Moacir (footballer, born 1936)

Moacir
	Moacir in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Moacyr Claudino Pinto da Silva
Date of birth	18 May 1936 (age 85)
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Position(s)	Midfielder, Inside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1956–1961	Flamengo
1961–1962	River Plate
1962–1963	Peñarol
1964–1965	Everest
1965–1970	Barcelona
1970–1974	C.A. Mannucci
National team
1957–1960	Brazil
Honours
Men's Football
Representing Brazil
FIFA World Cup
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Moacyr Claudino Pinto da Silva (born 18 May 1936 in São Paulo^[2]), nicknamed Moacir^[3] or Moacyr, is a Brazilian former footballer.^[2]

Early life[]

Son of railman, Moacir ran away from home and lived for more than ten years in an orphanage in Osasco.

Recommended by a friend, he went to CR Flamengo to be part of the youth teams, where he started to live in the club dorms.

He still resides in Guayaquil City, where he raised his family.

Career[]

After his time as a junior player, he highlighted and was select to be part of the princpal team of CR Flamengo.

Later in his career, he also played for Flamengo, River Plate of Argentina, Peñarol of Uruguay, and Everest and Barcelona of Ecuador.^[2]

International[]

He earned 6 caps and scored 2 goals for the Brazil national football team.^[2] He was part of the 1958 FIFA World Cup winning squad, but he did not play any matches during the tournament,^[3] mainly because he was reserve for one the most important brazilian players of all time Valdir Pereira.

References[]

^ [1] Fla-Estatística (in Portuguese)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d sambafoot profile^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b Moacir at FIFA

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[1] [1] Fla-Estatística (in Portuguese)

[samba-2] sambafoot profile^{[permanent dead link]}

[fifa-3] Moacir at FIFA

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