Larry (footballer) explained

Larry
Full Name:Larry Pinto de Faria
Birth Date:3 November 1932
Birth Place:Nova Friburgo, Brazil
Years1:1951–1954
Years2:1954–1962
Nationalteam1:Brazil Olympic
Nationalyears1:1952
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:4
Nationalteam2:Brazil
Nationalyears2:1956
Nationalcaps2:6
Nationalgoals2:4

Larry Pinto de Faria (3 November 1932 – 6 May 2016) was a Brazilian football player.[1]

Early life

He was born in Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro. He later lived in Porto Alegre.

Career

He began his career at Fluminense Football Club where he played from 1951 to 1954, and champion of Campeonato Carioca in 1951 and the Copa Rio (International) in 1952, that year he was also the top scorer of the Brazilian team in the 1952 Summer Olympics, when he scored four goals in three games.[2] With Bodinho he formed the most invaluable double striker attack of Internacional.

Larry competed for Brazil at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[3]

Clubs

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ídolo do Inter, Larry Pinto de Faria morre aos 83 anos. ZH 2014. 8 May 2016.
  2. Web site: Larry Pinto de Faria . Olympedia . 6 November 2021.
  3. Web site: Sports Reference. Larry Biography and Statistics. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418032502/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/larry-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 9 March 2016.