Garrincha

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Garrincha
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Garrincha at the 1962 World Cup
Personnel
Surname Manuel Francisco dos Santos
birthday October 28, 1933
place of birth Pau Grande ,  Brazil
size 169 cm
position Winger
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1953-1965 Botafogo FR 581 (232)
1966 Corinthians 10 00(2)
1968 Atlético Junior 1 00(0)
1968-1969 CR Flamengo 15 00(4)
1972 Olaria AC 10 00(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1955-1966 Brazil 50 0(12)
1 Only league games are given.

Mané Garrincha [ mɐn'ɛ gar'ĩʃɐ ] (actually Manuel Francisco dos Santos ; born October 28, 1933 in Pau Grande , Magé , Rio de Janeiro ; † January 20, 1983 in Rio de Janeiro ) was a Brazilian soccer player and two-time soccer world champion . In Brazil he is considered the greatest footballer of all time, alongside Pelé .

Life

Manuel Francisco dos Santos was born in 1933 in the town of Pau Grande in Magé , a municipality in the northeast of the greater Rio de Janeiro area. His backbone was deformed from birth and his left leg was 6 cm shorter than his right. Numerous operations restored her mobility to such an extent that he could walk with it, but his left leg remained a bow and his right leg a knockout . This earned him the name "Garrincha" after a Brazilian jungle bird ( Oreophylax moreirae , a subspecies of the wren ). Other nicknames were "Mané" (short form of Manuel, which is also used in Brazil for the mentally handicapped ) or "Alegria do Povo" (joy of the people).

To strengthen his legs, he began to play soccer and developed amazing skills in the process. Of small stature, his body's center of gravity was particularly low, which enabled him to turn and move quickly. He used these skills perfectly for tempo dribbles on the right wing, where he often broke through and then passed the ball to a better positioned teammate. At the same time, he was a feared striker looking for a quick deal.

His private life was less successful. He became an alcoholic at an early age (allegedly at the age of 10) in order to suppress his pain, and as a result was involved in several car accidents. The collision with a truck in 1969 was particularly tragic; his own mother-in-law fell victim to the accident. Garrincha was married twice. The first marriage with the factory worker Nair Marques lasted 13 years (1952-1965) and produced eight daughters. His second wife was the famous samba singer Elza Soares , whom he had already met at the 1962 World Cup and married in March 1966. In 1977 the divorce took place. Garrincha also had numerous affairs and was the father of (depending on the source) 13 or 15 children of five different women. One of his grandsons is the Swedish national junior soccer player Henrik Johansson .

After his heyday in football, things grew quiet around him. He received a small pension from the Brazilian state, but it did not cover his previous lifestyle. He died impoverished and lonely at the age of 49 from cirrhosis of the liver caused by years of alcoholism. Thousands of fans paid their last respects to him at the funeral. His tombstone in the “Cemiterio Raiz da Serra” cemetery in Rio de Janeiro bears the inscription:
Descanse em paz, que era a alegria do povo - Mané Garrincha.
(He who was the joy of the people rests here in peace - Mané Garrincha ).

A monument to the Brazilian was erected around two hundred meters from the actual burial site. On May 31, 2017, it was announced that the remains of Garrinchas, buried in a family pantheon in the cemetery of Magé, had disappeared.

Career

Garrincha began his football career at EC Pau Grande (1947-1953). There he wasn't paid for his ball skills, but it saved his job at the local textile factory when he was fired for laziness there. After his first trial training with the Brazilian club Botafogo , the two-footed dribbler received a professional contract in the state capital in 1953. He won three championships with Botafago, with renowned players such as Amarildo , Zagallo , Didi and Nilton Santos at his side.

Garrincha (2nd from right) 1958 with Vavá , Gilmar and Moacir (from left to right)
Brazil 1958 : Vicente Feola (coach), Djalma Santos, Zito, Bellini, Nilton Santos, Orlando, Gilmar - Garrincha , Didi, Pelé, Vava, Zagallo.

