.jpg) Martim (left) exchanges pennants with the Polish captain at the 1938 World Cup | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Martim Mércio da Silveira | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1911-03-02)2 March 1911 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Bagé,Brazil | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 26 May 1972(1972-05-26) (aged 61) | |||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| 1929 | Guarany FC (Bagé, RS) | |||||||||||||
| 1929–1932 | Botafogo | |||||||||||||
| 1933 | Boca Juniors | 28 | (0) | |||||||||||
| 1934–1940 | Botafogo | |||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| 1934–1938 | Brazil | |||||||||||||
| Managerial career | ||||||||||||||
| 1944 | Botafogo | |||||||||||||
| 1946 | Botafogo | |||||||||||||
| 1952–1953 | Botafogo | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Martim Mércio da Silveira (2 March 1911 – 26 May 1972), in Argentina better known asMartín Mercío Silveyra, was a Brazilianfootball player. He played forBrazil national team at the1934 and1938 World Cup finals.[1]
He commenced his career in 1929 withGuarany FC ofBagé in the state ofRio Grande do Sul. In October 1929 he moved on toRio de Janeiro where he joinedBotafogo FC where he won theChampionships of Rio of the same year and 1932. From February to December 1933 he played forCA Boca Juniors in the Argentine capitalBuenos Aires, where he was the first Brazilian in the club's history. After this he returned to Botafogo winning 1934 and 1935 two more city Championships, albeit in the amateur orientated league in the then divided football of Rio. He stayed with Botafogo until the end of his career in 1940.
After his death he was buried on 27 May 1972 in theCemitério de São João Batista in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro.[2]
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