José Carlos Bauer (21 November 1925 – 4 February 2007), commonly known as Bauer, was a Brazilian football player and manager who played as a midfielder.
Early life Born in São Paulo, Bauer was the son of a Swiss father and an African-Brazilian mother. He was normally a defensive midfielder.
Career Bauer played for São Paulo and Botafogo. He won six São Paulo State Championships (1943, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949 and 1953).
He played 29 matches for the Brazil national team, scoring five goals. He won the 1949 Copa América and participated at two FIFA World Cup finals, in 1950 and 1954. His last match in this tournament was the Battle of Berne.
After he retired he managed Ferroviária de Araraquara. In a trip to Ferroviária in Mozambique, Bauer saw a young Eusébio. Impressed with him, Bauer spoke with his former coach in São Paulo, Béla Guttmann, about Eusébio. Guttmann, who was coaching Benfica at the time, brought him to the Estádio da Luz."Os vice-campeões", Max Gehringer, Especial Placar: A Saga da Jules Rimet fascículo 4 - 1950 Brasil, dezembro de 2005, Editora Abril, págs. 46-47
Death Bauer died on 4 February 2007, in São Paulo.
Honours São Paulo Campeonato Paulista: 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1953
Atlas Copa México: 1962 Campeón de Campeones: 1962
Brazil South American Championship: 1949 Panamerican Championship: 1952 FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1950 South American Championship runner-up: 1953
Individual Campeonato Paulista Team of the Tournament: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1953 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1950
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