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Waldir Saenz
Waldir is a Portuguese given name, most commonly used in Brazil, derived from the German name Walter. It may refer to: * Waldir Guerra * Waldir Pereira * Waldir Lucas Pereira * Waldir Pires * Waldir Sáenz * Waldir Azevedo See also * all articles starting with "Waldir" * Valdir Valdir is a given name, most commonly used in Brazil. It may refer to: * Valdir Azevedo (1923–1980), Brazilian conductor * Valdir (footballer, born 1937), Brazilian footballer * Valdir (footballer, born 1943), Brazilian football defender * Va ... {{given name Brazilian given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or ) is a Western Romance language of the Indo-European language family originating from the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is the official language of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal and São Tomé and Príncipe, and has co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea and Macau. Portuguese-speaking people or nations are known as Lusophone (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Iberian Romance languages, Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Gallaecian language, Celtic phonology. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 17 million second language speakers, Portuguese has approximately 267 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the List of languages by number of native speaker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
German (, ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western Europe, Western and Central Europe. It is the majority and Official language, official (or co-official) language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. It is also an official language of Luxembourg, German-speaking Community of Belgium, Belgium and the Italian autonomous province of South Tyrol, as well as a recognized national language in Namibia. There are also notable German-speaking communities in other parts of Europe, including: Poland (Upper Silesia), the Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Denmark (South Jutland County, North Schleswig), Slovakia (Krahule), Germans of Romania, Romania, Hungary (Sopron), and France (European Collectivity of Alsace, Alsace). Overseas, sizeable communities of German-speakers are found in the Americas. German is one of the global language system, major languages of the world, with nearly 80 million native speakers and over 130 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter (name)
Walter is a German and English masculine given name of Germanic languages , Germanic origin, composed of the elements meaning "power" or "ruler", and "army". History The name Walter is of Germanic languages , Germanic origin composed of the elements ''walt-'' (Proto-Germanic ''*wald-'') "power", "ruler", and ''hari'' (Proto-Germanic ''*χarja'') "army". The name is first recorded in the 6th century, with Walthari son of Wacho, who was king of the Lombards during 539–546. Old Germanic forms are recorded as ''Walthari'', ''Waltari'', ''Walthar'', ''Waltar'', ''Waltere'', ''Waldheri'', ''Waldhere'', ''Waltheri'', ''Walthere'', ''Walther'', ''Walter'', ''Waldher'', and ''Valter''. The Old English equivalent is ''Wealdhere'', Old Norse has ''Valðar'' and '' Valdarr''. It was later used in modern English as Walter. The name was popularized by the epic German hero Walter of Aquitaine, Walther von Aquitaine, and later from the name of the writer Walther von der Vogelweide. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldir Guerra
Waldir Guerra (born April 2, 1967) is a retired Salvadoran footballer who played for the El Salvador national football team during his career. Club career Guerra arrived in the USA as a refugee in 1982 and attended Bells High School for whom he scored 117 goals in his first three years, which was a record. As a senior, he played for American Professional Soccer League side Los Angeles Heat until they went out of business in 1990. Three years later he played for Los Angeles Salsa for whom he scored once in 22 matches in his first season. He returned to his native El Salvador in 1997 to play for Águila. He topped the goalscoring charts of the 1999 Apertura. International career Guerra made his debut for El Salvador in an April 1997 friendly match against Guatemala in which he immediately scored a goal, and has earned a total of 13 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in 2 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1997 and 1999 UNCAF Nations Cups as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldir Pereira
Waldyr Pereira (8 October 1928 – 12 May 2001), also known as Didi (), was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder or as a forward. He played in three FIFA World Cups (1954, 1958, and 1962), winning the latter two. An elegant and technical player, Didi was renowned for his range of passing, stamina and technique. He also was a free-kick specialist, being famous for inventing the '' folha seca'' (dry leaf) dead ball free kicks, notably used by modern-day players such as Juninho and Cristiano Ronaldo, where the ball would swerve downward unexpectedly at a point resulting in a goal."Kings of the free-kick" FIFA.com. Retrieved 20 May 2014 During his career, he was part of |
Waldir Lucas Pereira
Waldir Lucas Pereira Filho (5 February 1982 – 20 June 2021) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He died from COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ... aged 39 on 20 June 2021. References External links * * 1982 births 2021 deaths Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in São Paulo (state) Footballers from Campinas Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players K League 1 players AC Ajaccio players Suwon Samsung Bluewings players Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. players São Caetano Futebol players Duque de Caxias Futebol Clube players América Futebol Clube (SP) players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldir Pires
Francisco Waldir Pires de Souza (21 October 1926 – 22 June 2018) was a Brazilian politician. He served as the Minister of Defence under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, (in Portuguese) before being fired for gross incompetence and inaction during Brazil's aviation crisis of 2006–2007.Brazil's defence minister fired |
Waldir Sáenz
Waldir Alejandro Sáenz Pérez (born May 15, 1973, in Lima) is a Peruvian retired football striker. Career Waldir is most famous as a player for Alianza Lima, in which he became the all-time leading goalscorer of the club with 168 goals in 324 matches. He also played for Colorado Rapids (1998), Unión de Santa Fe (1999), Sporting Cristal (2000), among others. In 2013, he came back from retirement to play for Walter Ormeño. International career He obtained 27 caps for the Peru national football team The Peru national football team (), nicknamed ''La Bicolor'', represents Peru in men's international football. The national team has been organised, since 1927, by the Federación Peruana de Fútbol (). It has been a member of FIFA since 1924 ... from 1993 to 2000, scoring three goals. References External links * * * *Waldir Saenz's Goals 1973 births Living people Footballers from Lima Men's association football forwards Peruvian men's footballers Peru men's int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waldir Azevedo
Valdir Azevedo or Waldir Azevedo (January 23, 1923 in Rio de Janeiro – September 21, 1980 in São Paulo) was a choro composer, conductor and performer, considered to be the most successful musician of this genre. Azevedo was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He played flute starting from the age of seven, and later switched to mandolin and to the cavaquinho. He first performed in public in 1933 at the Carnival, playing flute. He wrote 130 compositions during his lifetime, including the world-famous " Brasileirinho" and " Delicado". He is considered by many to be the first Brazilian cavaquinho shredder ever. One of his compositions, " Delicado," is a Latin American dance that has been arranged for piano. He died in São Paulo, aged 57. References External links *allmusic profile AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valdir
Valdir is a given name, most commonly used in Brazil. It may refer to: * Valdir Azevedo (1923–1980), Brazilian conductor * Valdir (footballer, born 1937), Brazilian footballer * Valdir (footballer, born 1943), Brazilian football defender * Valdir (footballer, born 1998), Brazilian footballer * Valdir Benedito (born 1965), Brazilian footballer * Valdir Bigode (born 1972), Brazilian former footballer * Valdir Espinosa (1947–2020), Brazilian football manager * Valdir de Moraes (1931–2020), Brazilian football player and manager * Valdir Lermen, Cyclist * Valdir Pereira (1928–2001), Brazilian footballer * Valdir Peres Waldir Peres de Arruda (January 2, 1951 – July 23, 2017), known as Waldir Peres, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper, in particular with São Paulo and the Brazil national team. Playing career Club At club level, Pere ... (1951–2017), Brazilian footballer See also * all articles starting with "Valdir" * Waldir {{g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