Garrincha played for the Brazilian national soccer team between 1955 and 1966 in 50 international matches and scored twelve goals. He lost only one game - his last at the 1966 World Cup against Hungary with a 1: 3. He took part in a total of three world championships (1958, 1962 and 1966) and 15 world championship games. In 1958 and 1962 he was world champion with Brazil. He played a decisive role in both title wins. With the injury of Pele in 1962 he took over the leading role in the Brazilian national team. At the same World Cup in Chile in 1962, he and five other players -  Albert (HUN), Ivanov (USSR), Jerković (YUG), Sánchez (CHI) and Vavá (BRA) - were top scorer with four goals. His heyday ended before the soccer World Cup in 1966. He played too often and his tendons and ligaments could not withstand the constant strain. When he had another operation in 1965, the damage was already irreparable. Nevertheless, he still took part in the World Cup the following year, but could no longer build on his usual performance. Revered as a football hero, he was active in professional football until 1972, most recently for the Olaria AC, a suburb of Rio de Janeiro club. Garrincha gave his farewell game on December 19, 1973 in the legendary Maracanã Stadium .

Others

Garrincha played 581 games for Botafogo FR and scored 232 goals.

International debut: September 18, 1955 against Chile in Rio de Janeiro. International game farewell: July 15, 1966 against Hungary (1: 3) in Liverpool (World Cup finals).

Not only was he a highly talented soccer technician, but he also invented tricks named after him, such as the Garrincha and the Garrincha double scissors .

In his birthplace of Pau Grande, the stadium of the local football club EC Pau Grande is named after him, the Mane Garrincha CIEP, in Calle Jose Souza Pereira, Pau Grande, Piabetá / RJ. The Estádio Mané Garrincha in the capital Brasília was also dedicated to him during his lifetime in 1974 ; this multi-purpose stadium was almost completely demolished as part of the construction work for the 2014 World Cup and replaced by the pure football arena Estádio Nacional de Brasília Mané Garrincha .

successes

Brazil

  • Football world champions 1958, 1962
  • O'Higgins Cup: 1955, 1959, 1961
  • Oswaldo Cruz Cup: 1960

Botafogo

International titles

  • World Champion Clubs (Paris Intercontinental Championship): 1963
  • International Quadrangular Tournament: 1954
  • Interclub tournament Pentagonal Mexico: 1958
  • International Tournament of Colombia: 1960
  • International tournament in Costa Rica: 1961
  • Pentagonal (Mexico): 1962
  • Golden jubilee tournament of the La Paz Football Association: 1964
  • Ibero-American Tournament: 1964
  • Panamaribo Cup: 1964

National titles

Individual titles

  • World Cup top scorer: 1962
  • Best player in the Brazilian championship: 1962
  • Best Player Rio-São Paulo Tournament: 1962
  • Interstate Club Champions Cup best player: 1962
  • Best Player State Championship of São Paulo: 1957, 1961, 1962
  • Brazilian Hall of Fame of Football

Movie

  • 1962 Garrincha, Alegria do Povo ("Joy of the People")
  • 2003 Garrincha - Estrela Solitária ("Lonely Star"), based on Ruy Castro's book, deals with his life on and off the lawn - in addition to very direct reference to his wide-ranging private life, to the delight of many, with some original film material that is well worth seeing.

radio play

  • 1983 The final goal of the Mané Sardinha . By Luiz Carlos Saroldi. Directed by Klaus Mehrländer. Production WDR 1983. Based on Garrincha's life story. With Christian Rode, Klaus Nägelen, Christian Brückner, Ilse Pagé, Hermann Ebeling, Klaus Herm, Friedhelm Ptock and others

literature

Web links

Commons : Garrincha  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. ↑ http://www.ifhof.com/hof/garrincha.asp
  2. ^ Richard Witzig, The Global Art of Soccer
  3. ^ H. Galeano, Soccer in sun and shadow
  4. ↑ a b Excerpt from Book 90 - The Whole History of Football in Ninety Games by Christian Eichler , Droemer-Verlag, 2017, quoted from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , June 15, 2018, p. 33
  5. ↑ According to a comment on Brazilian television at his funeral in 1983
  6. ↑ Mané Garrincha. Entry in the Find a Grave database (accessed January 1, 2014).
  7. ↑ Desapareció el cuerpo del ídolo brasileño Garrincha de un cementerio de Río de Janeiro (Spanish) on futbol.com.uy on May 31, 2017, accessed on May 31, 2017
  8. ↑ Brazilian website with various information about Garrincha (accessed June 7, 2014)
  9. ^ The wounded 'Little Bird' who soared for Brazil . FIFA. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  10. ↑ Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame ( Memento from December 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Garrincha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Santos, Manuel Francisco dos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 28, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Pau Grande , Rio de Janeiro
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1983
Place of death Rio de Janeiro