Osman Medeiros

Osman
Personal information
Full name Osman Medeiros
Date of birth 1896
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death 1929(1929-00-00) (aged 32–33)
Place of death Curitiba, Brazil
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1912–1913 SC Americano-RJ
1914–1919 America-RJ
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 4 February 2024

Osman Medeiros (1896 – 1929), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

A midfielder, Osman began his career at SC Americano in 1912. With the club's dissolution the following year, he went to America, a team he played for until 1919, when he left the football to embark on a military career.

International career

Osman played in just one match for the Brazil national team, the first in history, against Exeter City, 21 July 1914.

Honours

America

Death

Osman was killed with a shot in the chest when breaking up a fight in the city of Curitiba, between police officers and people protesting against the milk coffee politics.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Quem foram os primeiros jogadores a defender a centenária Seleção Brasileira" (in Portuguese). O Guia dos Curiosos. 21 July 2014. Archived from the original on 10 December 2023. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "Osman". Heróis da Bola (in Portuguese). 21 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  3. ↑ Antônio Carlos Napoleão; Roberto Assaf (2006). Seleção Brasileira 1914 - 2006 (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Editora Mauad. ISBN 9788574781860.