Hilderaldo Bellini

Hilderaldo Bellini
Bellini in 2008
Personal information
Full name Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini
Date of birth (1930-06-07)7 June 1930
Place of birth Itapira, Brazil
Date of death 20 March 2014(2014-03-20) (aged 83)
Place of death São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1952–1961 Vasco da Gama 430 (17)
1962–1967 São Paulo 205 (1)
1968–1969 Atlético Paranaense
International career
1957–1966 Brazil 51 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1958 Sweden
Winner 1962 Chile
South American Championship
Runner-up 1957 Peru
Runner-up 1959 Argentina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hilderaldo Luiz Bellini (7 June 1930 – 20 March 2014) was 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.