Carlos José Castilho
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Carlos José Castilho was a Brazilian football goalkeeper. He played for Fluminense
from 1947 to 1964 and for Brazil
. He was a member of the Brazil squad in four World Cups: 1950, 1954, 1958 and 1962, but he only actually played three games, all of them in the 1954 finals. He was born in Rio de Janeiro
, Brazil
.
He was noted as a goalkeeper for making seemingly impossible saves. He was said to have unbelievable good luck – the ball often hit the post when he played in goal. Due to his good luck, his opponents' supporters called him "Leiteria" (lucky man) and |Fluminense supporters called him "Saint Castilho".
He was daltonic
and he believed he was favored because he saw yellow balls as if they were red, though he had trouble at night with white balls.
He is said to be an example of stoicism
. Once when he injured his finger for the fifth time, and the doctor told him it would require a two-month treatment, he decided to partially amputate it. Two weeks after the operation he was already back playing for Fluminense.
During his career he appeared in 696 games for Fluminense, a club record. In Fluminense he conceded 777 goals and played 255 games without conceding any goal and it was the best result in Fluminense history. .
After his retirement from playing sport, he coached many teams from Brazil.
He died by committing suicide on February 2, 1987.
Fluminense Football Club
Fluminense Football Club is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in the beginning of the 20th century as a single-sport institution, Fluminense is today an umbrella organization for several teams in more than 16 different sport activities. The most popular endeavor of Fluminense,...
from 1947 to 1964 and for Brazil
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the...
. He was a member of the Brazil squad in four World Cups: 1950, 1954, 1958 and 1962, but he only actually played three games, all of them in the 1954 finals. He was born in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
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He was noted as a goalkeeper for making seemingly impossible saves. He was said to have unbelievable good luck – the ball often hit the post when he played in goal. Due to his good luck, his opponents' supporters called him "Leiteria" (lucky man) and |Fluminense supporters called him "Saint Castilho".
He was daltonic
Color blindness
Color blindness or color vision deficiency is the inability or decreased ability to see color, or perceive color differences, under lighting conditions when color vision is not normally impaired...
and he believed he was favored because he saw yellow balls as if they were red, though he had trouble at night with white balls.
He is said to be an example of stoicism
Stoicism
Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early . The Stoics taught that destructive emotions resulted from errors in judgment, and that a sage, or person of "moral and intellectual perfection," would not suffer such emotions.Stoics were concerned...
. Once when he injured his finger for the fifth time, and the doctor told him it would require a two-month treatment, he decided to partially amputate it. Two weeks after the operation he was already back playing for Fluminense.
During his career he appeared in 696 games for Fluminense, a club record. In Fluminense he conceded 777 goals and played 255 games without conceding any goal and it was the best result in Fluminense history. .
After his retirement from playing sport, he coached many teams from Brazil.
He died by committing suicide on February 2, 1987.