Friaça

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Friaça

Albino Friaça Cardoso (October 20, 1924 – January 12, 2009), best known as simply Friaça ([ˈfɾjazɐ]), was a Brazilian football striker.

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Friaça
Friaça in 1949
Personal information
Full name Albino Friaça Cardoso
Date of birth (1924-10-20)October 20, 1924
Place of birth Porciúncula, Brazil
Date of death January 12, 2009(2009-01-12) (aged 84)
Place of death Itaperuna, Brasil
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19441949 Vasco 432 (114)
19491951 São Paulo
19511954 Vasco
19541955 Ponte Preta
International career
19471952 Brazil[1] 13 (1)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up1950 Brazil
Panamerican Championship
Winner1952 Chile
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
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He was born in Porciúncula. During his career (1944 1955) he played for Vasco da Gama, São Paulo and Ponte Preta.[2] He won two Rio de Janeiro State Tournaments (1947, 1952), one São Paulo State Tournament (1949, in which he was also the top goalscorer), and the South American Championship of Champions (1948). With the Brazil national team he won one Copa América in 1949, and participated at 1950 FIFA World Cup, playing 4 matches and scoring the opening goal in the title-deciding match against Uruguay, which Brazil lost 1–2.

He died in Itaperuna in January 2009, aged 84, of pneumonia related organ failure.[3]

Honours

Vasco da Gama
São Paulo
Brazil

References

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