Tim (footballer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Tim (footballer)

Brazilian association football player

Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1915

Place of Birth: Rifaina, São Paulo, Brazil

Date of Death: 07-Jul-1984

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Elba de Pádua Lima (20 February 1915 – 7 July 1984), best known by the nickname Tim, was a Brazilian footballer and coach. Tim was born in Rifaina, São Paulo.
During his career, which spanned from 1931 to 1951, he played for Brazilian clubs Botafogo-SP, Portuguesa Santista, Fluminense, and Olaria; he won five Rio de Janeiro State Tournaments (1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941).
He retired in Colombia with Atlético Junior of Barranquilla.
He was also a member of the Brazilian national team, for whom he participated at the 1938 FIFA World Cup, playing one match against Czechoslovakia, and at the South American Championship 1942, where he scored one goal. 44 years after participating in the World Cup as a player, Tim was the manager of the Peru national football team at the 1982 World Cup, in what is the longest interval ever between an individual's World Cup participations, and the longest World Cup career overall.
Two years after the 1982 World Cup, he died in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 69. He coached Bangu.
In 1968, he was Primera División Argentina champion with San Lorenzo de Almagro.