Almir Pernambuquinho
Personal information
Full name Almir Moraes de Albuquerque
Date of birth (1937-10-28)28 October 1937
Place of birth Recife, Brazil
Date of death 6 February 1973(1973-02-06) (aged 35)
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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 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]

Titles by club

Santos

Vasco da Gama

Boca Juniors

Titles by Brazil national football team

Brazil

References

  1. ↑ "Almir Pernambuquinho". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  2. ↑ "South American Championship 1959 (1st Tournament)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Trinta anos sem Almir Pernambuquinho" (in Portuguese). O Estado de S. Paulo. 6 February 2003. Retrieved 20 February 2012.


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