Moacyr Claudino Pinto da Silva (born 18 May 1936 in São Paulo[2]), nicknamed Moacir[3] or Moacyr, is a Brazilian former footballer.[2]
![]() Moacir in 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Moacyr Claudino Pinto da Silva | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1936-05-18) 18 May 1936 (age 86) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | |||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder, Inside forward | |||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
1956–1961 | Flamengo[1] | 92 | (31) | |||||||||||||
1961–1962 | River Plate | 28 | (7) | |||||||||||||
1962–1963 | Peñarol | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||
1964–1965 | Everest | 34 | (14) | |||||||||||||
1965–1970 | Barcelona | |||||||||||||||
1970–1974 | C.A. Mannucci | |||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||
1957–1960 | Brazil | 6 | (2) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Son of railman, Moacir ran away from home and lived for more than ten years in an orphanage in Osasco.
Recommended by a friend, he went to CR Flamengo to be part of the youth teams, where he started to live in the club dorms.
He still resides in Guayaquil City, where he raised his family.
After his time as a junior player, he highlighted and was select to be part of the princpal team of CR Flamengo.
Later in his career, he also played for Flamengo, River Plate of Argentina, Peñarol of Uruguay, and Everest and Barcelona of Ecuador.[2]
He earned 6 caps and scored 2 goals for the Brazil national football team.[2] He was part of the 1958 FIFA World Cup winning squad, but he did not play any matches during the tournament,[3] mainly because he was reserve for one the most important brazilian players of all time Valdir Pereira.
Brazil squad – 1958 FIFA World Cup winners (1st title) | ||
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