Alberto Augusto Antunes Festa (born 21 July 1939) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right back.
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Full name | Alberto Augusto Antunes Festa | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1939-07-21) 21 July 1939 (age 82) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Santo Tirso, Portugal | |||||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right back | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1955–1960 | Tirsense | |||||||||||||||
1960–1968 | Porto | 114 | (0) | |||||||||||||
1968–1972 | Tirsense | 29 | (1) | |||||||||||||
Total | 143 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||
1963–1966 | Portugal | 19 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Born in Santo Tirso, Porto District, Festa started and finished his 17-year senior career with local club F.C. Tirsense. In between, he represented FC Porto, where he appeared in 114 Primeira Liga matches.
Festa retired at the age of 33, after several injury problems.[1]
Festa earned 19 caps for Portugal, over three years. His debut came on 23 January 1963 against Bulgaria, for the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers (0–1 replay loss in Rome).
Festa was selected for the 1966 FIFA World Cup squad, playing three matches in England for the third-placed team.[2]
Portugal squad – 1966 FIFA World Cup third place | ||
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