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Clodoaldo
	Clodoaldo in 1970
Personal information
Full name	Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana
Date of birth	25 September 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth	Aracaju, Brazil
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1966–1979	Santos
1980	Tampa Bay Rowdies
1981	Nacional
International career
1969–1974	Brazil
Managerial career
1982	Santos
2010	East Timor
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing Brazil
FIFA World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana, better known as Clodoaldo (Brazilian Portuguese: [klodoˈawdu]; born 25 September 1949), is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.^[1]

Club career

Clodoaldo spent most of his career at Santos, with whom he had won five Campeonato Paulista, as well as a Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and the 1968 Intercontinental Supercup.^[2]

He suffered a career-threatening knee injury when he is 29 years old,^[3] and as a result, he left Santos in 1979 to join NASL team Tampa Bay Rowdies. He returned to Brazil after a single season in the United States, joining Nacional-AM.^[3]^[4]

International career

Clodoaldo was capped 38 times with Brazil between 1969 and 1974.^[4] He was part of the Brazil squad that won the 1970 FIFA World Cup, and scored the equalising goal in the semi-final against Uruguay. He then memorably contributed to the famous goal by Carlos Alberto Torres against Italy in the final by dribbling past four of the opposition's players in his own half.^[1]

Managerial career

Clodoaldo briefly coached Santos after he retired in 1982.^[2] In 2010, he became the manager of the East Timor national team, but left the position after three matches due family reasons.^[5]

Honours

Club

Santos

Nacional

Campeonato Amazonense: 1981

International

Brazil

FIFA World Cup: 1970
Roca Cup: 1971^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "A Celebration Of Brazil 1970: The Finest Football Team Of All Time". The Beautiful Team. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Memória, Centro de (25 September 2022). "Clodoaldo Tavares Santana, um dos mais ferrenhos jogadores do Santos". Santos Futebol Clube (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 18 April 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b Luz, Nagila (17 June 2015). "Clodoaldo, um volante de alma alvinegra que fez história na seleção". Torcedores - Notícias Esportivas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b Clodoaldo at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "TÉCNICOS BRASILEIROS QUE ATUARAM EM SELEÇÕES ESTRANGEIRAS". rsssfbrasil.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ "Em 1971, dois empates e título dividido entre Brasil e Argentina". Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (in Brazilian Portuguese). 9 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.