Bellini(1930-2014)

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Hilderaldo Bellini is a Brazilian footballer of Italian origin who played as a defender and was known in Brazil as one of the nation's greatest central defenders ever. He won the 1958 and 1962 World Cup with the Brazil National Football Team. In 1958, he captained the team to victory in Sweden. He also played in the 1966 World Cup in England. Bellini played 51 matches for the Brazilian national team. At club level, he spent most of his career with C.R. Vasco da Gama and São Paulo F.C..

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1958 FIFA World Cup

6.8

TV Mini Series

Self - Defender (Brazil)

Futebol

7.9

TV Series

Self

1998

Credits

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Self

Futebol
7.9
TV Series
- Self
- 1998
1958 FIFA World Cup
6.8
TV Mini Series
- Self - Defender (Brazil)
- 1958

Archive Footage

Summer of '66
TV Series
- Self (archive footage, as Hideraldo Luiz Bellini)
- 1986

Personal details

Alternative name
- Hideraldo Luiz Bellini
Height
- 5′ 11¼″ (1.81 m)
Born
- June 7, 1930
- Itapira, São Paulo, Brazil
Died
- March 20, 2014
- São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil(cardiac arrest)
Spouse
- Giselda? - March 20, 2014 (his death, 2 children)

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Trivia
Bellini is credited with starting the tradition of lifting the trophy into the air in football. He initially did this so that photographers could have a better view of the trophy and, as the photos were published around the world, the gesture became associated with victory.

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