Name Dirceu Guimaraes Full name Dirceu Jose Guimaraes Role Football player | Place of birth Curitiba, Brazil Height 1.72 m | |
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Date of birth (1952-06-15)15 June 1952 Date of death 15 September 1995(1995-09-15) (aged 43) Died September 15, 1995, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Playing position | ||
Dirceu 20 goals in serie a verona napoli ascoli como avellino 1982 1987
Dirceu José Guimarães, known as Dirceu ([dʒiʁˈsew]; 15 June 1952 – 15 September 1995), was a football player from Brazil. He played as an attacking midfielder with many teams, in particular Botafogo and the Brazilian national team, as well as numerous Italian teams in the 1980s-early 1990s.
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- Dirceu 20 goals in serie a verona napoli ascoli como avellino 1982 1987
- 100 great brazilian goals 17 dirceu argentina 1978
- Biography
- National team
- Club
- National
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- References
100 great brazilian goals 17 dirceu argentina 1978
Biography
Dirceu was born at Curitiba, in southern Brazil. In his early career he played for Coritiba, Botagofo (1971–1975), Fluminense (1975–1977) and Vasco da Gama in his country, before spending one year in Mexico at América. In 1979, he signed for Atlético Madrid, where he remained until 1982, playing 84 games and scoring 18 goals. In 1982, he signed for Italian team Hellas Verona, the first of five Italian Serie A teams which he changed yearly (the last being Avellino in 1986–1987), before returning to Vasco da Gama. In 1988 Dirceu played in the USA for Fort Lauderdale Strikers, and in 1989–1991 he played again in southern Italy, this time for Ebolitana (1989–1992) and Benevento (1991–1992). His last teams was Atlético Yucatán in Mexico, where he ended his career in 1995.
He died at age 43 in a road accident. The Ebolitana named its arena at Eboli the Stadio José Guimarães Dirceu in his honor.
National team
Dirceu won 44 caps (14 non-official), between June 1973 and May 1986, with the Brazilian national team, scoring seven goals.
He played the Football World Cup 1974, Football World Cup 1978 and Football World Cup 1982. He was due to go to the 1986 tournament, but was ruled out by injury. He played 11 games and scored three goals in his World Cup appearances.