# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/waldemar-de-brito
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:44:59.238Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/waldemar-de-brito"
name: "Waldemar de Brito"
slug: "waldemar-de-brito"
description: "Waldemar de Brito was a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward for several clubs in Brazil and Argentina, as well as for the Brazil national team. He is acknowledged to have discovered Pelé during the latter's early footballing days. His brother, Petronilho de Brito, was also a footballer."
tagline: "Brazilian footballer (1913-1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/El_brasile%C3%B1o_Waldemar_(San_Lorenzo)_-_El_Gr%C3%A1fico_818.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1913-05-17"
deathDate: "1979-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             24.51058201058201
  historical:           17.83953333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  243
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump