Maneca
![]() Maneca in 1950 | |||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
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Full name | Manuel Marinho Alves | ||||||||||||
Date of birth | January 28, 1926 | ||||||||||||
Place of birth | Brazil | ||||||||||||
Date of death | July 14, 1961 | (aged 35)||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||
Galícia | |||||||||||||
Vitória | |||||||||||||
Vasco da Gama | |||||||||||||
Bangu | |||||||||||||
National team | |||||||||||||
1949–1950 | Brazil | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Manuel Marinho Alves, better known as Maneca (January 28, 1926 – July 14, 1961)[1] was an association footballer who played as a striker. He was born in Salvador Bahia, Brazil.
Alves died at the age of 35 from cyanide poisoning.
References
- ↑ O GLOBO, July 14, 1961, pg. 16