Dário Alegria

Jurandir Dário Gouveia Damasceno dos Santos, commonly known as Dário or Dário Alegria, (5 April 1944 – 9 October 2021[1]) was a footballer who played as a forward for several clubs in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and the Mexican Primera División. He also participated in the Brazil national team.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Damasceno and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.
Dário Alegria
Personal information
Full name Jurandir Dário Gouveia Damasceno dos Santos
Date of birth (1944-04-05)5 April 1944
Place of birth Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Date of death 9 October 2021(2021-10-09) (aged 77)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1965 América-MG
1965–1967 Palmeiras
1968 Monterrey
1968 Fluminense
1970 Flamengo
1971 América-MG
1972 Botafogo-SP
1972 Caldense
1973–1974 CEUB-DF
International career
1965 Brazil 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Dário Alegria's father, Luiz, died when Dário was only age 14. His family moved to Brasília, where Dário would be invited to play for CR Vasco da Gama's youth team. He began playing professional football with América Futebol Clube in 1964.[2]

In 1965, Dário Alegria joined Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras. He would win the 1967 Campeonato Brasileiro with Palmeiras, making him the first player from Paracatu to win a national championship. In 1968, he moved to Mexico to play for C.F. Monterrey for six months before returning to Brazil with Fluminense Football Club.[2]

Dário Alegria won state championships in 1966 (Campeonato Paulista with Palmeiras) and 1971 (Campeonato Mineiro with América) and had brief stints with Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Botafogo de Ribeirão Preto, Associação Atlética Caldense, Villa Nova Atlético Clube and Olaria Atlético Clube, before he finished his career with Centro de Ensino Unificado de Brasília Esporte Clube.[2][3]

Dário Alegria made his only appearance for the Brazil national team in a friendly against Uruguay on 7 September 1965.[4]

References
  1. Morre aos 77 anos o ex-jogador Dario Alegria em Paracatu (in Portuguese)
  2. "Dario Alegria recebe homenagem na Câmara de Paracatu" [Dario Alegria receives honor at House of Paracatu] (in Portuguese). Paracatu.net. 12 July 2011.
  3. Milton Neves. "Que Fim Levou? Dario Alegria: Ex-atacante do Palmeiras" [Where are they now? Dario Alegria: Former Palmeiras striker] (in Portuguese). Terceiro Tempo. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  4. Marcelo Leme de Arruda (20 July 2000). "Seleção Brasileira - International Results 1964-1965". RSSSF.
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