Walter Marciano

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Walter Marciano de Queirós (15 September 1931 – 21 June 1961) was a Brazilian football forward. He was born in Santos, Brazil. His club career included São Caetano (1950), Ypiranga-SP (1951–1952), Santos (1953–1955) where he played 114 games and scored 45 goals, Vasco da Gama (1955–1957), and Valencia (1957–1961) with 81 games and 26 goals. In total, he appeared in 195 club matches and scored 71 goals. He also played for the Brazil national team, earning seven caps from 1955 to 1956. Marciano died in a car crash on the El Saler Highway near Valencia, Spain, in 1961 at the age of 29.