Bauer (footballer) explained

Bauer
Full Name:José Carlos Bauer
Birth Date:1925 11, df=yes
Birth Place:São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Death Place:São Paulo, Brazil
Position:Defensive midfielder
Youthyears1:1938–1945
Youthclubs1:São Paulo
Years1:1945–1956
Clubs1:São Paulo
Years2:1956
Clubs2:Botafogo
Years3:1956
Clubs3:Portuguesa
Years4:1957
Clubs4:São Bento
Nationalyears1:1949–1955
Nationalteam1:Brazil
Nationalcaps1:26
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:1959
Managerclubs1:Juventus-SP
Manageryears2:1960
Managerclubs2:Ferroviária
Manageryears3:1960
Managerclubs3:Atlas
Manageryears4:1965
Managerclubs4:Millonarios
Manageryears5:1973
Managerclubs5:Comercial-MS

José Carlos Bauer (21 November 1925 – 4 February 2007), commonly known as Bauer, was a Brazilian football player and manager who played as a midfielder.

Early life

Born in São Paulo, Bauer was the son of a Swiss man and an African-Brazilian woman. He was normally a defensive midfielder, Bauer was regarded as one of the finest Brazilian midfielders of his generation.[1]

Career

Bauer played for São Paulo and Botafogo. He won six São Paulo State Championship (1943, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949 and 1953).

For the Brazil national team he played 29 matches, with five goals he won 1949 Copa América and participated at two FIFA World Cup finals, in 1950 and 1954. His last match in this tournament is famous Battle of Berne.

After he retired he managed Ferroviária de Araraquara. Curiously, in a trip of Ferroviária in Mozambique, Bauer saw a young Eusébio. Very impressed with him, Bauer indicated Eusébio to São Paulo, which denied him.[2] Then, he talked with his former coach in São Paulo, Béla Guttmann, about Eusébio. Guttmann, who was coaching Benfica at the time, brought him to the Estádio da Luz.

Death

Bauer died on 4 February 2007, in São Paulo.[3]

Honours

São Paulo

1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1953

Atlas

1962

1962

Brazil

1949

1952

Individual

1950

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bauer.
  2. "Os vice-campeões", Max Gehringer, Especial Placar: A Saga da Jules Rimet fascículo 4 - 1950 Brasil, dezembro de 2005, Editora Abril, págs. 46-47
  3. Web site: Bauer, Brazil midfielder who played in two World Cups, dies at 81 - International Herald Tribune.