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]
Vasco da Gama
Boca Juniors
Santos
Brazil