Bigode

Bigode
Personal information
Full name	João Ferreira
Date of birth	4 April 1922
Place of birth	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Date of death	31 July 2003 (aged 81)
Place of death	Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Position(s)	Left back
Senior career*
Years	Team
1940–1943	Atlético Mineiro
1943–1949	Fluminense
1949–1952	Flamengo
1952–1956	Fluminense
International career
1949–1950	Brazil
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing Brazil
FIFA World Cup
South American Championship
Panamerican Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

João Ferreira, usually known as Bigode ("moustache" in Portuguese) (4 April 1922 – 31 July 2003),[1] was a Brazilian footballer who played left back and also played in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Club career

Bigode started his career playing for Atlético Mineiro, of his home city Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state.[2] He won the Campeonato Mineiro twice, in 1941 and in 1942.[2] He then moved to Fluminense of Rio de Janeiro in 1943, where he won the Campeonato Carioca in 1946.[2] After leaving Fluminense in 1949, Bigode joined his former club's rivals Flamengo in 1950, where he stayed until 1952, when he returned to Fluminense, and retired in 1956.[2]

Bigode played eleven matches for the Brazil national team between 1949 and 1953.[2] In 1949, he won the South American Championship.[2] He was also part of the Brazilian team that finished as the 1950 FIFA World Cup's runners-up, after being defeated 2–1 by Uruguay at Estádio do Maracanã, in what is known as the Maracanazo.[2] In this game Bigode was in poor form, as Alcides Ghiggia dribbled him in both Uruguayan goals. However, it was goalkeeper Moacyr Barbosa who was blamed for the defeat.

Bigode died in Belo Horizonte on 31 July 2003 after suffering from respiratory problems.[1]

Bigode won the following honors during his playing career:

"Retrospectiva 2003" (in Portuguese). IstoÉ. December 24, 2003. Archived from the original on November 30, 2004. Retrieved July 9, 2008.
Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. p. 36. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.

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