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Domingos da Guia

Brazilian footballer and manager (1912-2000)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ717927 ↗
Source-derived summary

Domingos Antônio da Guia (19 November 1912 – 18 May 2000) was a Brazilian footballer who played as a centre-back. He played in four matches for the Brazil national team in the 1938 FIFA World Cup finals. He is regarded as one of the best Brazilian defenders of all time.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Domingos da Guia” as brazilian footballer and manager (1912-2000). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Domingos, Guia and Brazilian.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1912, 2000, 1938—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1912-11-19. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Domingos, Guia and Brazilian providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Domingos da Guia”, the useful work is to connect “brazilian footballer and manager (1912-2000)” 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 Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q717927. VIAF identifies the subject as 11726016. The Library of Congress control number is n2005204027. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1912, 2000 and 1938.

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This entry incorporates text from “Domingos da Guia” 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.