Tuffy Neugen

Tuffy Neugen (6 June 1899 – 4 December 1935) was a Brazilian footballer. He played in two matches for the Brazil national football team in 1925. He was also part of Brazil's squad for the 1925 South American Championship.

Career Tuffy began his career at AA das Palmeiras at the age of 17 . In the decisive matches of the 1918 state championship, which took place in January 1919, Palmeiras were fighting for the title along with Corinthians and Paulistano. In the penultimate match, they'd face Corinthians and had to win to maintain their chances of winning the title, but Corinthians won that match by 5x3. After the game, Tuffy was accused of throwing the match, as a result of which he was expelled from the club . The goalkeeper left the state, moving to Pernambuco, where he joined América , winning that year's state championship with them. . In 1920, Tuffy moved to Santos, where he made his debut on 4 April in a match against Ypiranga . In 1927, the footballer returned to Santos . With the score tied at 1x1 . The President of Brazil, Washington Luís, who was attending the match, ordered the game to be resumed. However, the Paulista players refused rudely in a match against América, where he conceded two goals . That same year, he became the champion of the state of São Paulo with the club, and then repeated this achievement twice in a row and "The Three Musketeers" . In total, the footballer played 71 matches for the club (48 wins, 11 draws and 12 losses) . Tuffy's last match for Corinthians was against Santos on May 17, 1931, in which he conceded 3 goals . Other Brazilian players who starred alongside him included Arthur Friedenreich, Formiga, and Ministrinho .

After finishing his career, Tuffy went into business: he opened a cinema in the center of São Paulo called Santa Helena , or according to another version, Penha Teatro . Tuffy died on December 4, 1935 from double pneumonia . According to his last will, the goalkeeper was buried with his goalkeeper uniform, which he wore for Corinthians .