Paulo Valentim

Paulo Angelo Valentim (20 November 1933 – 9 July 1984) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker for clubs in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico.

In 1956 he joined Botafogo where he played alongside legendary players like Garrincha, Jairzinho and Nílton Santos.

Valentim is fondly remembered by the Boca Juniors fans for the fact that he scored 10 goals in 7 Superclásico games against their fiercest rivals River Plate.

In 1965 Valentim returned to Brazil to play for São Paulo before joining Atlante in Mexico and finishing his career with Argentino de Quilmes in the Argentine second division.

By the 1980s he was living in poverty, he contracted heart problems and hepatitis and died on 9 July 1984, at the age of 50.