Nariz (footballer)
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Full name | Álvaro Lopes Cançado | |||||||||||||
Date of birth | 8 February 1912 | |||||||||||||
Place of birth | Brazil | |||||||||||||
Date of death | 19 September 1984 | (aged 72)|||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
Botafogo | ||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||
Brazil | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Álvaro Lopes Cançado - nickname Nariz, meaning "nose" (Uberaba, February 8, 1912 - September 19, 1984[1])[1] was a Brazilian footballer (defender) playing for Brazil national football team in FIFA World Cup 1938 . He played only in one game in that tournament - against Czechoslovakia . His club in that time was Botafogo FR.
References
- ^ Andrzej Gowarzewski : "Fuji Football Encyclopedia : World Cup FIFA*part I* Biographical notes - Heroes of Mundial" ; GiA Katowice 1993