# Bauru Atlético Clube

> The club in Bauru whose junior team Pelé played for as a boy, coached by Waldemar de Brito.

Source page: https://pele.wiki/footballer/teams/bauru-ac
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9

- Type: Club
- Country: Brazil
- His years: 1953–1956

Bauru Atlético Clube was a football club in Bauru, in the interior of São Paulo state. Pelé played for its junior side as a teenager, under the coaching of the former Brazil forward Waldemar de Brito. Wikipedia records that he led the juniors to two São Paulo state youth titles. It was de Brito who took him to Santos for a trial in 1956.

## Related

- Its home city or country: [Bauru](https://pele.wiki/footballer/locations/bauru)
- Its people: [Pelé](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/pele), [Waldemar de Brito](https://pele.wiki/footballer/people/waldemar-de-brito)
- The chapters it appears in: [Childhood in Três Corações and Bauru](https://pele.wiki/footballer/chapters/childhood-in-tres-coracoes-and-bauru)
- The questions it answers: [Which clubs did Pelé play for?](https://pele.wiki/footballer/questions/which-clubs-did-pele-play-for)