Alberto Festa

Alberto Festa
Personal information
Full name	Alberto Augusto Antunes Festa
Date of birth	21 July 1939 (age 84)
Place of birth	Santo Tirso, Portugal
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1955–1960	Tirsense
1960–1968	Porto
1968–1972	Tirsense
Total
International career
1963–1966	Portugal
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Portugal
FIFA World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alberto Augusto Antunes Festa (born 21 July 1939) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right back.

Club career

Born in Santo Tirso, Porto District, Festa started and finished his 17-year senior career with local club F.C. Tirsense. In between, he represented FC Porto, where he appeared in 114 Primeira Liga matches.

Festa retired at the age of 33, after several injury problems.^[1]

Festa earned 19 caps for Portugal, over three years. His debut came on 23 January 1963 against Bulgaria, for the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers (0–1 replay loss in Rome).

Festa was selected for the 1966 FIFA World Cup squad, playing three matches in England for the third-placed team.^[2]

^ "Os mestres dos relvados" [Masters of the pitches]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 11 May 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
^ Paixão, Paulo; Castanheira, José Pedro (13 July 2016). "A lenda dos Magriços começou há 50 anos" [The legend of the Magriços started 50 years ago]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Retrieved 9 April 2020.