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Nilo

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Full name	Nilo Murtinho Braga
Date of birth	( 1903-04-03 ) 3 April 1903
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
Date of death	7 February 1975 (1975-02-07) (aged 71)
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	( Gls )
1918?1920	America-RN	?	(?)
1921?1924	Fluminense	60	(42)
1927?1937	Botafogo	201	(184)
International career
1923?1931	Brazil	19	(11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nilo Murtinho Braga , best known as Nilo (April 3, 1903 – February 7, 1975) ^[1] was a Brazilian association footballer who played in the forward striker role. He was born in Rio de Janeiro .

During his career (1918–1937) he played for America-RN , Fluminense and Botafogo . He won six Rio de Janeiro State Tournament , four consecutives (1924, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935) and for three time winning top goalscorer in 1924, 1927 and 1933. For the Brazilian team , he participated in the 1930 FIFA World Cup , playing one match against Yugoslavia. ^[2]

He died at 71 years old.

Honours [ edit ]

Club [ edit ]

• Campeonato Carioca (6):

Fluminense: 1924

Botafogo: 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935

• Campeonato Potiguar (1):

America de Natal: 1919

National [ edit ]

• Copa Rio Branco (1):

Brazil: 1931

Individual [ edit ]

• Campeonato Carioca topscorer (3):

1924, 1927, 1933

References [ edit ]

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