| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Hércules de Miranda | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1912-07-02)2 July 1912 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Guaxupé,Brazil | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 3 September 1982(1982-09-03) (aged 70) | |||||||||||||
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro,Brazil | |||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1930–1933 | Juventus | |||||||||||||
| 1933–1934 | São Paulo | |||||||||||||
| 1935–1941 | Fluminense | |||||||||||||
| 1942–1948 | Corinthians | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1938–1940 | Brazil | 6 | (3) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Hércules de Miranda, commonly known as justHércules (June 2, 1912[1] – September 3, 1982[2]), was an association footballer who playedforward in the1938 FIFA World Cup withBrazil.
Hércules was born inGuaxupé,Minas Gerais state.[1] He started his career in 1930, playing forJuventus, leaving the club in 1933, joiningSão Paulo.[1] He moved toFluminense in 1935, leaving the club in 1941,[1] after winning theCampeonato Carioca in 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940 and in 1941,[3] and scoring 164 goals in 176 games.[4] Hércules de Miranda joinedCorinthians in 1942, playing 73 games and scoring 53 goals for the club until his retirement in 1948.[1]
He played six games forBrazil, scoring three goals.[2] Hércules debut defending the national team was a 1938 FIFA World Cup game, played on June 5, 1938, againstPoland.[2] Hércules de Miranda scored his first two goals for the Braziln national team on March 10, 1940, againstArgentina.[2] His last game defending Brazil was played on March 31, 1940, when his country andUruguay drew 1–1.[2]
