Friaça

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Albino Friaça Cardoso , usually just called Friaça (born October 20, 1924 in Porciúncula , State of Rio de Janeiro (RJ) ; † January 12, 2009 in Itaperuna , RJ), was a Brazilian soccer player who became vice world champion in 1950.

Life

In his club career, the striker Friaça played for Vasco da Gama , São Paulo FC and AA Ponte Preta . With Vasco he won the state championship of Rio de Janeiro in 1947 and 1952 , and was even undefeated in 1947. With Vasco he won the official forerunner of the Copa Libertadores , the 1948 South American championship championship in Chile . In that tournament he scored four goals in six games. With São Paulo, he won the 1949 Campeonato Paulista , where he was also the top scorer with 24 goals.

In the Brazilian national team , Friaça played 13 games with 8 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses from 1947 to 1952. The highlight of his career was participating in the 1950 World Cup in his own country, where he played four of his international matches. The most important thing was probably the de facto final of the tournament, in which Brazil would have been enough to win the game against Uruguay . Friaça scored 1-0 in the 47th minute, his only goal for the national team, which was defeated 2-1 in front of around 200,000 spectators in the game that went down in football history as Maracanaço .

After his playing career, he retired to Porciúncula, his birthplace, in the highlands in the north-east of Rio de Janeiro. There he owned a building materials business that was last run by his children. One of his sons died in an airplane accident in the 1990s. This may have contributed significantly to the ever sociable Friaça indulging in alcohol and tobacco a little too much after this personal tragedy. He died of pneumonia in January 2009 in a hospital in Itaperuna near where he lived. He left two sons, a daughter and his wife, Mrs. Maria Helena.

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Brazilian national soccer team

  • 1947–1952: 13 international matches / 1 goal
  • 1950: Vice World Champion

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personal data
SURNAME Friaça
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Albino Friaça Cardoso
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Porciúncula , Brazil
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 2009
Place of death Itaperuna (RJ) , Brazil