Fernando Giudicelli

A technically gifted central midfield-player of Italian ancestry, he reportedly commenced his career about 1924 with America FC in the north of Rio de Janeiro, then one of the top clubs of Carioca football.

Benfica and Sporting CP in Lisbon – the team of Vasco, coached by Harry Welfare, won eight times.

[4] Fernando Giudicelli remained in Europe and chose to play as a professional in Italy – football in Rio was still amateur sport back then – for FC Torino.

His excellent technique found great acknowledgement, however, his lack of fighting spirit was widely criticised and put him at a disadvantage in the context of the style of football played in Italy back then.

In the first season when Torino became eighth in the league, he generally was part of the standard formation, played 28 times scoring once.

Centre forward Attilio Bernasconi from CA All Boys in Buenos Aires moved on Giudicelli's initiative in 1933 to Torino.

[7] It is reported, that after this time Giudicelli had an offer to join Argentine top side CA River Plate in Buenos Aires, however at the beginning of the season 1933–34 he joined the then Swiss first division club Young Fellows Zürich[8] where it is known that the Black Miracle" Fausto dos Santos, another participant of the 1930 World Cup and Vasco's 1931 trip to Europe, played in 1933.

Jaguaré stayed a bit longer with Sporting, winning the city championship, but then soon moved on to Olympique Marseille, where he should leave a lasting impression in the club's history.

Vianinha stayed, with the exception of a brief interruption, in Portugal winning national championships with Sporting and FC Porto.