Fausto dos Santos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Brazilian footballer and manager
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Place of Birth: Codó, Maranhão, Brazil
About Fausto dos Santos
- Fausto dos Santos (January 28, 1905 in Codó, Maranhão – March 29, 1939 in Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais) was a football (soccer) player, considered one of the best defensive midfielders of Vasco da Gama of the first half of past century.
- At the time, he and Jaguaré, another famous player at this era, was attempted to be loan to Barcelona. Popularly known as "Fausto, The Black Wonder" he was a pioneer to vindicate labor laws to footballers since the professionalization of Brazilian football in the beginning of the 1930s. He also played for other clubs, such as Bangu, Nacional of Montevideo and Flamengo.
- He died at the age of 34 of tuberculosis.
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