Alberi
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alberi José Ferreira de Matos | ||
| Date of birth | 28 January 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Recife, Brazil | ||
| Date of death | 28 October 2022 (aged 77) | ||
| Place of death | Natal, Brazil | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1969 | Santa Cruz | ||
| 1969–1975 | ABC | 409 | (210) |
| 1974 | → Rio Negro-AM (loan) | ||
| 1975 | Sergipe | ||
| 1976–1978 | América de Natal | ||
| 1978 | Baraúnas | ||
| 1979–1980 | Campinense | ||
| 1979 | → Alecrim (loan) | ||
| 1980–1981 | Alecrim | ||
| 1981 | Icasa | ||
| 1981–1984 | ABC | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 December 2023 | |||
Alberi José Ferreira de Matos (28 January 1945 – 28 October 2022), simply known as Alberi, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.
Career
[edit | edit source]Born in Recife, Alberi played little in Pernambuco, enjoying success in Rio Grande do Norte, at ABC, where he became the greatest player in the club's history by playing 409 matches and scoring 210 goals. He was state champion four times and also won the Silver Ball in 1972.[1] He was also champion for rival América, and for Sergipe and Campinense. Returned to ABC at the end of his career and was champion once again, in 1983.[2][3]
The ABC Futebol Clube Training Center is named after Alberi.[4]
Honours
[edit | edit source]- ABC
- Campeonato Potiguar: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1983
- Sergipe
- Campeonato Sergipano: 1975
- América
- Campeonato Potiguar: 1977
- Campinense
- Campeonato Paraibano: 1979
- Individual
- 1972 Bola de Prata
- 1971 Campeonato Potiguar top scorer: 16 goals
- 1972 Campeonato Potiguar top scorer: 10 goals
Death
[edit | edit source]Alberi died on 28 October 2022 in Natal, after spending 10 days hospitalized due to complications of diabetes.[5]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Alberi at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)
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- 1945 births
- 2022 deaths
- Deaths from diabetes in Brazil
- Men's association football forwards
- Brazilian men's footballers
- Santa Cruz Futebol Clube players
- ABC Futebol Clube players
- Atlético Rio Negro Clube players
- Club Sportivo Sergipe players
- América Futebol Clube (RN) players
- Associação Cultural Esporte Clube Baraúnas players
- Campinense Clube players
- Alecrim Futebol Clube players
- Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural Icasa players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players
- Footballers from Recife
- 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen