Jairo do Nascimento (23 October 1946 – 6 February 2019) was a Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Career
Born in Joinville,[1] Jairo was nicknamed "Pantera Negra" ("the Black Panther").[2]
Jairo played for Caxias, Fluminense, Coritiba, Corinthians, Náutico Capibaribe, América Mineiro and Atlético Três Corações.[1] For Coritiba he made 410 appearances in all competitions, winning the Campeonato Paranaense six times, as well as the Torneio do Povo in 1973 and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1985.[2] At Corinthians he played in 190 appearances in all competitors and he did not concede a goal for a record 1,132 minutes of play.[2] He also won the Campeonato Paulista in 1977 with the club.[2]
He made one international appearance for Brazil, in 1976.[1]
Later life and death
He died in Curitiba on 6 February 2019, aged 72, from kidney cancer.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Jairo do Nascimento". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Morre ex-goleiro Jairo, o Pantera Negra, ídolo do Corinthians e Coritiba" (in Portuguese). Globo. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
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