Cabeção (footballer)

Cabeção
Personal information
Full name	Luís Morais
Date of birth	23 August 1930
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death	6 January 2020 (aged 89)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1949–1954	Corinthians
1954–1955	Bangu
1955–1957	Portuguesa
1957–1960	Corinthians
International career
1954	Brazil
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luís Morais (23 August 1930 – 6 January 2020), also known as Cabeção, was a Brazilian football player. He played for the Brazil national football team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup finals.^[1]

Cabeção played club football for Corinthians, Bangu, Portuguesa, Comercial-SP, Juventus-SP and Portuguesa Santista, winning the Campeonato Paulista in 1951, 1952 and 1954 with Corinthians.^[2] Cabeção died on 6 January 2020 at the age of 89.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Cabeção – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ "Especial - 2006 - Copa" (in Portuguese). Folha Online. 2005-12-09.
^ "Morre Cabeção, o quarto goleiro com mais jogos na história do Corinthians" (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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