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
Position(s)	Forward
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 as a forward 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]

Honours

Club

Vasco da Gama

• Tournoi de Paris (1): 1957
• Campeonato Carioca (1): 1958

Boca Juniors

• Primera División Argentina (1): 1962

Santos

• Campeonato Paulista (1): 1965
• Torneio Rio–São Paulo (2): 1963, 1964
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (2): 1963, 1964
• Copa Libertadores (1): 1963
• Internacontinental Cup (1): 1963

International

Brazil

• Taça do Atlântico (1): 1960 (vs. Argentina)
• Roca Cup (1): 1960 (vs. Argentina)

References

External links

• Almir Pernambuquinho at FootballDatabase.eu
• Almir Pernambuquinho at National-Football-Teams.com

This biographical article related to a Brazilian association football forward born in the 1930s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e