Fausto dos Santos explained

Fausto dos Santos
Fullname:Fausto dos Santos
Birth Date:28 January 1905
Birth Place:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Death Place:Santos Dumont, Brazil
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1926–1928
Clubs1:Bangu
Caps1:53
Goals1:6
Years2:1928–1931
Caps2:?
Goals2:?
Years3:1931–1932
Caps3:0
Goals3:0
Years4:1933
Caps4:?
Goals4:?
Years5:1933–1934
Caps5:?
Goals5:?
Years6:1935
Caps6:?
Goals6:?
Years7:1936–1937
Caps7:80
Goals7:1
Nationalyears1:1930
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:0

Fausto dos Santos (28 January 1905 – 29 March 1939), sometimes known as just Fausto, was a football (soccer) player, considered one of the best defensive midfielders of Vasco da Gama of the first half of past century. At the time, he and Jaguaré, another famous player at this era, was attempted to be loaned to Barcelona.

Popularly known as "Fausto, The Black Wonder" he was a pioneer to vindicate labor laws to footballers since the professionalization of Brazilian football in the beginning of the 1930s.

He also played for other clubs, such as Bangu, Nacional of Montevideo and Flamengo. He died at the age of 34 of tuberculosis.

Honours

Club

Vasco da Gama: 1929, 1934

Barcelona: 1932

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