Fausto dos Santos

Fausto dos Santos (January 28, 1905 in Rio de Janeiro – March 29, 1939 in Santos Dumont, Minas Gerais) was a football (soccer) player, considered one of the best defensive midfielders of Vasco da Gama of the first half of past century. At the time, he and Jaguaré, another famous player at this era, was attempted to be loan to Barcelona.

Fausto

Personal information
Full name	Fausto dos Santos
Date of birth	(1905-01-28)28 January 1905
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death	28 March 1939(1939-03-28) (aged 34)
Place of death	Santos Dumont, Brazil
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1926–1928	Bangu	53	(6)
1928–1931	Vasco da Gama	?	(?)
1931–1932	Barcelona	0	(0)
1933	YF Juventus	?	(?)
1933–1934	Vasco da Gama	?	(?)
1935	Nacional	?	(?)
1936–1937	Flamengo	80	(1)
National team
1930	Brazil	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

CR Vasco da Gama 1929

Popularly known as "Fausto, The Black Wonder" he was a pioneer to vindicate labor laws to footballers since the professionalization of Brazilian football in the beginning of the 1930s.

He also played for other clubs, such as Bangu, Nacional of Montevideo and Flamengo. He died at the age of 34 of tuberculosis.

Honours

Club

• Campeonato Carioca (2):

Vasco da Gama: 1929, 1934

• Copa Catalunya (1):

Barcelona: 1932

External links

• Pelé.Net
• Milton Neves
• Fausto dos Santos at Sambafoot