Arthur Friedenreich

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Arthur Friedenreich

Friedenreich with Brazil
Personal information
Date of birth	(1892-07-18)18 July 1892
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death	6 September 1969(1969-09-06) (aged 77)
Place of death	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1909	Germânia	1	(0)
1910	Ypiranga	2	(0)
1911	Germânia	13	(6)
1912	Mackenzie College	11	(12)
1913–1915	Ypiranga	32	(21)
1916	Paysandu Foot-Ball Club	6	(4)
1917	Ypiranga	6	(15)
1918–1929	Paulistano	252	(288)
1930–1935	São Paulo	124	(102)
1933	Atlético Mineiro
	São Paulo
1935	Flamengo	4	(0)
Total		451	(448)
International career
1914–1925	Brazil	23	(10)
1922–?	São Paulo	?	(?)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Brazil South American Championship Winner 1919 Brazil Winner 1922 Brazil Runner-up 1925 Argentina 1916 Argentina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Arthur Friedenreich (18 July 1892 – 6 September 1969) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He was nicknamed The Tiger or The Original "Black" Pearl, and was arguably the sport's first outstanding mixed-race player. He played for the Brazil national team and was a record nine times top scorer of the state championship of São Paulo. He is occasionally cited as one of the all-time top scorers in football history, although this is highly disputed.^[1]