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Brazilian footballer
Oceania
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Full name
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Mauro Aparecido de Lucas
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Date of birth
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1936
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Place of birth
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Braganca Paulista
, Brazil
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Date of death
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10 February 2017
(2017-02-10)
(aged 80?81)
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Place of death
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Braganca Paulista
, Brazil
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Height
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1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
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Position(s)
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Goalkeeper
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?1952
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Ferroviarios (Braganca Paulista)
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Years
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Team
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Apps
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(
Gls
)
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1952?1955
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Bragantino
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1955?1956
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Juventus
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1956?1962
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Bragantino
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1963?1965
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Palmeiras (
SJBV
)
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1966?1968
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Bragantino
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 September 2023
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Mauro Aparecido de Lucas
(1936 ? 10 February 2017), better known as
Oceania
, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a
goalkeeper
.
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Career
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Being tall for his age, he started his professional career at the age of 16 at CA Bragantino, a club where he became notable. After a brilliant match against
Portuguesa de Desportos
, he was transferred to CA Juventus, where he accomplished the greatest feat of his career.
On 25 March 1955, in the match Sao Bento (
Sao Caetano do Sul
) vs. Juventus, he became the first professional goalkeeper to score a goal in Brazilian football (and the third in general), and also being the first to did the feat with the ball in play, as he accomplished the feat by kicking from his own penalty area.
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Personal life
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The nickname Oceania came from the pack of cigarettes that Mauro used to smoke.
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Death
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Oceania died at Hospital Universitario Sao Francisco, in
Braganca Paulista
, due to an
infarction
.
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[3]
References
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See also
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