Carlos José Castilho

Castilho

Personal information
Full name	Carlos José Castilho
Date of birth	(1932-11-27)27 November 1932
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil
Date of death
Position(s)	goalkeeper (retired)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945	Olaria
1946–1964	Fluminense
1946	Paysandu
International career
1950–1962	Brazil
Managerial career
1973–1974	Vitória
1977	Operário (MS)
1977	Internacional
1982	Grêmio
1984–1986	Santos
1986	Palmeiras
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carlos José Castilho (November 27, 1927 – February 2, 1987) was a Brazilian football goalkeeper. He played for Fluminense from 1947 to 1964 and for Brazil. He was a member of the Brazil squad in four World Cups: 1950, 1954, 1958 and 1962, but he only actually played three games, all of them in the 1954 finals. He was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

He was noted as a goalkeeper for making seemingly impossible saves. He was said to have unbelievable good luck – the ball often hit the post when he played in goal. Due to his good luck, his opponents' supporters called him "Leiteria" (lucky man) and Fluminense supporters called him "Saint Castilho".

He was daltonic and he believed he was favored because he saw yellow balls as if they were red, though he had trouble at night with white balls.

He is said to be an example of stoicism. Once when he injured his finger for the fifth time, and the doctor told him it would require a two-month treatment, he decided to partially amputate it. Two weeks after the operation he was already back playing for Fluminense.

During his career he appeared in 696 games for Fluminense, a club record. In Fluminense he conceded 777 goals and played 255 games without conceding any goal and it was the best result in Fluminense history..

After his retirement from playing sport, he coached many teams from Brazil.

He died by committing suicide on February 2, 1987.

External links

• Castilho – FIFA competition record