| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Orlando de Azevedo Viana | ||
| Date of birth | December 4, 1923 (1923-12-04) | ||
| Place of birth | Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil | ||
| Date of death | 4 August 2004 (2004-08-05) (aged 80) | ||
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Náutico | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1942–1945 | Náutico | ||
| 1945–1954 | Fluminense | 310 | (186) |
| 1954 | Santos | ||
| 1954–1955 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| 1956 | Botafogo | ||
| 1956–1957 | Canto do Rio | ||
| International career | |||
| 1949 | Brazil | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Orlando de Azevedo Viana, commonly known asOrlando Pingo de Ouro ("golden drop") (December 4, 1923 – August 4, 2004) was a Brazilianfootballer, who played as a leftmidfielder.
Orlando began his career atNáutico and defended the colors ofFluminense playing between 1945 and 1954, scoring 186 goals in 310 matches forFlu, making him top scorer in the1946 Carioca Championship and the1952 Rio Cup[1]
His debut for Fluminense atLaranjeiras Stadium was in the 2–1 victory overAmerica FC on August 5, 1945, having scored the winning goal in the 38th minute of the second half, against 13,113 paying fans, plus the tricolor members present at the Laranjeiras Stadium that afternoon.[2]
His nickname was given after scoring 4 goals on a rainy day againstBonsucesso FC, with journalist José Araújo writing the day after, that Orlando "looked like a drop of water present all over the lawn and shining as if it were gold".[3]
Still for Fluminense, Orlando was champion of the 1948 Municipal Tournament (when he scored in the final againstCR Vasco da Gama with a bicycle goal), having been the top scorer in this competition with 12 goals, and champion in Rio in1946 and1951. He would be champion also the1952 Rio Cup and theTorneio Inicio of 1954 and 1956.[4]
Orlando is the biggest tricolor scorer against the traditional rival America, with 15 goals, 13 for the Campeonato Carioca and 2 for the Municipal Tournament.[5]
For theBrazil, he was a South American champion in1949, when he played his 3 games for theseleção canarinho, scoring 2 goals (1 in each game) in the victories overColombia(5–0) andPeru (7–1), also participating with great performance of the victory in the final againstUruguay (5–1).[6]
Short and slight, he was fast and very intelligent, knowing how to move very well and, therefore, always putting himself in the position to score many goals, which he did consecrating himself as the second highest scorer in the history ofFluminense FC.
He moved toSantos FC and, in a few months, he was playing atClube Atlético Mineiro, inMinas Gerais, where he had to live with a drama: the triple taboo. Atlético led the number of state titles, had more achievements than their rivals Cruzeiro, América Mineiro and Villa Nova, but all their rivals had already been three-time champions, and of the big ones, only the Rooster who did not.
Orlando helped the team, led by UruguayanRicardo Díez, to finally break that mark (after 39 championships), by acting with Ubaldo, Amorim, Joel, Afonso, Osvaldo, Zé do Monte, Tomazinho and other beasts on Sunday afternoons in Campo do Sete (as the Independência Stadium was called, currently popularly known as the "Horto trapdoor").
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