Brazil 1950s squad
Every player who appeared for Brazil in the 1950s — 64 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Djalma Santos racked up the most caps of anyone here — 98 in all. Pelé leads the scoring with 77. The squad breaks down as 5 goalkeepers, 20 defenders, 21 midfielders and 18 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djalma Santos | DF | 98 | 3 | 93 |
| Gilmar | GK | 94 | — | 93 |
| Pelé | MF/FW | 92 | 77 | 93 |
| Didi | MF | 68 | 20 | 93 |
| Nílton Santos | DF | 75 | 3 | 93 |
| Zizinho | MF | 53 | 30 | 93 |
| Ademir de Menezes | FW | 39 | 32 | 92 |
| Hilderaldo Bellini | DF | 51 | 0 | 91 |
| Pepe | FW | 41 | 22 | 91 |
| Jair da Rosa Pinto | MF | 39 | 22 | 91 |
| Zito | MF | 52 | 3 | 90 |
| Baltazar | FW | 31 | 17 | 89 |
| Garrincha | MF/FW | 50 | 17 | 89 |
| Zózimo | DF | 35 | 1 | 88 |
| Vavá | FW | 20 | 15 | 87 |
| Rui Campos | DF | 30 | 2 | 86 |
| Orlando Peçanha | DF | 30 | 0 | 86 |
| Tesourinha | MF | 23 | 10 | 86 |
| Castilho | GK | 29 | — | 85 |
| Danilo Alvim | MF | 24 | 2 | 84 |
| Mário Zagallo | MF/FW | 33 | 5 | 83 |
| Evaristo de Macedo | FW | 14 | 8 | 83 |
| Mauro Ramos | DF | 22 | 0 | 83 |
| Nílton de Sordi | DF | 22 | 0 | 83 |
| Júlio Botelho | FW | 17 | 7 | 83 |
| Chinesinho | FW | 17 | 7 | 83 |
| Augusto da Costa | DF | 20 | 1 | 82 |
| Ely do Amparo | DF | 19 | 0 | 81 |
| Altair | DF | 18 | 0 | 81 |
| Moacir Barbosa | GK | 17 | — | 80 |
| Dino Sani | MF | 15 | 1 | 80 |
| Canhoteiro | MF | 15 | 1 | 80 |
| Jorge Caetano Rubens | DF | 16 | 0 | 79 |
| Luizinho | MF | 11 | 1 | 77 |
| Friaça | FW | 13 | 1 | 77 |
| Servílio de Jesus Filho | FW | 9 | 5 | 76 |
| Ramiro Rodrigues Valente | MF | 11 | 0 | 76 |
| Bigode | DF | 11 | 0 | 75 |
| Gino Orlando | FW | 9 | 3 | 74 |
| Alfredo dos Santos | MF | 7 | 2 | 74 |
| José Altafini | FW | 8 | 4 | 73 |
| Noronha | DF | 9 | 0 | 72 |
| Juvenal Amarijo | DF | 9 | 0 | 72 |
| Emanuele Del Vecchio | FW | 9 | 1 | 72 |
| Paulinho de Almeida | DF | 8 | 0 | 71 |
| Ênio Andrade | MF | 5 | 1 | 69 |
| Canário | FW | 7 | 2 | 69 |
| Humberto Tozzi | FW | 7 | 1 | 68 |
| Moacir Claudino Pinto | MF | 4 | 2 | 67 |
| Paulo Valentim | FW | 5 | 5 | 67 |
| Paulo de Almeida | FW | 6 | 1 | 65 |
| José Romeiro Cardoso Neto | MF | 2 | 0 | 60 |
| Araty Viana | DF | 1 | 0 | 54 |
| Mílton Alves da Silva | DF/MF | 1 | 0 | 54 |
| Edmur Ribeiro | FW | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Caetano Silva | GK | — | — | 49 |
| Luís Morais | GK | — | — | 49 |
| Elson Beiruth | FW | — | — | 49 |
| Alfredo Ramos | DF | — | — | 49 |
| João Carlos Batista Pinheiro | DF | — | — | 49 |
| Rubens Josué da Costa | MF | — | — | 49 |
| Maurinho | MF | — | — | 49 |
| Bauer | MF | — | — | 49 |
| Décio Esteves | MF | — | — | 49 |
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