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Valdemar Carabina
Personal information
Full name	Valdemar dos Santos Figueira
Date of birth	28 January 1932
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death	21 August 2010 (aged 78)
Place of death	Salvador, Brazil
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Ypiranga-SP
Senior career*
Years	Team
1951–1953	Ypiranga-SP
1954–1966	Palmeiras
1967–1968	Comercial-RP
International career
1961–1965	Brazil
Managerial career
1972	Atlético Paranaense
1974	Atlético Paranaense
1976–1977	Náutico
1977–1978	ABC
1979	Nacional-SP
1980	Atlético Goianiense
1980	Grêmio Maringá
1981	ABC
1982–1983	Central
1984–1985	CSA
1985	Santa Cruz
1986	Treze
1987	Palmeiras
1987	Treze
1988	CSA
1989	São José-SP
1989–1991	XV de Piracicaba
1991	Remo
1991	Campinense
1992	Santo André
1993	CRB
1993	CSA
1993	Sport Recife
1994	Remo
1994	Ituano
1995	Sport Recife
1996–1997	Remo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 June 2024

Valdemar dos Santos Figueira (28 January 1932 – 21 August 2010), better known as Valdemar Carabina, was a Brazilian professional footballer and manager who played as a defender.

Player career

A defender, Valdemar played for Palmeiras in 592 matches, in addition to scoring 9 goals. One of them earned him the nickname "Carabina", thanks to a comment from a radio presenter who said: "The goal was as precise as a rifle shot." He won the state championship on three occasions, in addition to a Taça Brasil and a Rio-São Paulo.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Managerial career

As a coach, Valdemar Carabina managed several teams in Brazil during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, with emphasis on SE Palmeiras, where he was coach in 1987.^[4]

Honours

Player

Palmeiras

Manager

ABC

Campeonato Potiguar: 1978

CSA

Campeonato Alagoano: 1984, 1988

Remo

Campeonato Paraense: 1991

Death

Valdemar Carabina died on 21 August 2010, aged 78, in the city of Salvador, Bahia, due to aggravated Alzheimer's disease.^[5]^[4]

References

^ "Valdemar Carabina". SE Palmeiras (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ "Jogadores do Palmeiras: Valdemar Carabina". Verdazzo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ "Que fim levou? Valdemar Carabina". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Ex-técnico do CSA, Waldemar Carabina morre aos 78 anos". Cada Minuto (in Portuguese). 23 August 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
^ "Morre Valdemar Carabina, ex-zagueiro do Palmeiras". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 23 August 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2024.