Benjamin de Almeida Sodré, commonly known as Benjamin Sodré or as Mimi Sodré (April 10, 1892
[ ] – February 1, 1982
) was a Brazilian scout and
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
striker, who played for the
Brazil national team.
Career
Born in
Belém
Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará), often called Belém of Pará, is the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the north of B ...
,
Mimi Sodré started his career in 1908, defending
Botafogo
Botafogo (local/standard alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a beachfront neighborhood (''bairro'') in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of M ...
, leaving the club in 1916.
He returned to play for Botafogo in 1922.
National team
He played two games for the
Brazil national team in 1916. His first game for the national team, on July 12, was against
Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...
. Playing against that country again on July 18, he scored a goal.
President of Botafogo
Mimi Sodré was president of Botafogo Football Club in 1941.
Botafogo Football Club was one of the two clubs that fused to form Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas in 1942.
Scouting
Mimi Sodré was a student at the Naval Academy when after reading a book by
Baden Powell named
Scouting for Boys
''Scouting for Boys: A handbook for instruction in good citizenship'' is a book on Boy Scout training, published in various editions since 1908. Early editions were written and illustrated by Robert Baden-Powell with later editions being exten ...
, he became interested in
Scouting
Scouting or the Scout Movement is a youth social movement, movement which became popularly established in the first decade of the twentieth century. It follows the Scout method of informal education with an emphasis on practical outdoor activi ...
.
Sodré, under the pen name Velho Lobo, published a Scouting book named Guia do Escoteiro.
During his life he was a member of the
União dos Escoteiros do Brasil
The União dos Escoteiros do Brasil (UEB, ''Union of Brazilian Scouts'') is the national Scouting organization of Brazil. Scouting in Brazil was founded in 1910 and was among the charter members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1 ...
, led several Scouting groups, and taught several courses around his country.
See also
*
List of Brazilian men's footballers
References
1892 births
1982 deaths
Footballers from Belém
Brazilian men's footballers
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players
Brazil men's international footballers
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas directors and chairmen
Scouting and Guiding in Brazil
Brazilian admirals
Men's association football forwards
20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
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