Altair Gomes de Figueiredo

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Altair

Personal information
Full name	Altair Gomes de Figueiredo
Date of birth	(1938-01-22)22 January 1938
Place of birth	Niterói, Brazil
Date of death	9 August 2019(2019-08-09) (aged 81)
Place of death	São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1955–1971	Fluminense	551	(2)
National team
1959–1966	Brazil	18	(0)
Teams managed
1992	Fluminense (interim)
1996	Fluminense (interim)
1997	Fluminense (interim)
1998	Fluminense (interim)
Honours Men's Football Representing  Brazil FIFA World Cup Winner 1962 Chile
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, usually referred to as Altair (January 22, 1938 – August 9, 2019),^[1][2] was a football defender and a World Champion for Brazil in the 1962 World Cup.^[3]

He spent his entire career at Fluminense, for which he played 551 games, scoring twice. He was called “magro” (slim) because he was skinny and despite his modest physical appearance, was a tough tackler and tremendous marker. His duels with Garrincha were legendary. He retired from playing in 1971 aged 33.

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• Altair Gomes de Figueiredo at National-Football-Teams.com

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