Elba de Pádua Lima (20 February 1915 – 7 July 1984), best known by the nickname Tim, was a Brazilian footballer and coach.

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Tim

Personal information
Full name	Elba de Pádua Lima
Date of birth	(1915-02-20)20 February 1915
Place of birth	Rifaina, Brazil
Date of death	7 July 1984(1984-07-07) (aged 69)
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1931–1934	Carrington
1935–1936	Portuguesa Santista
1936–1943	Fluminense
1943–1944	Nacional-SP	359	(133)
1944–1947	São Paulo
1947–1949	Olaria
1948–1950	Botafogo-SP
1950–1951	Atlético Junior
International career
1936–1944	Brazil	16	(1)
Managerial career
1947–1949	Olaria (player manager)
1948–1950	Botafogo-SP (player manager)
1950–1951	Atlético Junior (player manager)
1953	Bangu
1953–1956	Bangu
1959–1960	Bangu
1963–1964	Bangu
1964–1967	Fluminense
1967–1968	San Lorenzo
1969	Flamengo
1970	Vasco da Gama
1971	Coritiba
1972	Botafogo
1973	Coritiba
1974–1975	Santos
1975	Guarani
1980–1982	Vitória
1980–1982	Coritiba
1980	Bangu
1981–1982	Peru
Medal record Representing  Brazil FIFA World Cup 1938 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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Tim was born in Rifaina, São Paulo. During his career, which spanned from 1931 to 1951, he played for Brazilian clubs Botafogo-SP, Portuguesa Santista, Fluminense,^[1] and Olaria;^[2] he won five Rio de Janeiro State Tournaments (1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941). He retired in Colombia with Atlético Junior of Barranquilla.^[3] He was also a member of the Brazil national team, at the 1938 FIFA World Cup, playing one match against Czechoslovakia, and at the South American Championship 1942, where he scored one goal.

44 years after participating in the World Cup as a player, Tim was the manager of the Peru national football team at the 1982 World Cup, in what is the longest interval ever between an individual's World Cup participations, and the longest World Cup career overall.^[4] Two years after the 1982 World Cup, he died in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 69. He coached Bangu.^[5] In 1968, he was Primera División Argentina champion with San Lorenzo de Almagro.