Djalma Santos
Brazilian association football player (1929-2013) · Brazil · On the map · Footballers · Died at 84
The right-back who made four World Cups and three All-Star teams, won two titles with Brazil, and played over a thousand professional games without ever being sent off.
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Vavá Teammate at Brazil national team, 1955-1964
Ademir da Guia Teammate at Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, 1962-1968
Zequinha Teammate at Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, 1959-1965
José Lázaro Robles Teammate at Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, 1948-1953
Júlio Botelho Teammate at Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, 1959-1967Brandãozinho Teammate at Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, 1949-1955
- Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa Teammate at Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, 1951-1958
Chinesinho Teammate at Brazil national team, 1956-1961- Djalma Dias Teammate at Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, 1962-1968
Servílio de Jesus Filho Teammate at Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, 1963-1968
- Marcos Falopa Teammate at Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras, 1961-1963
Pelé Teammate at Brazil national team, 1957-1968
Garrincha Teammate at Brazil national team, 1955-1966
Mário Zagallo Teammate at Brazil national team, 1958-1964
Didi Teammate at Brazil national team, 1952-1962Nílton Santos Teammate at Brazil national team, 1952-1962
Jairzinho Teammate at Brazil national team, 1963-1968
Gilmar Teammate at Brazil national team, 1953-1968
Amarildo Tavares da Silveira Teammate at Brazil national team, 1961-1966
Nílton de Sordi Teammate at Brazil national team, 1955-1961
Dino Sani Teammate at Brazil national team, 1957-1966
Rildo da Costa Menezes Teammate at Brazil national team, 1963-1968Luís Morais Teammate at Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, 1955-1957
- Flávio Minuano Teammate at Brazil national team, 1963-1968
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Djalma Pereira Dias dos Santos emerged at Portuguesa, where he logged 510 appearances before becoming an idol at Palmeiras across nine years and 498 matches. He starred for Brazil in four World Cups, winning in 1958 and 1962, and became one of only three players - alongside Beckenbauer and Lahm - selected to three FIFA World Cup All-Star teams (1954, 1958, 1962). A defender who ventured forward with technical skill, he paired frequently with the unrelated Nilton Santos in Brazil's backline. Pelé named him among the 125 greatest living footballers in 2004. He closed his career at Atlético Paranaense, finishing with over a thousand professional appearances and a record unmarred by a single sending-off.
