Clovis Fernandes
Clóvis Acosta Fernandes (born October 4, 1954 in Cruz Alta , Rio Grande do Sul ; † September 16, 2015 in Porto Alegre ) was a Brazilian football fan who was known as "Gaúcho da Copa".
Clovis Fernandes was a businessman from Porto Alegre in southern Brazil. Since his visit abroad on the occasion of the Soccer World Cup with his Brazilian national team in Italy in 1990, he had already attended more than 150 national team games and was present in over 30 countries. He jokingly referred to himself as “12. Player". His trademark was a replica of the FIFA World Cup trophy that he always carried with him.
In the early 1990s he founded the fan community "Gaúchos na Copa". Already known in South America, he gained great international fame after the semi-finals of the 2014 World Cup between Brazil and Germany . After the defeat, he was photographed crying with the trophy in his arms. This image of “Brazil's saddest fan” was seen by many international media as a symbol of Brazil's historic 7-1 defeat in this semi-final. After the game he gave his trophy, which he took to every game for years, to a German fan, but got it back for the next game. Markus Lanz introduced Clovis Fernandes in his ZDF program Menschen 2014 .
A year later he was in Chile at the Copa America 2015 , where he could look forward to his team's 2-1 victory over Peru, but Brazil did not make it through the quarter-finals. On September 16, 2015, Fernandes died of cancer.
Press
- Ron Ulrich: "I hope that Germany will raise the trophy" . In: Der Tagesspiegel from July 11, 2014
- Marina Farmbauer: He lost his heart in Mineirão . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine from December 27, 2014
- Christopher Hooton: 'Saddest man in Brazil' actually quite chipper, gives German fan trophy and tells nation they deserve it . In: The Independent of July 9, 2014 (English)
- Clovis Fernandes, Brazil's 12th man, has a heart of gold . In: Deccan Chronicle , India, July 10, 2014 (English)
Web links
- Website of the fan base Gaúchos na Copa (Portuguese)
- Brazil's saddest fan gives away the World Cup trophy - to a young German . Video in Focus Online from July 9, 2014 (1:39 minutes)
- Braziliya millisinin əfsanəvi futbol azarkeşi Klovis Akosta Fernandes
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brazil's World Cup super fan Clovis Acosta Fernandes Passes Away, Aged 60
- ↑ Image: People 2014 - Markus Lanz, Clovis Acosta Fernandes, Fritzi Schrader, Dante on Stars on TV , December 5, 2014.
- ↑ Will Giles: The saddest man in Brazil spotted at Copa America 2015 - and this time he's much happier . In: metro.co.uk of June 15, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fernandes, Clovis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fernandes Clóvis Acosta (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian soccer fan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cruz Alta , Rio Grande do Sul |
| DATE OF DEATH | 16th September 2015 |
| Place of death | Porto Alegre |