Friaça

Friaça
Personal information
Full name	Albino Friaça Cardoso
Date of birth	October 20, 1924
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Place of death	Brazil
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Position(s)	Right Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
1944–1949	Vasco
1949–1951	São Paulo
1951–1954	Vasco
1954–1955	Ponte Preta
International career
1947–1952	Brazil
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Albino Friaça Cardoso (October 20, 1924 – January 12, 2009), best known as Friaça ([ˈfɾjazɐ]), was a Brazilian football striker.

He was born in Porciúncula. In his career (1944 – 1955) he played for Vasco da Gama, São Paulo and Ponte Preta.^[2] He won two Rio de Janeiro State Tournament (1947, 1952), one São Paulo State Tournament (1949, which has also top goalscorer), and the South American Championship of Champions (1948). With Brazilian team he won one Copa América in 1949, and participated at 1950 FIFA World Cup, playing 4 matches and scoring the opening goal in the title-deciding match against Uruguay, which Brazil lost 1–2.

He died in Itaperuna in January 2009, aged 84, of pneumonia related organ failure.^[3]

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