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Full Name: | Larry Pinto de Faria |
Birth Date: | 3 November 1932 |
Birth Place: | Nova Friburgo, Brazil |
Years1: | 1951–1954 |
Years2: | 1954–1962 |
Nationalteam1: | Brazil Olympic |
Nationalyears1: | 1952 |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 4 |
Nationalteam2: | Brazil |
Nationalyears2: | 1956 |
Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
Nationalgoals2: | 4 |
Larry Pinto de Faria (3 November 1932 – 6 May 2016) was a Brazilian football player.[1]
He was born in Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro. He later lived in Porto Alegre.
He began his career at Fluminense Football Club where he played from 1951 to 1954, and champion of Campeonato Carioca in 1951 and the Copa Rio (International) in 1952, that year he was also the top scorer of the Brazilian team in the 1952 Summer Olympics, when he scored four goals in three games.[2] With Bodinho he formed the most invaluable double striker attack of Internacional.
Larry competed for Brazil at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[3]