Alberto Chuairi (24 May 1926 – 21 April 2013), simply known as Turcão, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Turcão arrived at the youth team of Palestra Itália, and was promoted after the club became the current SE Palmeiras. He stood out for his physical size and strength. In the 1950s, he transferred to rival São Paulo FC, where he managed to repeat part of his success. He scored 36 goals for the club, where he was the official penalty taker. Turcão ended his career at Santa Cruz de Recife after a serious knee injury.

Honours

Palmeiras

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF), ...

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1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 ...

* Torneio Rio-São Paulo:

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ...

Taça Cidade de São Paulo The Taça Cidade de São Paulo () was a tournament organized by Federação Paulista de Futebol (FPF), reuniting the three best placed teams of previously season Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeona ...

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São Paulo

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

Small Club World Cup The Small World Cup () was a football tournament held in Venezuela between 1952 and 1975 (with some journalists considering 1952–57 the period of greatest relevance, and the second period that took place between 1963 and 1975 as of minor relevanc ...

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

Death

Turcão died in his apartment at age of 86, due to advanced

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