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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Almir Moraes de Albuquerque | ||
| Date of birth | 28 October 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Recife, Brazil | ||
| Date of death | 6 February 1973 (aged 35) | ||
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1956 | Sport Recife | ||
| 1957–1960 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1960–1961 | Corinthians | ||
| 1961–1962 | Boca Juniors | ||
| 1962 | Fiorentina | ||
| 1962–1963 | Genova | ||
| 1963–1964 | Santos | ||
| 1965–1967 | Flamengo | ||
| 1967–1968 | América-RJ | ||
| International career | |||
| 1959–1960 | Brazil | 6 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Almir Moraes de Albuquerque (28 October 1937 – 6 February 1973), known as Almir Pernambuquinho, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a forward for clubs of Brazil, Argentina and Italy.[1] Almir Pernambuquinho is, by many considered, the inventor of the fute-vôlei. He played for the Brazil national football team in the Copa América Argentina 1959.[2] He was killed in a bar in 1973.[3]
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]Vasco da Gama
- Tournoi de Paris (1): 1957
- Troféu Teresa Herrera (1): 1958
- Campeonato Carioca (1): 1958
- Torneio Rio–São Paulo (1): 1958
Boca Juniors
- Primera División Argentina (1): 1962
Santos
- Campeonato Paulista (1): 1964
- Torneio Rio–São Paulo (2): 1963, 1964
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (2): 1963, 1964
- Copa Libertadores (1): 1963
- Internacontinental Cup (1): 1963
Flamengo
- Campeonato Carioca (1): 1965
International
[edit]Brazil
- Taça do Atlântico (1): 1960 (vs. Argentina)
- Roca Cup (1): 1960 (vs. Argentina)
References
[edit]- ^ "Almir Pernambuquinho". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "South American Championship 1959 (1st Tournament)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "Trinta anos sem Almir Pernambuquinho" (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 6 February 2003. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
External links
[edit]- Almir Pernambuquinho at National-Football-Teams.com
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