Nílton dos Santos Birth date: May 16, 1925 Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷 Date of death: November 27, 2013 (88) Position: Defender Matches (Goals): 798 (14) Nationality: 🇧🇷 Matches in National Team (Goals): 75 (3) Clubs: 1948-64 Botafogo 🇧🇷 Honours: Campeonato Carioca: 1948, 1957, 1961, 1962 FIFA World Cup: 1958, 1962 Torneio Rio – São Paulo 1962, 1964 South American Championship: 1949 Panamerican Championship: 1952 Taça do Atlântico: 1956, 1960 Copa Rio Branco: 1950 Taça Oswaldo Cruz: 1950, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962 Taça Bernado O'Higgins: 1955, 1961 Individual: FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1958 World Soccer World XI: 1960, 1961 World Team of the 20th Century: 1998 FIFA 100: 2004 Golden Foot: 2009, as a football legend IFFHS Brazilian Player of the 20th Century (9th place) The Best of The Best – Player of the Century:
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