Mengálvio

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Mengálvio
Personal information
Full name Mengálvio Pedro Figueiró
Date of birth (1939-10-17) 17 October 1939 (age 84)[1]
Place of birth Laguna, Brazil
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Barriga Verde
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1959 Aimoré
1960–1969 Santos 371 (28)
1968Grêmio (loan)
1969 Millonarios
International career
1962 Brazil 13 (1)
Managerial career
1978 Santos (interim)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1962 Chile
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mengálvio Pedro Figueiró (born 17 October 1939 in Laguna, Santa Catarina), simply known as Mengálvio, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.[2]

He earned 13 caps and scored 1 goal for the Brazil national football team.[2] He was part of the 1962 FIFA World Cup winning squad,[3] but he did not play any matches during the tournament.[4]

Whilst at Santos he won the 1962 Copa Libertadores, playing in all three matches of the final against Penarol.[5] In all he played 371 games for Santos, scoring 28 times.[6]

Honours[edit]

Santos
Brazil

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Maestro Mengálvio faz 81 anos" [The Maestro Mengálvio on his 81st birthday] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Santos FC. 17 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b Mengálvio at Sambafoot (archived)
  3. ^ Brazil 1962 World Cup squad at FIFA
  4. ^ Mengalvio FIFA Stats
  5. ^ Conmebol (28 November 2002). "Copa Libertadores de América 1962 – Details". Match results and line-ups. RSSSF. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  6. ^ Santos stats at santosfc.com Archived 8 September 2012 at archive.today

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