age of 84. Wanderley also died of the same disease a year later.

Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Waldo goal.''

Honours

Fluminense *

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Br ...

: 1959 * Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1957, 1960 Valencia *

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: 1961–62, 1962–63 * Copa del Generalísimo: 1966–67 Brazil * Taça do Atlântico: 1960 Individual *

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: 1966–67

References

External links

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CiberChe stats and bio
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