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Oreco

Valdemar Rodrigues Martíns, best known as Oreco, was a Brazilian footballer who played primarily as a left-back. He was on the winning team of the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Oreco was born in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul and died in 1985 in Ituverava, São Paulo state.

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Full name Valdemar Rodrigues Martins
Date of birth (1932-06-13)June 13, 1932
Place of birth Santa Maria, Brazil
Date of death April 3, 1985(1985-04-03) (aged 52)
Place of death Ituverava, Brazil
Position Left-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949 Internacional (Santa Maria)
1950–1957 Internacional
1957–1965 Corinthians
1965–1968 Millonarios
1968–1970 Toluca
1970–1972 Dallas Tornado 38 (0)
International career
Brazil 9
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Valdemar Rodrigues Martíns, best known as Oreco, (13 June 1932 – 3 April 1985) was a Brazilian footballer who played primarily as a left-back. He was on the winning team of the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Oreco was born in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul and died in 1985 in Ituverava, São Paulo state.

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Honours

Internacional
Dallas Tornado
Brazil
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