Moacir Barbosa

Moacir Barbosa
Barbosa in 1945
Personal information
Full name Moacir Barbosa do Nascimento
Date of birth (1921-03-27)27 March 1921
Place of birth Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death 7 April 2000(2000-04-07) (aged 79)
Place of death Praia Grande, Brazil
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1940–1941 ADCI-SP
1942–1944 Ypiranga-SP
1945–1955 Vasco da Gama 532 (0)
1956Bonsucesso (loan)
1957 Santa Cruz 34 (0)
1958–1960 Vasco da Gama 151 (0)
1962 Campo Grande
International career
1945–1959 Brazil 20 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1950 Brazil
South American Championship
Winner 1949 Brazil
Runner-up 1953 Peru
Third place 1959 Ecuador
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Moacir Barbosa do Nascimento (27 March 1921 – 7 April 2000) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. His career spanned 22 years. He was regarded as one of the world's best goalkeepers in the 1940s and 1950s, and was known for not wearing gloves, as would be typical. Barbosa is mainly associated with Brazil's defeat against underdogs Uruguay in the decisive match of the 1950 FIFA World Cup, an upset dubbed the Maracanazo.

  1. ^ "Brazil - Moacir Barbosa Nascimento - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Retrieved 3 August 2011.

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