Juvenal (footballer, born November 1923) explained

Juvenal
Fullname:Juvenal Amarijo
Birth Date:27 November 1923
Birth Place:Santa Vitória do Palmar, Brazil
Death Place:Salvador, Brazil
Position:Centre-back
Years1:1943–1948
Years2:1949–1951
Years3:1951–1954
Years4:1954–1958
Years5:1958–1959
Clubs1:Cruzeiro-RS
Clubs2:Flamengo
Clubs3:Palmeiras
Clubs4:Bahia
Clubs5:Ypiranga-BA
Caps1:413
Goals1:20
Caps2:79
Goals2:0
Caps3:148
Goals3:2
Nationalyears1:1944–1950
Nationalteam1:Brazil
Nationalcaps1:22
Nationalgoals1:1

Juvenal Amarijo (November 27, 1923 – October 30, 2009) was a Brazilian footballer who played as a defender. He was born in Santa Vitória do Palmar, Brazil.

Career

Juvenal Amarijo started his career with Cruzeiro-RS, joining Flamengo in 1949,[1] then Palmeiras in 1951,[2] moving to Bahia in 1954 then retiring in 1959 while defending Ypiranga-BA.[3]

He played for the Brazil in the 1950 FIFA World Cup,[3] and was the last surviving Brazilian player from the final match of the tournament upon his death on October 30, 2009, at age 85, in the city of Salvador, in Bahia, Brazil, due to respiratory failure.[4]

Honours

Palmeiras

1951

1951

Bahia

1954, 1956

Brazil

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jogadores do Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (Juvenal) . Flaestatística . 23 May 2024 . pt.
  2. Web site: Jogadores do Palmeiras: Juvenal . Verdazzo . 23 May 2024 . pt.
  3. Web site: Fomos heróis . 2009-01-07 . 2008-07-18 . Revista Invicto . Portuguese . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706154937/http://revistainvicto.uol.com.br/scripts/materia/materia_det.asp?idmateria=197&idCanal=0 . 2011-07-06 . dead .
  4. Web site: Jornal da Globo - Veja as principais notícias do Brasil e do mundo no site do telejornal, com apresentação de William Waack e Cristiane Pelajo - NOTÍCIAS - Morre o último jogador da Seleção de 1950 .