Sidney Pullen
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| Date of birth | 14 July 1895 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Southampton, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 1 August 1950 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1910–1914 | Paysandu | ||||||||||||||||
| 1915–1925 | Flamengo | 116 | (49) | ||||||||||||||
| Fluminense | |||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1916–1917 | Brazil | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| Flamengo | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Sidney Pullen (14 July 1895 – 1 August 1950) was an English-born Brazilian football midfielder,[1] who played for Flamengo, a club based in Rio de Janeiro.
Born in Southampton,[1] Pullen 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
Pullen started his career in 1910, defending Paysandu,[3] a Rio de Janeiro team founded by English expatriates, winning the Campeonato Carioca in 1912.[2] 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 also worked as Flamengo's head coach.[4]
International career
Pullen was the first of only five foreigners to play for the Brazil 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.
