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Sidney Pullen (14 July 1895 – 1950s) was an English football Midfielder,[1] who played for Flamengo, a club based in Rio de Janeiro.

Sidney Pullen

Personal information
Date of birth	(1895-07-14)14 July 1895
Place of birth	Southampton, England
Date of death	1950s
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1910–1914	Paysandu	-	(-)
1915–1925	Flamengo	116	(49)
–	Fluminense	-	(-)
National team
1916–1917	Brazil	3	(0)
Teams managed
	Flamengo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Born in Southampton,[1] Sidney migrated to Brazil after his father, Hugh Pullen, was transferred to a factory in Rio de Janeiro.[2] When Paysandu closed their football department, he moved to Flamengo, and his father imported from Germany the kit known as coral snake.[2] During World War I, he left Flamengo to fight for England.[2] Sidney Pullen died in the 1950s, in Rio de Janeiro.[2]

Career

He started his career in 1910, defending Paysandu,[3] a Rio de Janeiro team founded by English expatriates, winning the Campeonato Carioca in 1912,[2] then, after the club closed their football department in 1914,[3] he moved to Flamengo in 1915, where he played 116 matches and scored 40 goals,[2] winning the Campeonato Carioca five times[2] before leaving the club in 1925.[4] He has also worked as Flamengo's head coach.[4]

Brazilian national team

Sidney Pullen was the first, and only one of five foreigners to play for the Brazilian national team.[4][5] He played five matches between 1916 and 1917, thereof three 1916 Copa América matches in July 1916. In 1917 he played for Brazil in two test matches against the club sides Dublin FC from Montevideo and Sportivo Barracas from Buenos Aires.

Refereeing career

He worked as a referee in one match of the 1916 Copa América.[6] The match was played on 6 July, between Argentina and Chile.[6]

References

• Marcelo Leme de Arruda, André do Nascimento Pereira: Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1914-1922, Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation and RSSSF Brazil, 15 February 2014.

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На других языках

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- [en] Sidney Pullen

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[ru] Паллен, Сидней

Сидней Паллен (англ. Sidney Pullen; 14 июля 1895, Саутгемптон — 1950-е[1], Рио-де-Жанейро) — английский и бразильский футболист, полузащитник и нападающий. Также работал футбольным арбитром. Паллен является единственным не-бразильцем, выступавшим за сборную Бразилии[2].

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