Valtencir

Valtencir
Personal information
Full name Valtencir Pereira Senra
Date of birth (1946-11-11)11 November 1946
Place of birth Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Date of death 17 September 1978(1978-09-17) (aged 31)
Place of death Maringá, Brazil
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1976 Botafogo 453 (6)
1976–1978 Colorado-PR
International career
1968 Brazil 1 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 February 2024

Valtencir Pereira Senra (11 November 1946 – 17 September 1978), simply known as Valtencir (sometimes spelled as Waltencir), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Capable of playing both as a defender and as a left-back, Valtencir played most of his career at Botafogo, where he made 453 appearances[1] and reached the Brazil national team, playing in a friendly against Argentina on 7 August 1968 and scoring a goal.[2] He was champion of the Taça Brasil and two-time state champion. Some sources claim that he spent time in Venezuelan football in 1976, and in the same year he played for Colorado-PR, the team he played for until 1978.[3][4]

Death

Valtencir died on 17 September 1978, aged 31, at the Estádio Willie Davids, during the Colorado EC vs. Grêmio Maringá match, after suffering a complete cervical rupture following a knee from player Nivaldo. The knee was accidental and Nivaldo despaired over the move, having to be admitted to a sanatorium.[5]

Honours

Botafogo

See also

References

  1. ^ "Valtencir… um recordista com uma estrela no peito". Tardes de Pacaembu (in Portuguese). 4 April 2014. Archived from the original on 29 July 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1967-1968". RSSSF Brazil. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  3. ^ Milton Neves (11 November 2023). "Lembra dele? Valtencir, que morreu tragicamente em 78, faria hoje 77 anos". UOL Esporte (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Que fim levou? Valtencir". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Morto em campo, injustiçado fora, sucedido por Jefferson... Waltencir e a tragédia que completa 40 anos". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 17 September 2018. Archived from the original on 7 September 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
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