Almir Pernambuquinho Explained

Almir Pernambuquinho
Fullname:Almir Moraes de Albuquerque
Birth Date:28 October 1937
Birth Place:Recife, Brazil
Death Place:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position:Forward
Years1:1956
Clubs1:Sport Recife
Years2:1957–1960
Clubs2:Vasco da Gama
Years3:1960–1961
Clubs3:Corinthians
Years4:1961–1962
Clubs4:Boca Juniors
Years5:1962
Clubs5:Fiorentina
Years6:1962–1963
Clubs6:Genova
Years7:1963–1964
Clubs7:Santos
Years8:1965–1967
Clubs8:Flamengo
Years9:1967–1968
Clubs9:América-RJ
Nationalyears1:1959–1960
Nationalteam1:Brazil
Nationalcaps1:6
Nationalgoals1:1

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

Club

Vasco da Gama

Boca Juniors

Santos

International

Brazil

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Almir Pernambuquinho . worldfootball.net . 9 July 2021.
  2. Web site: South American Championship 1959 (1st Tournament) . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . 9 July 2021.
  3. News: Trinta anos sem Almir Pernambuquinho. 2003-02-06. O Estado de S. Paulo. Portuguese. 20 February 2012.