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. ==Death==