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Rubens (footballer, born 1928)

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Rubens
Personal information
Full name Rubens Josué da Costa
Date of birth (1928-11-24)24 November 1928
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death 31 May 1987(1987-05-31) (aged 58)
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, Forward
Youth career
1945–1947 Ypiranga
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1950 Ypiranga[1] 67 (25)
1951 Portuguesa Desportos[1] 6 (1)
1951–1957 Flamengo 77 (43)
1956–1957Santa Cruz[2] (loan) 1 (0)
1957–1959 Vasco da Gama[3] 42 (16)
1960–1963 APEA Prudentina
International career
1952–1954 Brazil 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rubens Josué da Costa (24 November 1928 – 31 May 1991) was a Brazilian football player. He was included in the Brazil national football team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup finals.[4]

Rubens played club football for Ypiranga-SP, Flamengo, Vasco da Gama, Portuguesa Desportos, Santa Cruz-PE, and Prudentina, winning the Campeonato Carioca in 1953, 1954 and 1955 with Flamengo and in 1958 with Vasco da Gama.[5]

Honours

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Flamengo
Vasco da Gama
Brazil

References

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  1. ^ a b "Estadao.com.br - Acervo". Acervo Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese).
  2. ^ História do Futebol (in Portuguese)
  3. ^ "Acervo histórico". Acervo O Globo (in Portuguese). O Globo.
  4. ^ RubensFIFA competition record (archived)
  5. ^ "Especial - 2006 - Copa" (in Portuguese). Folha Online. 9 December 2005.