José Carlos Bauer, commonly known as Bauer (b. São Paulo, November 21, 1925 - d. São Paulo, February 4, 2007) was a former Brazilian football player and manager. He was the son of a Swiss, probably Jewish, man and a beautiful Afro- brazilian woman. In career he played for São Paulo and Botafogo. He won six São Paulo State Championship (1943, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949 and 1953). For Brazil national football team he played 29 matches, won Copa América 1949 and participated at two FIFA World Cup finals, in 1950 and 1954. His last match in this tournament is famous Battle of Berne. After he retired he managed Ferroviária de Araraquara. Curiously, in a trip of Ferroviária in Mozambique, Bauer saw a young Eusébio. Very impressed with him, Bauer indicated Eusébio to São Paulo and then to Benfica. He died on February 4, 2007. [1]
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