Ely do Amparo
Ely do Amparo - even Ely or Eli - ( born May 14, 1921 in Paracambi; † March 9, 1991 ) was a Brazilian footballer, who participated during his career with the Brazilian national team at the World tournament in 1950 and 1954.
Club career
Ely began his football career in 1939 at the America FC in the north of the city of Rio de Janeiro, but the unterklassigen Canto do Rio FC joined in 1940 on the other side of Guanabara bay in Niteroi to where he established himself as captain.
In 1943 he was brought back to his term federal capital by the Uruguayan coach Ondino Viera for top club CR Vasco da Gama. He played as a defensive midfielder and as a right half and established itself as a leading player soon next to Captain Augusto in the team as the Expresso da Vitória up in the 1950s should make a splash. Other stars of Vasco in this era were Jair da Rosa Pinto, the World Cup top scorer in 1950 Ademir, Chico and goalkeeper Moacyr Barbosa, the unfortunate figure of received as Maracanaço in the playoff history of the World Cup 1950.
With Vasco da Gama Ely won in the years 1945-1952 five times the state championship in Rio de Janeiro. A highlight was winning the South American Championship of Champions 1948 in Santiago de Chile, the predecessor of the Copa Libertadores competition.
Between 1953 and 1955 he finished at Sport Recife in northeastern Brazil from his playing career, winning two state championship of Pernambuco.
National team career
Ely do Amparo announced on April 3, 1949 at the opening game of the Copa América 1949, a 9:1 victory against Ecuador, his international debut in the Brazilian national team. In the further course of the tournament, he was mostly on the side of Danilo Alvim and Noronha to four other missions such as in the playoff to win the title, as the continental championship was won by a 7-0 against Paraguay for the third time. A year later, Ely was also in the World Cup in their own country to the Brazilian squad. During the tournament, in which the title in the final and decisive group game, which became known as the Maracanaço in history, was lost to Uruguay, Ely came only in the preliminary round with a 4-0 win over the Mexicans used. A month before the tournament, he still belonged to the root formation, as Uruguay was beaten in the Copa Río Branco in three games.
Two years later, Ely took with the national team at the inaugural Pan American Cup part and acted it in the game against Panama even as captain, in a 4-2 victory against arch-rivals Uruguay, he was referred to the only time in his international match race of the field. By a 3-0 win in their final group game against Chile also this competition of Brazil was won. His most recent international duty Ely came in the Copa América in 1953, in need become again against Paraguay decision game that ended with a 2:3 defeat, he did not play. In the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland Ely was again in Brazil squad, but was not used in the tournament by coach Zezé Moreira. The Brazilian team failed in the quarterfinals at the Battle of Berne with 2:4 in Hungary. After a total of 19 A- international matches and numerous other operations in unofficial games on his international career was terminated thereafter.
Statistical career overview
Clubs
- Brazilian National team: 1949 - 1953 (15 games / 0 goals)
Title
National team:
- Copa América: 1949
- Pan American Championships: 1952
Clubs:
- South American Championship of Champions: 1948
- State Championship in Rio de Janeiro: in 1945, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952
- State of Pernambuco Championship: 1953, 1955