Paulo Valentim

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Paulo Valentim

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Personal information
Full name	Paulo Angelo Valentim
Date of birth	(1933-11-20)November 20, 1933
Place of birth	Barra do Piraí, Brazil
Date of death
Place of death	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Position(s)	striker
Youth career
1947-1949	Central de Barra do Piraí
1949-1952	Guarani de Volta Redonda
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1952-1954	Guarani de Volta Redonda	?	(?)
1954-1956	Atlético Mineiro	51	(31)
1956-1960	Botafogo	206	(135)
1960-1965	Boca Juniors	105	(67)
1965-1966	São Paulo	10	(4)
1966-1968	Atlante	?	(?)
1968	Argentino de Quilmes	4	(0)
International career
1959	Brazil	5	(5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of August 2014

Paulo Valentim (November 20, 1932 – July 9, 1984) was a Brazilian football striker. He played for clubs in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico.

Biography

Valentim came through the youth team of Guarani de Volta Redonda to make his first team debut in 1952. In 1954 he moved to Atlético Mineiro where he helped the team to win three consecutive state championships.

In 1956 he joined Botafogo where he played alongside legendary players like Garrincha, Jairzinho and Nílton Santos. He was called up to play for the Brazil national team and played alongside Pelé in the 1959 South American Championship in Argentina.

In 1960 Valentim moved to Argentina to play for Boca Juniors where he won two championships with the club in 1962 and 1964, being topscorer on both occasions. He was also the clubs topscorer in 1960 and 1961. Valentim is fondly remembered by the Boca Juniors fans for the fact that he scored 10 goals in 7 Superclásico games against their fiercest rivals River Plate. He is still Boca's highest scoring player in games against River Plate.

In 1965 Valentim returned to Brazil to play for São Paulo before joining Atlante F.C. in Mexico and finishing his career with Argentino de Quilmes in the Argentine 2nd division.

Titles

Season	Team	Title
1954	Atlético Mineiro	Campeonato Mineiro
1955	Atlético Mineiro	Campeonato Mineiro
1956	Atlético Mineiro	Campeonato Mineiro
1957	Botafogo	Campeonato Carioca
1962	Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina
1964	Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina

Later years

After retiring from football Valentim stayed in Argentina where he worked as a youth coach. By the 1980s he was living in poverty, he contracted heart problems and Hepatitis and died on July 9, 1984 at the age of 50.

External links

• Profile at worldfootball.net
• (Portuguese) Profile at Tardes de Pacaembu
• (Portuguese) Profile at Terceiro Tempo
• (Spanish) Boca Juniors profile