Luis dos Santos Luz (born 29 November 1909) is recorded in a small number of secondary sources as a Brazilian footballer associated with the Brazil national team. Beyond the basic birthdate and a brief mention of national-team involvement, surviving public records and contemporary press mentions are scarce. Care is needed when consulting online entries, because a typographical error in some datasets has produced an impossible death year.

Available records and uncertainties

Existing references vary in detail and reliability. Some short entries list only name, birthdate and a claim of having played for Brazil; others repeat an obviously incorrect death year (27 August 2989), which should be disregarded as a transcription error. No widely corroborated statistics (such as position, club career, number of caps or goals) are present in major historical compilations that are commonly used for early 20th-century Brazilian players.

Historical context

Players born in 1909 reached adulthood during a period when Brazilian football was transitioning from amateur regional leagues to a more organized national scene. The first FIFA World Cup (1930) and regional competitions increased international exposure for Brazilian players, but record‑keeping from the 1920s–1940s can be incomplete. This context helps explain why many athletes of that era are known only through fragmentary mentions.

Why the record is thin

  • Early football reporting often focused on clubs and prominent stars, leaving lesser-known players underdocumented.
  • Archives and club records from the period were not always preserved or digitized.
  • Transcription errors and repeated copying have introduced impossible dates or other mistakes into modern databases.

Research directions

Researchers seeking more information about Luis dos Santos Luz should consult contemporary newspapers, club archives, national federation records and specialist histories of Brazilian football. Specialist bibliographies, period match reports and archival registrations may yield confirmation of club affiliations or international appearances. When consulting online summaries, compare multiple sources and treat anomalous dates as suspect.

For the brief online entries that mention him, see the cited sources: source 1 and source 2. These can provide starting points but should be verified against primary archival material where possible.