Dudu (footballer, born 1939)

This article is about Dudu, brazilian footballer born in 1939. For Dudu, brazilian footballer born in 1992, see Eduardo Pereira Rodrigues.

Olegário Tolóí de Oliveira (7 November 1939 – 28 June 2024), known as Dudu, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder for Palmeiras from 1964 to 1976. He also had multiple stints as Palmeiras head coach.^[1]

Dudu

Bust of Dudu at Allianz Parque in São Paulo, Brazil
Personal information
Full name	Olegário Tolóí de Oliveira
Date of birth	(1939-11-07)7 November 1939
Place of birth	Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death	28 June 2024(2024-06-28) (aged 84)
Place of death	São Paulo, Brazil
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959–1963	Ferroviária
1964–1975	Palmeiras
1975–1976	Sevilla
1976	Palmeiras
1978–1979	Confiança
International career
1965–1968	Brazil	13	(1)
Managerial career
1976–1977	Palmeiras
1981	Palmeiras
1990–1991	Palmeiras
1993	Desportiva Ferroviária
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life and death

Dudu died due to an abdominal infection on 28 June 2024, at the age of 84.^[2] He was the uncle of former Brazil national team coach Dorival Júnior.^[3]

Honours

Player

Palmeiras

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1967 (TB), 1967 (TRGP), 1969, 1972, 1973^[4]
• Rio-São Paulo Tournament: 1965
• Campeonato Paulista: 1966, 1972, 1974
• Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1968

Coach

Palmeiras

• Campeonato Paulista: 1976

America-RJ

• Torneio dos Campeões: 1982

Desportiva Capixaba

• Campeonato Capixaba: 1986