Mimi Sodré

Mimi Sodré
Mimi Sodré
Personal information
Full name Benjamin de Almeida Sodré
Date of birth (1892-04-10)April 10, 1892
Place of birth Belém, Brazil
Date of death February 1, 1982(1982-02-01) (aged 89)
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1908–1916 Botafogo
1922 Botafogo
International career
1916 Brazil 2 (1)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Brazil
South American Championship
Third place1916 Argentina
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Benjamin de Almeida Sodré (April 10, 1892 – February 1, 1982),[1] commonly known as Benjamin Sodré or as Mimi Sodré,[2][1] was a Brazilian scout and football striker who played for the Brazil national team.[1]

Career

Born in Belém,[1] Mimi Sodré started his career in 1908, defending Botafogo, leaving the club in 1916.[1] He returned to play for Botafogo in 1922.[1]

National team

He played two games for the Brazil national team in 1916. His first game for the national team, on July 12, was against Uruguay.[3] Playing against that country again on July 18, he scored a goal.[4]

President of Botafogo

Mimi Sodré was president of Botafogo Football Club in 1941.[5] Botafogo was one of the two clubs that fused to form Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas in 1942.[5]

Scouting

Sodré joined the scouting movement in 1917, motivated by a French book on Scouting that he had read several years earlier.[6] He participated in the foundation of the Federação Brasileira dos Escoteiros do Mar in 1921 and wrote a scouting column for the weekly magazine O Tico-Tico under the pseudonym "Velho Lobo", by which he became known in the movement.[6] Sodré was also a leading supporter of the unification of Brazilian scouting and wrote the call that led to the foundation of the União dos Escoteiros do Brasil in 1924.[6] In 1925, he published a scouting book titled Guia do Escoteiro.[7]

Honours

Botafogo

Individual

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Mimi Sodré – atacante". CBF. Archived from the original on March 18, 2009. Retrieved June 26, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Benjamin Sodré". lisbrasil.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on December 13, 2025. Retrieved June 19, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Mimi Sodré". National Football Teams. Retrieved June 19, 2026.
  4. ↑ Napoleão, Antônio Carlos; Assaf, Roberto (2006). Seleção Brasileira 1914–2006. São Paulo: Mauad X. p. 279. ISBN 85-7478-186-X.
  5. 1 2 Ponzoni, Pedro (November 27, 2008). "Maurício Assumpção é confirmado como presidente do Botafogo". Universo Online (in Portuguese). Retrieved June 19, 2026.
  6. 1 2 3 Cabello, Paulo (July 11, 2018). "Benjamin Sodré". LISBrasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved June 19, 2026.
  7. ↑ Klaes, Luiz Salgado. "Medalha Velho Lobo Benjamin de Almeida Sodré". Escoteiros do Brasil – Região de Santa Catarina (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved June 19, 2026.
  8. ↑ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo (June 9, 2000). "Rio de Janeiro State Championship 1910" (in Portuguese). RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  9. ↑ Leme de Arruda, Marcelo; Molinari, Carlos (August 25, 2011). "Rio de Janeiro State Championship 1912" (in Portuguese). RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved March 29, 2026.
  10. ↑ Varanda, Pablo (February 8, 2011). "Relação de gols dos principais artilheiros dos Campeonatos Cariocas (1906 a 1936)" (in Portuguese). RSSSF Brasil. Retrieved March 29, 2026.


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