Friaça
Usually only called Albino Cardoso Friaça Friaça ( born October 20, 1924 in Porciúncula, State of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), † 12 January 2009 in Itaperuna, RJ), was a Brazilian football player who in 1950 was runner-up.
Life
In his club career playing the striker Friaça for Vasco da Gama, São Paulo FC and AA Ponte Preta. With Vasco he won in 1947 and 1952, the state championship in Rio de Janeiro, in 1947 even undefeated. To this end he won with Vasco official forerunner of the Copa Libertadores, the discharged in Chile 1948 South American Championship of Champions. In this tournament, he scored four goals in six games. With São Paulo in 1949, he won the state championship in São Paulo, where he was also the top scorer with 24 goals.
In the Brazilian national team played Friaça 1947-1952 13 games with 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. The highlight of his career was the participation in the Football World Cup 1950 in their own country, where he played four of his matches. The most important thing was probably the de facto final of the tournament in which Brazil only needed a draw to the title in the game against Uruguay. Friaça scored the 1-0 in the 47th minute, his only goal for the national team, but in the game, received as Maracanaço in the football history, subject was approximately 200,000 spectators at the end even with 1:2.
After his playing career he retired to Porciúncula, his birthplace, in the highlands in the north- east of Rio de Janeiro back. There he owned a shop for building materials that was last run by his sons. One of his sons died in the 1990s in a flying accident. This may have contributed to the fact that the always sociable Friaça has given according to this personal tragedy a little too much alcohol and tobacco. He died in January 2009 in a hospital near his residence in Itaperuna of pneumonia. In addition to the two remaining sons and a daughter, he was also survived by his wife, Maria Helena.
Statistics
Clubs
Brazilian national football team
Achievements
- Campeonato Sul - Americano de Champ: 1948
- State Championship in Rio de Janeiro: in 1947, 1952
- State Championship of São Paulo: 1949