Friday, February 14, 2025

Waldo y Wanderley, two brothers who triumphed at Valencia CF and Levante UD

Last update July 28, 2023 by colgadosporelfutbol

Years 60 They were quite positive for both clubs in the city of Valencia. In that decade, both sets lived an era of success and much of the blame had two strikers who came to the city to succeed: Waldo at Valencia and Levante Wanderley.

Waldo y Wanderley, the brothers who triumphed in rival clubs in the city of Valencia

Waldo was one of the stars of Valencia CF

Waldo Machado Da Silva, the elder of the two brothers, triumphed in the Fluminense since 1954 a 1961. In the Brazilian team achieved nothing less than 319 goals in 403 games becoming the top scorer in the history of the club, record that still holds today. Precisely in a friendly match that he played with 'Flu' in Mestalla managed to score two goals and set valencianista he undertook his move.

The fichado of Waldo could not be more successful. The carioca football belonged to the first valencianista template 9 seasons in which he played 297 matches and scored 160 goals becoming the second top scorer in the history che World behind. With Valencia he was 'Pichichi' in the season 1966-1967 and got two Fairs Cups and one Cup of Spain.

Waldo Valencia CF
Waldo was one of the greatest strikers in the history of Valencia (Photo: Posters legends of the VCF)

Wanderley achieved the first promotion in the history of Levante

Meanwhile, the smallest of the Machado, Wanderley, He came to the Levant and was instrumental in the first ascent to First Division club granota In the season 1962-1963 scoring 11 goals in 14 games in just half a season.

Stage Wanderley as granota lasted 5 seasons, two in First Division, with 107 games played and 48 goals scored.

Both fought seasons 1963-1964 Y 1964-1965 in the top defending the jersey of the rival city. The Levante He won both matches in Vallejo and the Valencia the two played in Mestalla. Wanderley was able to score a goal in the first of the four meetings and Waldo did in the last.

Levante in Vallejo
Wanderley, down in the middle, It was one of the great protagonists of the first ascent of the Levante 1963 in Vallejo (Photo: Levante UD)

curiously, both they ended up playing together. Specifically it was in the season 1970-1971 in the rows of the Hercules Alicante in Second Division. But nevertheless, neither he was at a good level as Waldo He was only able to score 1 goal all season and Wanderley nor it premiered. All Alicante ended in an eleventh discrete position that season.

MOST READ THIS WEEK

The real Madrid 1995-96, the worst in modern history

The real Madrid 1995-96 it was a real ruin. And...

Alphonse Tchami: The Cameroonian from Boca Juniors who scored in La Bombonera

In 1995, Boca Juniors surprised the football world..

The cat’ Ablanedo, one of the best goalkeepers in the history of Spain

Is, definitely, one of the forgotten ones of football...

The sub World Cup 20 of 1979 in Japan: Maradona's first

The sub World Cup 20 of 1979, celebrated in Japan...

Teams with the most lost finals in the history of the Champions League

They say that nobody remembers the second and, in...

YOU MAY BE INTERESTED

USA '94 World: The own goal which led to the murder of Andres Escobar

At FUTBOLRETRO we like to remember football stories from....

Footballers with the most official matches played in history

The history of football is full of players with....

Big clubs that have never won the League of their country

Winning a League is a very complicated challenge. Proof...

France World Cup 1938, one of the 'rough’ history

The World Cup in France 1938 was one of the....

The 10 best referees in football history

The world of football is not only marked by....

Why FC Barcelona shirt is colored Barca?

In our eagerness to seek an explanation of the origin....

When the FC Barcelona down to Second Division

When we are young and we aficionamos football, a...

Related Articles

Popular Categories

spot_imgspot_img
error: Content is protected !!