Amílcar Barbuy
In 1916, he was the first player ever to be called up to the national team for Corinthians. He entered the South American Championship with Brazil. A year later, he was back again and scored the 4-0 in the game against Chile. In 1918 he even briefly trained the national team. In 1919 Brazil was able to triumph for the first time and won the trophy, Amílcar scored against arch-rival Argentina. After two lesser editions, the country was able to triumph again in 1922. He scored first in the match against Paraguay. The country first drew three times and in the fourth game he and teammate Neco scored a goal against Argentina, putting Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay in first place. Uruguay withdrew from the final battle as they protested the umpires who would favor Brazil. Brazil played the final against Paraguay and was able to win it and again become champions.