Alberto Gonçalves (28 August 1953 – 16 December 2012), better known as Manguito, was a Brazilian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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Career

Revealed by Pavunense FC, Manguito played for Olaria, CSA and Grêmio Maringá before arriving at Flamengo, where he was Brazilian champion in 1980, and played 116 matches for the club. He also worked for Al Nassr, Taubaté, Vitória-ES, Rio Branco-ES, União Rondonópolis and Ferroviário de Tubarão.

Honours

;Grêmio Maringá *

Campeonato Paranaense The Campeonato Paranaense is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is run by the Paraná Football Federation (FPF). List of champions Notes * In 1924 Internacional and América merged in ...

: 1977 ;Flamengo * Campeonato Brasileiro:

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

Campeonato Carioca The Campeonato Carioca (Carioca Championship), officially known as Campeonato Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State Championship), also commonly known as the Cariocão, is the top-flight professional state football league in the Br ...

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

, 1979 (Extra) *

Taça Guanabara The Taça Guanabara ( English: Guanabara Cup) is an annual football tournament attached to the Campeonato Carioca, the state football league in the Rio de Janeiro state. It has been organized since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Fe ...

: 1979, 1980, 1981 *

Ramón de Carranza Trophy The Ramón de Carranza Trophy () is a pre-season association football, football tournament organised by Cádiz City Hall, in memory of its former mayor, Ramón de Carranza – after whom Estadio Ramón de Carranza, the Cádiz F.C. stadium used to ...

: 1979, 1980

Death

Manguito suffered

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while walking near the Lapa arches, in Rio de Janeiro. He died a few days later on 16 December 2012.

References

External links

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