Jair Gonçalves Prates
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Jair Gonçalves Prates, was a Brazil
ian football (soccer)
player who played as an attacking midfielder.
Jair made 137 Campeonato Brasileiro
appearances for Internacional
.
in Rio de Janeiro
. Depending on the profession of his father, also lived in Bogota
and Barranquilla
, returning to Porto Alegre in the late 1960.
He began his career in the basic categories of international, having played soccer in Sogipa.
Tri-champion for Inter
In 1974, the formation of the great Inter team headed by Rubens Minelli
, Jair was already booking team principal, who had players like Falcão
, Figueroa
and Carpeggiani.
In the victorious campaign of the Brasileiro 1975, it became a sort of "joker" and is often called to work during the games, at different positions in midfield and attack .
In 1976, the gaucho was octacampeão Inter. In Grenal key in the Olympic Stadium
, Inter won 2-0 and the second goal was scored by Dario, completing a release of Jair. As Darius was known as "King Dada," the celebration of the goal led to Jair the nickname "Prince Jajá.
In bi-Brazilian championship 1976, Jair effectively participate in the campaign, playing in 22 of 23 games and scoring 8 goals.
But it was winning the tri-Brazilian championship undefeated in 1979, which Jair reached a peak of his career, playing as a right winger alongside Falcao, Batista
and Mário Sérgio. It was the team's top scorer with nine goals, with the last of them in the end, the first goal in the 2-1 victory over the Vasco
in Estádio Beira-Rio
.
He played just one game for the Brazil squad
in Copa America 1979
.
Intercontinental Champion at Peñarol
In 1980, after the loss of final Libertadores to National
to Montevideo
, Jair was a few months on loan at Cruzeiro
and was finally negotiated with Peñarol in exchange for the Uruguayan player Ruben Paz.
In Penharol, Jair won the championship titles Uruguay
the champion of the Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup
1982. In the decision of this tournament, against the Aston Villa of England
, Jair scored the first goal of victory by 2-0 and was considered the best player on the field, winning a car as a prize Toyota hosted by the sponsor.
However, as a result of a quarrel with his colleagues, who hoped to split the prize among all, Jair was out in 1983 (when the Peñarol lost the final of the Libertadores for the Guild
) and was removed from the club in 1984.
End of career
After 30 years, Jair returned to Brazil to play for the Juventus of St. Paul, was in Ecuadorian football, passed by other teams in Brazil and ended his career at 39 years of age at the Huracán Montevideo.
Recently, along with other former football players gaucho, like Escurinho
Tovar Alcindo
Ancheta
and Tarciso, created a cooperative to teach football, with the support of the Municipality of Porto Alegre. Coordinator of the core of Restinga, Jair is responsible for about 350 boys between 7 and 18 years.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian football (soccer)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player who played as an attacking midfielder.
Jair made 137 Campeonato Brasileiro
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...
appearances for Internacional
Sport Club Internacional
Sport Club Internacional is a Brazilian football team and multi-sport club from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on April 4, 1909, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Cruzeiro. They play in red shirts, white shorts and...
.
Biography
Son of footballer also Laerte Prates (known as Laertes III), Jair was born in Porto Alegre, but raised in Governador IslandGovernador Island
Governador Island is the largest island in Guanabara Bay, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has a population of about 500,000 inhabitants, in a small area of ....
in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
. Depending on the profession of his father, also lived in Bogota
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
and Barranquilla
Barranquilla
Barranquilla is an industrial port city and municipality located in northern Colombia, near the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Atlántico Department, it is the largest industrial city and port in the Colombian Caribbean region with a population of 1,148,506 as of 2005, which makes it Colombia's...
, returning to Porto Alegre in the late 1960.
He began his career in the basic categories of international, having played soccer in Sogipa.
Tri-champion for Inter
In 1974, the formation of the great Inter team headed by Rubens Minelli
Rubens Minelli
Rubens Francisco Minelli is a Brazilian former football player and manager.As a player he played for Ypiranga, Nacional , Palmeiras, Taubaté and São Bento, where he ended his career after broken a leg when he was 27....
, Jair was already booking team principal, who had players like Falcão
Paulo Roberto Falcão
Paulo Roberto Falcão is a Brazilian head coach and former footballer, currently managing Sport Club Internacional. He is widely considered one of the best players in Internacional and Roma history, and one of the most talented midfielders of all time, especially at his peak in the mid 1980s...
, Figueroa
Elías Figueroa
Elías Ricardo Figueroa Brander is a former football player from Chile. He is considered the best Chilean footballer of all time, as well as one of the greatest defenders ever to play the game....
and Carpeggiani.
In the victorious campaign of the Brasileiro 1975, it became a sort of "joker" and is often called to work during the games, at different positions in midfield and attack .
In 1976, the gaucho was octacampeão Inter. In Grenal key in the Olympic Stadium
Estádio Olímpico Monumental
Estádio Olímpico Monumental, also known as Estádio Olímpico, is a football stadium inaugurated on September 19, 1954 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with a maximum capacity of 45,000 people. The stadium is owned by Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense.-History:The stadium was inaugurated on...
, Inter won 2-0 and the second goal was scored by Dario, completing a release of Jair. As Darius was known as "King Dada," the celebration of the goal led to Jair the nickname "Prince Jajá.
In bi-Brazilian championship 1976, Jair effectively participate in the campaign, playing in 22 of 23 games and scoring 8 goals.
