Arthur Friedenreich was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.
28 Facts About Arthur Friedenreich
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Arthur Friedenreich was nicknamed The Tiger or The Original "Black" Pearl, and was arguably the sport's first outstanding mixed-race player.
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Arthur Friedenreich played for the Brazil national team and was a record nine times top scorer of the State championship of Sao Paulo.
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Arthur Friedenreich is occasionally identified as one of the all-time top scorers in football history, although this is highly disputed.
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Arthur Friedenreich was the first professional football player of Afro-Brazilian origin, because at that time football was dominated by Whites, and Blacks were not accepted.
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Arthur Friedenreich faced many barriers because of racism, and he could not attend the same places where white players were, such as swimming pools, tennis courts and parties.
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Also Arthur Friedenreich found it hard to make connections and friends in the world of Brazilian football due to the color of his skin.
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Arthur Friedenreich played football from his early childhood and then on.
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Arthur Friedenreich's father was very supportive of his skills and really helped him on his path to the great player he became.
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Arthur Friedenreich started his career influenced by his father, playing for SC Germania, a Brazilian football team composed of German immigrants.
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Arthur Friedenreich played twenty-two internationals, including wins in the 1919 and 1922 editions of the South American Championship, scoring ten goals.
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Arthur Friedenreich was the top scorer in the Sao Paulo League in 1912,1914,1917,1918,1919,1921,1927 and 1929.
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Arthur Friedenreich was very young when he developed his own style of play and was 17 when he first became a part of an elite club.
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Arthur Friedenreich played for the club CA Paulistano for 12 years before the club disbanded.
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Arthur Friedenreich then joined the club Sao Paulo da Floresta.
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Arthur Friedenreich wasn't picked by Brazil for the 1930 FIFA World Cup because there was a serious misunderstanding between the football Leagues of the States of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo; only players from Rio travelled.
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Arthur Friedenreich continued to grow older and play for less and less elite clubs.
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Arthur Friedenreich was against the professionalization of football in the country.
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Arthur Friedenreich then started working in a liquor company and retired while there.
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When he retired Arthur Friedenreich got Alzheimer's disease and the treatment took most of his money while trying to treat this disorder.
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Arthur Friedenreich lived in a house ceded by Sao Paulo football club until he died on 6 September 1969 at 77 years old.
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Arthur Friedenreich was born of Afro-Brazilian origin making him a person of mixed race.
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Arthur Friedenreich did not embrace his culture to an extreme, even using tactics to appear more white.
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Arthur Friedenreich did this by dressing, acting, and behaving like many other white players.
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In many instances Arthur Friedenreich would spend much time straightening his hair before games to look "white".
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The exact number of goals that Arthur Friedenreich scored is unknown, due to lack of documentation.
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The most famous supposed number of goals is 1,329, that Arthur Friedenreich would have scored in 1,239 matches.
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Arthur Friedenreich was top scorer of the Liga Paulista in the following years:.