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Arthur Friedenreich

Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer (died 1969)

Born
July 18, 1892
Died
September 6, 1969
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1892

About Arthur Friedenreich

Arthur Friedenreich was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward. He was nicknamed The Tiger or Golden Foot. 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. On 12 March 1933, the 40-year-old Friedenreich started for SPF in the first professional football match in São Paulo, where Friedenreich scored the opening goal in a 4–1 win over his former club Santos. Friedenreich made his debut for the Brazilian national team in their first-ever official match in 1914, beating Exeter City 2–0. Notably, on 16 September 1928, he scored a 7-goal haul in a 9–0 trashing of União Lapa, breaking the record for the most goals in a single Campeonato Paulista match at the time.

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Arthur Friedenreich timeline

  1. Friedenreich made his debut for the Brazilian national team in their first-ever official match in 1914, beating Exeter City 2–0.
  2. Notably, on 16 September 1928, he scored a 7-goal haul in a 9–0 trashing of União Lapa, breaking the record for the most goals in a single Campeonato Paulista match at the time.
  3. On 12 March 1933, the 40-year-old Friedenreich started for SPF in the first professional football match in São Paulo, where Friedenreich scored the opening goal in a 4–1 win over his former club Santos.

The world when Arthur Friedenreich was born

Arthur Friedenreich was born in 1892. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst heavyweight boxing title under Queensberry rules
  • Top headlineEllis Island immigration station opens
  • Technology milestoneDiesel engine patented by Rudolf Diesel
  • World population~1.52B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBenjamin Harrison
  • U.S. population65.0M

1892 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Arthur Friedenreich's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18922026
Population65.0M341 million

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