Moacir Barbosa Nascimento (27 March 1921 – 8 April 2000) was a Brazilian international football goalkeeper whose career spanned 22 years. He was one of the world's best goalkeepers in the 1940s and 1950s and known for not wearing gloves because he wanted to feel the ball with his bare hands. Although he won many trophies, his fame is mainly associated with the defeat of Brazil in the decisive match of the World Cup 1950 against Uruguay. He died of a heart attack at age 79. [1]
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On the club level he had his greatest successes with CR Vasco da Gama, Rio de Janeiro. He won several trophies with this side, including in 1948 the Campeonato Sul-Americano de Campeões, the initial precursor to the Copa Libertadores.
With the national side he won the Copa America of 1949. The 7-0 win over Paraguay remains to date the highest victory in a final of this competition.
In 1950 Brazil played Uruguay in a final match in the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro. By losing 2-1, Brazil lost the top place and the tournament. Ghiggia scored the winning goal for Uruguay.
Barbosa was blamed for the defeat and especially for Ghiggia's goal. He was to suffer for a long time in the aftermath of this match which became as Maracanaço part of Brazilian folklore. Life became a torture for him. In 2000, shortly before his death, he said in an interview: "The maximum punishment in Brazil is 30 years imprisonment, but I have been paying, for something I am not even responsible for, by now for 50 years." [1]
Brazilians despised him for the rest of his days. Notably, the President of the Brazilian Football Association, who in 1993 would not allow him to commentate a broadcast of an international Brazil match.[2] He was also turned away from the Brazilian National Team's training session on one occasion for fear of his being a jinx.
In 1963 Barbosa was given the old square goal posts from the Maracanã as a present.
With Brazil:
Club Level:
With Brasil:
¹) irregular friendly tournament between Brazil and
Argentina
²) irregular friendly tournament between Brazil and Uruguay
Club Level:
¹) with CR Vasco da Gama, CR Flamengo (both R.d
Janeiro), CA Boca Juniors and. Racing Club (both Argentina)
²) with CR Vasco da Gama, Millonarios (Bogotá)
and CSD Colo-Colo (Santiago)
Barbosa plays a large role in Ian McDonald's science fiction novel Brasyl. Barbosa is the main subject of the novel "The Last Save of Moacyr Barbosa" by Darwin Pastorin.
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| Moacir Barbosa Nascimento | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Moacir Barbosa Nascimento |
| Date of birth | 27 March 1921 |
| Place of birth | Campinas, Brazil |
| Date of death | 7 April 2000 (aged 79) |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper (retired) |
| Senior clubs | |
| Years | Club |
| 1941-1944 1945-1955 1955-1956 1957 1958-1960 1962 | Ypiranga Vasco da Gama Santa Cruz Bonsucesso Santa Cruz Campo Grande |
| National team | |
| 1945-1953 | Brazil |
Moacir Barbosa Nascimento (27 March 1921 – 7 April 2000) was a former Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team.
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