Orlando Peçanha

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Peçanha and the second or paternal family name is de Carvalho.

Orlando Peçanha de Carvalho (20 September 1935 – 10 February 2010), sometimes known simply as Orlando, was a Brazilian footballer who played defender.

Orlando Peçanha

Orlando as the cover of El Gráfico in 1961
Personal information
Full name	Orlando Peçanha de Carvalho
Date of birth	(1935-09-20)20 September 1935
Place of birth	Niterói, Brazil
Date of death	10 February 2010(2010-02-10) (aged 74)
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1953–1960	Vasco da Gama	341	(17)
1961–1965	Boca Juniors	106	(0)
1965–1969	Santos
1970	Vasco da Gama
International career
1958–1966	Brazil	31	(0)
Managerial career
1977	Fluminense de Feira
1977	CSA
1978	América-SP
1978	Rio Preto
1979	Joinville
1979	Vitória
1980–1981	Kazma
1983	Taubaté
1987	Fluminense de Feira
1988	Galícia
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Brazil FIFA World Cup Winner 1958 Sweden Copa América Runner-up 1959 Argentina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

During his club career he played for Vasco da Gama (1955–1960), Boca Juniors (1960–1964) and Santos (1965–1967). He was part of the Brazilian team that won the 1958 FIFA World Cup, and also participated in the 1966 FIFA World Cup as the vice captain of the team. In total he earned 31 caps.

Orlando died on 10 February 2010, in Rio de Janeiro, due to a heart attack.^[1]

Boca Juniors

During his time with Boca he played 119 games for the club, (105 league and 14 Copa Libertadores), he never scored a goal for the club but he had the distinction of being the club captain and he helped them to win two league titles in 1962 and 1964. His third league title was in 1965, playing for Santos.

Honours

Vasco da Gama

• Campeonato Carioca: 1956, 1958
• Tournoi de Paris: 1957
• Torneio Rio–São Paulo: 1958

Boca Juniors

• Argentine Primera División: 1962, 1964
• Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1963

Santos

• Campeonato Paulista: 1965, 1967
• Campeonato Brasileiro: 1965

Brazil

• FIFA World Cup: 1958

Individual

• World XI: 1965

References

1. Death of Orlando Peçanha (in Portuguese)

External links

 

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• Boca Juniors statistics 19 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)