Flecha (footballer)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gilberto Alves de Souza | ||
Date of birth | 31 December 1946 | ||
Place of birth | Porto Alegre, Brazil | ||
Date of death | 23 February 2022 | (aged 75)||
Place of death | Viamão, Brazil | ||
Position(s) | Right winger | ||
Youth career | |||
Grêmio | |||
Internacional | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1966 | Avenida | ||
1966–1967 | Caxias | ||
1968–1972 | Grêmio | 216 | (48) |
1972 | → Coritiba (loan) | ||
1973–1975 | America-RJ | ||
1976–1977 | Guarani | ||
1977–1978 | Juventude | ||
1978 | Figueirense | ||
1979–1980 | Brasil de Pelotas | ||
International career | |||
1976–1977 | Brazil | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 February 2024 |
Gilberto Alves de Souza (31 December 1946 – 23 February 2022), better known as Flecha, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a right winger.
Career
[edit]Right winger, Flecha stood out mainly playing for Grêmio, where he made 216 appearances and scored 48 goals.[1] He also had great spells in Coritiba, America-RJ and Guarani.[2]
International career
[edit]Flecha was called up to the Brazilian national team in 1976 and 1977, when he played for America-RJ. He disputed five official matches, in addition to an unofficial game against the Federal District team, when he scored a goal.[3]
Death
[edit]Flecha passed away on 23 February 2022, in the city of Viamão, at the age of 75.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gilberto Alves de Souza". Grêmiopédia (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Que fim levou? Flecha (Ex-ponta do Grêmio e América-RJ)". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1976-1977". RSSSF Brazil. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Morre Flecha, ex-atacante do Guarani e da seleção brasileira". Esportes R7 (in Portuguese). 24 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
External links
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Categories:
- 1946 births
- 2022 deaths
- Men's association football wingers
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Brazil men's international footballers
- Grêmio FBPA players
- SC Internacional players
- Esporte Clube Avenida players
- Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul players
- Coritiba Foot Ball Club players
- America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro) players
- Guarani FC players
- Esporte Clube Juventude players
- Figueirense FC players
- Grêmio Esportivo Brasil players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Footballers from Porto Alegre
- 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen
- Brazilian football biography stubs