Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, usually referred to as Altair (January 22, 1938 – August 9, 2019), was a
football
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defender and a World Champion for
Brazil
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in the
1962 World Cup
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.
He spent his entire career at
Fluminense
Fluminense Football Club (), known as Fluminense, is a Brazilian sports club best known for its professional football team that competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first tier of Brazilian football and the Campeonato Carioca, ...
, 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
Manuel Francisco dos Santos (28 October 1933 – 20 January 1983), nicknamed Mané Garrincha, best known as simply Garrincha (, "little bird"), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a right winger. He is widely regarded as one of ...
were legendary. He retired from playing in 1971 aged 33.
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1938 births
2019 deaths
Brazilian footballers
Association football defenders
Fluminense FC players
Sport Club do Recife players
Fluminense FC managers
1962 FIFA World Cup players
1966 FIFA World Cup players
FIFA World Cup-winning players
Brazil international footballers
Afro-Brazilian sportspeople
Brazilian football managers
Sportspeople from Niterói
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