DIDI
Attacking Midfielder
Other Positions
CM – DM – SS
174cm x 68kg; Right Footed; Prime 1957 – 1962
Physical Skills
Technical Skills
Tactical Skills
Mental Skills
Attacking Skills
Defensive Skills
Info Box
– Known as O Príncipe Etíope
– A dominating, elegant and versatile playmaker with amazing vision and superb passing skills
– He invented the folha seca dead ball free kicks
– Curls Ball
– Dictates tempo
– Gets forward whenever possible
– Places shots
– Tries killer balls often
– Uses outside of foot
Additional Skills
An attacking midfielder and central playmaker of extraordinary technical and ballistic ability, Didi was the brains of the teams he played on.
Tall, lanky, he was neither too quick nor physically powerful, but he made up for it through rare football intelligence and incredible vision.
He is famous for having reinvented the dry-leaf free-kicks (folha seca), so called because he could give the ball an incredible and unpredictable effect.
