| Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Álvaro Lopes Cançado | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1912-02-08)8 February 1912 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brazil | |||||||||||||
| Date of death | 19 September 1984(1984-09-19) (aged 72) | |||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| Botafogo | ||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||
| Brazil | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | ||||||||||||||
Álvaro Lopes Cançado, nicknamed "Nariz" (meaning "Nose") (Uberaba, February 8, 1912 – September 19, 1984)[1], was a Brazilian footballer who played as adefender for theBrazil national football team in the1938 FIFA World Cup. He participated in only one match in that tournament, againstCzechoslovakia. At the time, his club wasBotafogo.[1]
In his final years in football, he played forFluminense and Botafogo while studying medicine inRio de Janeiro, retiring from the sport in 1941. After his departure from football, he focused on a career inorthopedics and contributed to the establishment of the first School of Medicine in his hometown, Uberaba, in 1954, where he later served as a faculty member.[2]
Nariz died by suicide on September 19, 1984, at the age of 72. He was survived by two sons, both of whom went on to careers in medicine.[3]
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