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Demóstenes (footballer)

association football player (1892-1961)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ9205920 ↗
Source-derived summary

Demósthenes Correia de Syllos (17 January 1892 – 11 August 1961), known as just Demósthenes, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward. He played in one match for the Brazil national football team in 1916. He was also part of Brazil's squad for the 1916 South American Championship.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Demóstenes (footballer)” as association football player (1892-1961). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Demóstenes, footballer and association.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1892, 1961, 1916—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1892-01-17. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Demóstenes, footballer and association providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Demóstenes (footballer)”, the useful work is to connect “association football player (1892-1961)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q9205920. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1892, 1961 and 1916.

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This entry incorporates text from “Demóstenes (footballer)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.