Urbano Vilella Caldeira Filho (9 January 1890 – 13 March 1933), known as Urbano Caldeira, was a Brazilian

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player and

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Santos FC Santos Futebol Clube () is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a ''bairro'' in the city of Santos, São Paulo, Santos. It plays in the Campeonato Paulista, the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo's premier State football lea ...

. His position was

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Career

Born in

Florianópolis Florianópolis () is the capital and second largest city of the state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, in the South Region, Brazil, South region of Brazil. The city encompasses Santa Catarina Island and surrounding small islands, as we ...

, Santa Catarina, Caldeira moved to

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

after becoming an employee of the Brazilian

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agency. After representing Sport Club Germânia and

Associação Atlética das Palmeiras Associação Atlética das Palmeiras, A. A. das Palmeiras or simply AA das Palmeiras was a football club based in São Paulo, Brazil. Founded on November 9, 1902, its colors were black and white. It was São Paulo champion of three times: 1909, 19 ...

, Caldeira joined Santos FC in 1913, when the club had its first season in football. Caldeira was a player-manager of Santos FC for two years, also helping in the construction of the club's stadium in 1916. In 1917, he retired, but remained with the club as a member of the board. In 1924, Caldeira was again appointed manager of Santos FC. He remained in the role until 1932, and died on 13 March 1933, one day after the club's first professional match.

Honours

Shortly after Caldeira's death, Santos FC's board decided to name the club's stadium after him:

Estádio Urbano Caldeira Vila Belmiro Stadium (, ; named after the Vila Belmiro neighborhood), oficially known as Urbano Caldeira Stadium (, ; named after Urbano Caldeira), is an association football stadium in Santos, São Paulo, Santos, Brazil, Located in the Vila Bel ...

, in honor of his years of dedication for the club. In 1938, the club also stated that 9 January would be "Urbano Caldeira Day".

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Urbano Caldeira profile
at O Universo de Alma {{DEFAULTSORT:Caldeira, Urbano 1890 births 1933 deaths Footballers from Florianópolis Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Santos FC players Brazilian football managers Santos FC managers 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen

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