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Aírton Diogo

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Aírton Diogo
Personal information
Full name Aírton Diogo
Date of birth (1929-11-23)23 November 1929
Place of birth Corumbá, Brazil
Date of death 28 June 2005(2005-06-28) (aged 75)
Place of death Campinas, Brazil
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
–1949 Fluminense
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949 Fluminense
1950–1952 Pelotas
1953–1954 Internacional
1955–1956 Portuguesa
1956–1959 Ponte Preta
1959 São Paulo
1960 Santos
1961–1962 Ponte Preta
1962–1963 Pelotas
Managerial career
Pelotas
Caldense
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 February 2024

Aírton Diogo (23 November 1929 – 28 June 2005), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

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Born in Corumbá, Aírton began his career at Fluminense, where he only played for the professionals in 1949. In the following years he played for EC Pelotas, and due to his good performance, he was hired by SC Internacional, where he was state champion in 1953. Transferred to Portuguesa de Desportos, he was again champion, this time of the Rio-São Paulo Tournament in 1955. He defended Ponte Preta in the following seasons, where he scored several goals in the Campeonato Paulista. He had a brief spell at São Paulo in 1959[1] and later at Santos, being part of the 1960 state champion squad. He ended his career playing for the clubs where he created more identification, Ponte Preta and Pelotas, clubs for which he was also coach, in addition to Caldense.[2][3]

Honours

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Internacional
Portuguesa
Santos

References

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  1. ^ "Todos os Jogadores" (PDF). SPFCpédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Jogadores do passado: Aírton". Futebol & Outras Histórias (in Portuguese). 23 November 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Que fim levou? Aírton Diogo". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 February 2024.
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