Caldeira, Urbano

Urbano Caldeira was born in Florianopolis . From there he moved to Sao Paulo . Caldeira began playing football at the Germania club. And then he moved to “ AA das Palmeiras ” ^[5] . Soon, Caldeira, who worked as a customs officer ^[3] , was transferred to work in Santos ^[2] . There, the football player began to play for the local team of the same name and immediately became the first secretary of the club’s Executive Council ^[4] . There, the football player made his debut on May 13, 1913 in a match with San Vicenti ^[4] and played until 1918, playing the roles of alternately goalkeeper and defender, in which he was even able to score 2 goals ^[3] in 43 matches ^[4] . In the period from 1913 to 1915, the player served as the team's playing coach. In 1916, Urbano became the sports director of Santos ^[4] , then the club was able to acquire land in Vila Belmiro and began to build a stadium there. Caldeira took an active part in this process, coordinating all stages of construction, up to the selection of grass varieties for the lawn field ^[5] . After completing his work as a coach, he remained in the club as a member of the council and worked as vice president ^[5] . Urbano returned to the team in 1921 as a coach and held this position until his death in 1932 ^[2] from pneumonia ^[3] . The coach died the day after the first game of “Santos” in professional football, where the club lost to “ Sao Paulo ” with a score of 1: 5 ^[6] .