Aldair

Aldair Santos do Nascimento ( born November 30, 1965 in Ilheus ), known as Aldair, is a former Brazilian footballer. The defender was active 1985-2009 in South America and Europe.

  • 2.1 club
  • 2.2 national team

Career

Association

Aldair began his professional career in 1985 at Flamengo Rio de Janeiro. There he developed in the next four years for regular players and performers. As this he won the state championship in Rio de Janeiro and in 1988 and 1989, the Taça Guanabara 1986. In the Red - Black he played alongside Brazil legend Zico. In the summer of 1989 Aldair Europe followed the call and signed at Benfica. For the Portuguese, he played a strong season and get him as a defender six league goals. However, this was only enough for the runner-up behind FC Porto. His strong performances aroused desires in other top European teams, and so he returned after only one year Benfica back on and signed with the Italian club AS Roma.

For the Roma Aldair should now be thirteen years on the football field and complete over 400 Serie A games. In the first year in Italy, the defensive player could win with his new club won the Coppa Italia. After only the first leg against Sampdoria was won 3-1, the team earned in the return match 1-1 and was thus able to win the title. Rudi Völler brought here by the Romans in the lead before Aldair equalized through an own goal for Sampdoria. The match for the Supercoppa Italiana, an encounter between the champion and cup winner, the ASR lost with 0-1 against Sampdoria who retaliated with it. In 1993, the team again in the final of the Coppa Italia. Against the Torino FC lost the team with 0:3 and 2:5. After Aldair was still in the first leg in the starting lineup, he could only watch in the return game.

In 1998, he took over from Abel Balbo as captain of the club, which he later gave to Francesco Totti. The most significant titles with Roma, but the defender won the 2001, when the club won for the third time in club history and for the first time since 1983 the championship. The following year, it was enough for the runners-up behind Juventus. Even before the start of this season, the team secured the Supercoppa the first time ever by a 3-0 against Fiorentina. However Aldair not played with. 2002/ 03 drew Aldair with the team for the third time in the final of the national cup competition a. Against AC Milan, the team was but a chance. In the summer of 2003, he announced the club to leave and move to Serie B for Genoa. In his honor, gave the Roma board known not to award the shirt with the shirt number 6. With over 415 league appearances for Roma to Aldair is among the top five players with the most matches in the dress of the capital clubs and leads by far, the list of foreign players with most games ahead of Frenchman Vincent Candela (253 games) at. After only a few uses and a playing time he finished his professional career at Genoa.

Three years later Aldair announced in July 2007 that he would play for the 2007 /08 season for the Sammarinese club SS Murata; for this, he took up in the Champions League qualifiers. At the end of the first season of Murata Aldair won with the team the Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio, ie national championship. In addition, the team secured the winning the national cup competition, the Coppa Titano, in the years 2008 and the Trofeo Federale 2008 and 2009.

National

Aldair participated in three World Cups. In the 1990 World Cup, he failed with the Brazilian team already in the second round in the selection of Argentina. His two other appearances at the World Championships went much better. Aldair was with the Brazilian selection in 1994 world champion and 1998 runner-up. Aldair also took part in the 1996 Olympics and won the bronze medal with the Seleção. Aldair played between 1989 and 2000 a total of 81 times for the Seleção, scoring three goals.

Achievements

Association

  • State Championship in Rio de Janeiro with Flamengo Rio de Janeiro: 1986
  • Taça Guanabara with Flamengo Rio de Janeiro: 1988, 1989
  • Coppa Italia with Roma: 1991
  • Italian Champion with AS Roma: 2001
  • Supercoppa Italiana with AS Roma: 2001
  • Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio SS Murata: 2008
  • Coppa Titano with SS Murata: 2008
  • Trofeo Federale with SS Murata: 2008, 2009

National

  • Copa América: 1989, 1997
  • World Champion: 1994
  • 3rd place at the Olympics: 1996
  • Confederations Cup: 1997
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