Friaça

Friaça
	Friaça in 1949
Personal information
Full name	Albino Friaça Cardoso
Date of birth	October 20, 1924
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death	January 12, 2009 (aged 84)
Place of death	Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
1944–1949	Vasco
1949–1951	São Paulo
1951–1954	Vasco
1954–1955	Ponte Preta
National team
1947–1952	Brazil
Honours
Men's Football
Representing Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Panamerican Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Albino Friaça Cardoso (October 20, 1924 – January 12, 2009), best known as simply Friaça ([ˈfɾjazɐ]), was a Brazilian football striker.

He was born in Porciúncula. During his career (1944 – 1955) he played for Vasco da Gama, São Paulo and Ponte Preta.^[2] He won two Rio de Janeiro State Tournaments (1947, 1952), one São Paulo State Tournament (1949, in which he was also the top goalscorer), and the South American Championship of Champions (1948). With the Brazilian national team he won one Copa América in 1949, and participated at 1950 FIFA World Cup, playing 4 matches and scoring the opening goal in the title-deciding match against Uruguay, which Brazil lost 1–2.

He died in Itaperuna in January 2009, aged 84, of pneumonia related organ failure.^[3]

References[]

^ "Friaça (ex-ponta do Vasco, São Paulo e Ponte Preta)" (in Portuguese). Site Oficial Milton Neves. 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
^ FIFA.com^{[dead link]}
^ "Friaca, Dies at 84; Scored Brazil's Lone Goal in 1950 World Cup Loss". Soccer. New York Times. Associated Press. 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2009-01-14.

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