What is Clodoaldo?
{{Football player infobox |playername=Clodoaldo |image=Clodoaldo 1970.jpg |caption=Clodoaldo in 1970 |fullname=Clodoaldo Tavares de Santana |birth_date={{birth date and age|1949|9|26|df=yes}} |birth_place=[[Aracaju]], [[Brazil]] |death_date= |height=1.74 m |position=[[Midfielder]] |currentclub= |clubnumber= |youthyears1= |youthclubs1= |years1=1966–1979 |years2=1979–1980 |years3=1980–1981 |clubs1=[[Santos F.C.|Santos]] |clubs2=[[Tampa Bay Rowdies]] |clubs3=[[Nacional F.C.|Nacional]] |caps1=510 |caps2=43 |caps3=56 |goals1=13 |goals2=4 |goals3=17 |totalcaps=609 |totalgoals=34 |nationalyears1=1969–1974 |nationalteam1=[[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] |nationalcaps1=38 |nationalgoals1=1 |manageryears1= |managerclubs1= }} '''Clodoaldo''' (born 26 September 1949) is a former [[Brazil]]ian [[Football (soccer)|football]] player. He has played for [[Brazil national football team|Brazil national team]]. Considered by many as one of the best defensive midfielders of all time. He was known as a skillful midfielder, who was fast and strong. He played equally well in attack and defense, had good dribbling skills to beat the opponents and gave a lot of assists. He was a playmaker and possessed good passing ability. He was also known for his positioning and stamina. ==Club career== Clodoaldo played alongside many of his childhood idols. A Santista since childhood, he began his career in Vila Belmiro at the age of thirteen, when he began to work in the club's youth categories. Clodoaldo is considered by many to be a skilled midfielder, who scored well on both sides of the field and was efficient in supporting the attack. He played most of his career at Santos, where he scored thirteen goals in 510 matches. His first games for Santos' first team, in 1966, were during a tour of South America. As early as 1967, at just seventeen years old, he became the team's starter by replacing [[Zito]]. In the thirteen years in which he played for Santos, Clodoaldo helped Santos to win five Paulista Championships: (1967, 1968, 1969, 197