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{{short description|Brazilian footballer and manager (1920-1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Weasel|date=March 2009}}
{{Portuguese name|Alvim|Faria}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Danilo Alvim
| image = Danilo Alvim (cropped).jpg
| caption = Danilo Alvim with the Brazil national football team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup
| fullname = Danilo Alvim Faria
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1920|12|03}}
| birth_place = [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
| death_date = {{death date and age|1996|05|16|1920|12|03}}
| death_place = [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
| height = 
| position = [[Midfielder#Defensive midfielder|Defensive midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| years1 = 1939&ndash;1942
| clubs1 = [[America Football Club (RJ)|America-RJ]]
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| years2 = 1943
| clubs2 = [[Canto do Rio Football Club|Canto do Rio]]
| caps2 = 
| goals2 = 
| years3 = 1944&ndash;1945
| clubs3 = [[America Football Club (RJ)|America-RJ]]
| caps3 = 
| goals3 = 
| years4 = 1946&ndash;1954
| clubs4 = [[Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama|Vasco da Gama]]
| caps4 = 
| goals4 = 
| years5 = 1955&ndash;1956
| clubs5 = [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]
| caps5 = 
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| totalcaps = 
| totalgoals = 
| nationalyears1 = 1945&ndash;1953
| nationalteam1 = [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
| nationalcaps1 = 25
| nationalgoals1 = 2
| manageryears1 = 1956–1957
| managerclubs1 = [[Uberaba Sport Club|Uberaba]]
| manageryears2 = 1963
| managerclubs2 = [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]
| manageryears3 = 1963–1965
| managerclubs3 = [[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]]
| manageryears4 = 1968–1970
| managerclubs4 = [[Clube do Remo|Remo]]
| manageryears5 = 1978
| managerclubs5 = [[Clube Náutico Capibaribe|Náutico]]
| manageryears6 = 1981
| managerclubs6 = [[Galícia Esporte Clube|Galícia]]
| manageryears7 = 1981
| managerclubs7 = [[Associação Olímpica de Itabaiana|Itabaiana]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|Football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|BRA|1889}}}} <small>(as player)</small>
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950 Brazil]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América|South American Championship]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1949 South American Championship|1949 Brazil]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1945 South American Championship|1945 Chile]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1946 South American Championship|1946 Argentina]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1953 South American Championship|1953 Peru]]|}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|BOL}}}} <small>(as manager)</small>
{{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1963 South American Championship|1963 Bolivia]]|}}
}}

'''Danilo Alvim Faria''' (3 December 1920 &ndash; 16 May 1996) was a Brazilian [[Association football|footballer]]. He was a member of the ill-fated [[Brazil national football team|Brazilian]] 1950 World Cup team. One of the greatest [[Centre-half|center-halves]] in the World during his prime, he was renowned as a very sophisticated and elegant player who possessed fine ball control and accurate long range passing.

==Club career==
Danilo Alvim was an amateur playing with [[America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro)|America-RJ]] when [[Flávio Costa]]'s [[Rio de Janeiro]] squad practiced against them in 1941. He was asked to fill in for one of the injured players and so impressed the famous coach that he was asked to join the squad. At first he thought it was a joke, but when he realized it was true he went out to celebrate. On his way back home he was hit by a car and had his leg broken (in 39 places according to some sources).

In 1942 he came back to [[America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro)|America]] and was cut by the manager to save costs. Rather than cutting him outright the team's directors sent him to [[Canto do Rio Football Club|Canto do Rio]] where he led the team to a Rio de Janeiro championship. He was promptly recalled to America as well as the Rio de Janeiro state team that Flávio Costa had invited him to join before his accident. In 1946 he joined [[Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama|Vasco de Gama]] and became a huge part of the "expresso da vitória" (the victory express), one of Brazil's best ever club teams and the first to win an international title (the [[South American Club Championship (football)|South American club championship]] in 1948 — before the [[Copa Libertadores]] came to be). Danilo retired while playing for [[Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]. He was known as "Prince" due to the characteristic elegance of his style of play.

==International career==
He played 25 games with 2 goals between 1945 and 1953, winning the 1949 [[Copa América]]. He was a starter for the famous 1950 World Cup team, unjustly remembered for losing the last game to [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]], despite being one of Brazil's best ever squads. Brazil only needed to draw [[Uruguay national football team|Uruguay]] to win the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]] at the [[Estádio do Maracanã|Maracanã stadium]]. Uruguay came from a goal down to win the match 2-1. This defeat is remembered today as the [[Uruguay v Brazil (1950 FIFA World Cup)|Maracanaço]].  It is considered one of two Brazil's worst disasters in history, next to [[Death of Ayrton Senna|fatal accident of Ayrton Senna]] in the [[1994 San Marino Grand Prix]].
Danilo is, till today, considered one of Brazil's most complete centre-halves and, by some, a top 10 among Brazil's craques. Just as [[Ademir Marques de Menezes|Ademir]], [[Zizinho]], [[Jair da Rosa Pinto|Jair]] and others on the 1950 team, he would likely be regarded even more highly if it were not for that one day in the Maracanã stadium.

==Managerial career==
After ending his playing career and revealing that ever since his accident he could never fully extend or bend his right leg, Danilo became a coach. In 1963, he led [[Bolivia national football team|Bolivia]] to their only title – [[Copa América]] – with a 5-4 win over Brazil along the way. He became the first non-native coach of a winning Copa América team since [[Jack Greenwell]] led [[Peru national football team|Peru]] to victory in 1939.

==Honours==
===Player===
;Vasco da Gama
*[[Campeonato Sul-Americano de Campeões]]: 1948
*[[Campeonato Carioca]]: 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952                                                                                   
*[[Torneio Octogonal Rivadavia Correa Meyer]]: 1953

;Brazil
*[[Copa América]]: 1949
*[[FIFA World Cup]] runner-up: [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]

===Manager===
;Bolivia
*[[Copa América]]: [[1963 South American Championship|1963]]

;Remo
*[[Campeonato Paraense]]: 1968

; Itabaiana
*[[Campeonato Sergipano]]: 1981

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{NFT player|19213}}

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