Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa, best known as Nena, (11 July 1923 – 17 November 2010) was a Brazilian former

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player. He was born in

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.1950 FIFA World Cup: Brazil Squad
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''. Retrieved 22 January 2010. From 1940 to 1949 the defender played with

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and won with the club eight state championships. In 1949 he moved to

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in São Paulo with which he won the Torneio Rio – São Paulo of 1952 and 1955. He ended his playing career with the club in 1958 but stayed on as auxiliary coach and functionary. In the 1960s he worked as youth coach with

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. Between 1947 and 1952 he played five times for the Brazil national team. He was also part of the Brazilian roster of the 1950 World Cup where Brazil finished as runner up, but did not get to play. In 2003, he moved with his wife to

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, capital of the state

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in the interior of Brazil. There the father of five children died in 2010 from lung cancer.

Clubs

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: 1940–1949 * Portuguesa: 1949–1958

Honours

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...

: eight times (1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947 and 1948). * Torneio Rio – São Paulo: 1952, 1955

References

1923 births 2010 deaths Footballers from Porto Alegre Brazilian footballers Sport Club Internacional players Associação Portuguesa de Desportos players Brazil international footballers 1950 FIFA World Cup players Association football defenders {{Brazil-footy-defender-1920s-stub