Valdir (footballer, born 1943)

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| name = Valdir

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| fullname = Valdir Vicente

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1943|6|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Araxá, Brazil

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2021|10|31|1943|6|12|df=y}}

| death_place = São Paulo, Brazil

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| position = Defender

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| years1 = 1963–1966

| clubs1 = Nacional-SP

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| years2 = 1966–1971

| clubs2 = Paulista

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| years3 = 1971–1973

| clubs3 = Ponte Preta

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| years4 = 1974

| clubs4 = Nacional-SP

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| years5 = 1975

| clubs5 = Saad

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| years6 = 1976–1978

| clubs6 = Nacional-SP

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| nationalyears1 = 1963 | nationalteam1 = Brazil | nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 =

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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's Football}}

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Valdir Vicente (12 June 1943 – 31 October 2021), better known as just Valdir, was a Brazilian footballer.{{cite web|title=Profile |url=http://www.sambafoot.com/en/players/5653_santo.html|publisher=sambafoot.com|accessdate=7 June 2012}}

Valdir was part of the Brazil national team that competed in the 1963 Pan American Games, where the team won the gold medal.{{cite web|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/especial/2007/jogospanamericanos/medalhistas_brasileiros-1963.shtml |title=Medalhistas Brasileiros - São Paulo 1963 |website=Folha de São Paulo |access-date=2 Jan 2023 |language=pt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620111134/https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/especial/2007/jogospanamericanos/medalhistas_brasileiros-1963.shtml |archive-date=20 Jun 2021 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil195263r.htm |title=Seleção Brasileira Restritiva (Brazilian National Restrictive Team) 1952-1963 |publisher=RSSSF Brazil |access-date=1 Jan 2023 |archive-date=1 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101210618/https://www.rsssfbrasil.com/sel/brazil195263r.htm |url-status=live }}