Dirceu

Dirceu José Guimarães, known by his stage name Dirceu ( born June 15, 1952 in Curitiba, † September 15, 1995 in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian football player.

Career

He played as an attacking midfielder in a variety of teams. He also played in the Brazilian national team, and participated in three World Cups. He began his career in Brazil and put them away in Mexico, Spain and Italy. For the Spanish first division club Atletico Madrid he played in three seasons, scoring 18 goals 84mal. He died at the age of 43 in a traffic accident.

Brazilian Olympic Team

At the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 Dirceu was a member of the Brazilian football team. For the team, the tournament was disastrous and would retire the last of the group C in the first round. Dirceu shot two of the four Brazilian goals.

National

Dirceu played between June 1973 and May 1986 44 times for the Seleção, scoring seven goals. At the 1986 World Cup, he took no further part because of an illness. At the World Championships he scored three goals in 11 games.

  • At the World Cup in Germany in 1974, he remained in the first round as a substitute without the use. Dirceu came only in the second round and the match for third place is used, which Brazil lost against Poland.
  • In the 1978 World Cup Dirceu came on in the first game until the 80th minute, but was then a regular player. He scored three goals, including the winning goal in the match for third place against Italy. Dirceus performance in this tournament was later honored by election to the FIFA All -Star team.
  • In the 1982 World Cup, the Brazilian Seleção was from 1982 as one of the best of all time. Dirceu arrived at this World Cup only in the first game in the first half, once used, and otherwise sat on the bench.

Clubs

Achievements

  • Winners of the Campeonato Paranaense in 1971 and 1972 with Coritiba
  • Winner of Campeonato Carioca in 1976 with Fluminense and 1977 and 1988 with Vasco da Gama
  • He was elected to the FIFA All- Star Team of the World Cup 1978.
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