But it was winning the tri-Brazilian championship undefeated in 1979, which Jair reached a peak of his career, playing as a right winger alongside Falcao, Batista
João Batista da Silva
João Batista da Silva, best known as Batista is a former Brazilian footballer in defensive midfielder role.-International career:...
and Mário Sérgio. It was the team's top scorer with nine goals, with the last of them in the end, the first goal in the 2-1 victory over the Vasco
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama
Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama |Rowing Club]]), usually known as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a famous and traditional Brazilian multisports club from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, founded on August 21, 1898...
in Estádio Beira-Rio
Estádio Beira-Rio
Estádio José Pinheiro Borda, better known as Estádio Beira-Rio due to its location beside the Guaíba River, is a football stadium in Porto Alegre, Brazil. It serves as the home stadium for Sport Club Internacional...
.
He played just one game for the Brazil squad
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the...
in Copa America 1979
Copa América 1979
The 1979 edition of the Copa América soccer tournament was played between July 10 and December 12. This time, the continental champion would not go to the FIFA World Cup. It was not held in a particular country, all matches were played on a home and away basis...
.
Intercontinental Champion at Peñarol
In 1980, after the loss of final Libertadores to National
Club Nacional de Football
Club Nacional de Football is a Uruguayan sports club based in Montevideo. It is best known for its professional football team, which plays in the Uruguayan Primera División....
to Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
, Jair was a few months on loan at Cruzeiro
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube
Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football team, from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Internacional. Founded on January 2, 1921, they are only one of three clubs to have participated in...
and was finally negotiated with Peñarol in exchange for the Uruguayan player Ruben Paz.
In Penharol, Jair won the championship titles Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
the champion of the Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup
Intercontinental Cup (football)
The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...
1982. In the decision of this tournament, against the Aston Villa of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Jair scored the first goal of victory by 2-0 and was considered the best player on the field, winning a car as a prize Toyota hosted by the sponsor.
However, as a result of a quarrel with his colleagues, who hoped to split the prize among all, Jair was out in 1983 (when the Peñarol lost the final of the Libertadores for the Guild
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, commonly known as just Grêmio , is a Brazilian professional association football team based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul founded by English and German immigrants on September 15, 1903. Major titles captured by Grêmio include one Intercontinental Cup, two Copa...
) and was removed from the club in 1984.
End of career
After 30 years, Jair returned to Brazil to play for the Juventus of St. Paul, was in Ecuadorian football, passed by other teams in Brazil and ended his career at 39 years of age at the Huracán Montevideo.
Recently, along with other former football players gaucho, like Escurinho
Luís Carlos Machado
Luís Carlos Machado , best known as Escurinho, was a Brazilian football player who played as striker....
Tovar Alcindo
Alcindo Martha de Freitas
Alcindo Martha de Freitas , known simply as Alcindo, is a former Brazilian football striker.During his club career he played for Rio Grande , Grêmio , Santos , Club Jalisco and Club América of Mexico, and Francana . He was part of the Brazilian team for the 1966 FIFA World Cup...
Ancheta
Atílio Ancheta
Atilio Genaro Ancheta Weigel is a former footballer from Uruguay, who played for the national team at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. He was a defender and spent most of his career with Grêmio Football Porto-Alegrense, appearing in 164 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A matches...
and Tarciso, created a cooperative to teach football, with the support of the Municipality of Porto Alegre. Coordinator of the core of Restinga, Jair is responsible for about 350 boys between 7 and 18 years.
Clubs
- InternacionalSport Club InternacionalSport Club Internacional is a Brazilian football team and multi-sport club from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, founded on April 4, 1909, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Cruzeiro. They play in red shirts, white shorts and...
: 1974 - 1981 - CruzeiroCruzeiro Esporte ClubeCruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football team, from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and are one of the only five clubs to have never been relegated, along with Santos, São Paulo, Flamengo and Internacional. Founded on January 2, 1921, they are only one of three clubs to have participated in...
: 1981 - PeñarolC.A. PeñarolClub Atlético Peñarol also known as Carboneros, Aurinegros and familiarly as Manya, is an Uruguayan sports club based in the Peñarol barrio, Montevideo, best known for its professional football team. The team plays their home matches in Estadio Centenario, the largest stadium in the country, but...
: 1981 - 1984
Honours
- Campeonato GaúchoCampeonato GaúchoThe Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF is the top tier of the footballleague of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.-Clubs:Clubs qualified to Campeonato Gaúcho Primeira Divisão 2011.*Canoas*Caxias...
: Four time (1974, 1975, 1976 and 1978). - Campeonato Brasileiro Série ACampeonato Brasileiro Série AThe Campeonato Brasileiro de Clubes da Série A , popularly known as the Brasileirão , is a professional football league at the top of the Brazilian football league system held annually since 1959. Contested by twenty clubs, it operates a system of promotion and relegation with the Série B...
: 1975, 1976, 1979 - Primera División UruguayaPrimera División UruguayaThe Liga Profesional de Primera División , also known as the Primera División Uruguaya or Primera División de Uruguay , is a professional football league in Uruguay at the top of the country's football league system. It is organized by the Uruguayan Football Association and is contested by 16 teams...
: 1982 - Copa Libertadores da América: 1982
- Intercontinental CupIntercontinental Cup (football)The European/South American Cup, commonly referred to as the World Club Championship, Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition endorsed by UEFA and CONMEBOL, contested between the winners of the European Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores...
: 1982