Jairo do Nascimento (23 October 1946 – 6 February 2019) was a Brazilian
footballer
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who played as a
goalkeeper
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.
Career
Born in
Joinville
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,
Jairo was nicknamed "Pantera Negra" ("the Black Panther").
Jairo played for
Caxias,
Fluminense
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,
Coritiba
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,
Corinthians
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,
Náutico Capibaribe,
América Mineiro
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and
Atlético Três Corações.
For Coritiba he made 410 appearances in all competitions, winning the
Campeonato Paranaense
Campeonato Paranaense, which has been contested since 1915, is the top-flight football league of the state of Paraná, Brazil.
Format
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six times, as well as the
Torneio do Povo
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in 1973 and the
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian"), and also known as Brasileirão Assaí due to sponsorship with Assaí Atacadista, is a Br ...
in 1985.
At Corinthians he played in 190 appearances in all competitors and he did not concede a goal for a record 1,132 minutes of play.
He also won the
Campeonato Paulista
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in 1977 with the club.
He made one international appearance for
Brazil
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, in 1976.
Later life and death
He died in
Curitiba
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on 6 February 2019, aged 72, from kidney cancer.
References
1946 births
2019 deaths
Brazilian men's footballers
Brazil men's international footballers
Caxias Futebol Clube players
Fluminense FC players
Coritiba Foot Ball Club players
Sport Club Corinthians Paulista players
Clube Náutico Capibaribe players
América Futebol Clube (MG) players
Men's association football goalkeepers
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