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The funeral of the former goalkeeper will be at the Potafogo headquarters

Former goalkeeper Hilton Correa de Aroda, known as the manga, died on Tuesday (8), at the age of 87, in Rio de Janeiro.

idol Potafogo He fought prostate cancer and was transferred to the hospital at Rio Para Hospital.

Al -Majeed announced that the farewell of the idol will be held on Wednesday (9), between 8 hours and 10 hours in the noble General Seviano Hall, and it will be open to the public.

“The funeral of the manga will be held in General Civiano Nobel Hall, from 8 am to 10:15 am on Wednesday, open to the masses.”

burial Manga It will also be held this Wednesday (9), at 11 am, in the Sao Joao Batista Cemetery, in the Botafogo neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.

The Brazilian football legend has inspired the creation of a “goalkeeper day” in Brazil.

In the country, history is celebrated on April 26 in honor of the birthday of the former player, one of the main names for this position in the history of national sport.

According to the information received from the Football Museum, the celebration was created in 1975, in the initiative of two former professors of Rio de Janeiro, and Raul and Reginaldo Bontees Bellinski officers.

Carlesso was one of the pioneers of a job specialist in Brazil, and was the first goalkeeper to be part of the Brazilian national team training in the World Cup (1974).

After the success of the initiative, he established, in 1975, the goalkeeper’s day, on April 14 of that year. However, in 1976, Carleso wanted to respect Manga, who was at the time a Brazilian hero of the international, and was not date on the 26th of the same month, the day of the anniversary of the Tafavogo.

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Manga defended Potafogo from 1959 to 1968, and was four times the hero of Rio (1961, 1962, 1967 and 1968). It was also the beginning of the Brazilian team in the 1966 World Cup.

The former goalkeeper began his career in sports There were great tickets for Nacional, from Uruguay, Barcelona de Gawayajal, Internetal and GRêmio.



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