Tim (footballer)

Tim

Personal information
Full name	Elba de Pádua Lima
Date of birth	20 February 1915
Place of birth	Rifaina, Brazil
Date of death	7 July 1984 (aged 69)
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1931–1934	Botafogo-SP
1935–1936	Portuguesa Santista
1936–1943	Fluminense
1943–1944	Nacional-SP
1944–1947	São Paulo
1947–1949	Olaria
1948–1950	Botafogo-SP
1950–1951	Atlético Junior
National team
1936-1944	Brazil	16	(1)
Teams managed
1947–1949	Olaria (player manager)
1948–1950	Botafogo-SP (player manager)
1950–1951	Atlético Junior (player manager)
1953	Bangu
1953–1956	Bangu
1959–1960	Bangu
1963–1964	Bangu
1964–1967	Fluminense
1967–1968	San Lorenzo
1969	Flamengo
1970	Vasco da Gama
1971	Coritiba
1972	Botafogo
1973	Coritiba
1974-1975	Santos
1975	Guarani
1980–1982	Vitória
1980–1982	Coritiba
1980	Bangu
1981–1982	Peru
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Elba de Pádua Lima, best known by the nickname Tim (20 February 1915 – 7 July 1984) was a Brazilian footballer and coach.

Tim was born in Rifaina, São Paulo. During his career, which spanned from 1931 to 1951, he played for Brazilian clubs Botafogo-SP, Portuguesa Santista, Fluminense,^[1] and Olaria;^[2] he won five Rio de Janeiro State Tournaments (1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941). He retired in Colombia with Atlético Junior of Barranquilla.^[3] He was also a member of the Brazilian national team, for whom he participated at the 1938 FIFA World Cup, playing one match against Czechoslovakia, and at the South American Championship 1942, where he scored one goal.

44 years after participating in the World Cup as a player, Tim was the manager of the Peru national team at the 1982 World Cup, in what is the longest interval ever between an individual's World Cup participations, and the longest World Cup career overall.^[4] Two years after the 1982 World Cup, he died in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 69. He coached Bangu.^[5] In 1968 he was Primera División Argentina champion with San Lorenzo de Almagro.

References

1. Archived 12 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
2. "Tim – Sambafoot.com, all About Brazilian Football". En.sambafoot.com. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
3. "Atletico Junior De Barranquilla". Fuerza Tiburona. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
4. Marcelo Leme de Arruda. "World Cup Trivia – Participating as Player and as Coach". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 March 2007.
5. "> futebol > técnicos". Bangu.Net. Retrieved 7 June 2011.