Alcir Portella

Alcir
Personal information
Full name Alcir Pinto Portella Prates
Date of birth (1944-05-09)9 May 1944
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date of death 29 August 2008(2008-08-29) (aged 64)
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1963 Bonsucesso
1963–1975 Vasco da Gama 511 (36)
1976 Nacional-AM
Managerial career
1982–1983 Bonsucesso
1984 Campo Grande-RJ
1985 Olaria
1986 Paysandu
1989–1993 Vasco da Gama (assistant)
1993 Vasco da Gama
1994 Vila Nova
1995 Madureira
1995–2004 Vasco da Gama (assistant)
2004 Olaria
2005 Vasco da Gama (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 March 2024

Alcir Pinto Portella Prates (9 May 1944 – 29 August 2008), better known as Alcir Portella, was a Brazilian professional footballer and manager, who played as a defensive midfielder.

Career

Midfielder, Alcir Portella started his career at Bonsucesso. In 1963 he arrived at Vasco where he won numerous titles, especially the Brazilian championship in 1974. He made 511 appearances for the club and scored 36 goals. He did not receive a single red card in 10 years, which earned him an edition of the Premio Belfort Duarte.[1]

Managerial career

Portella was coach of Bonsucesso, Olaria and Paysandu before returning to Vasco as an assistant coach, where he was part of the Brazilian champion committee in 1989. In 1993 he took over the club in winning the Copa Rio and the tournaments in Barcelona and Zaragoza in Spain. He was part of Vasco winning four national titles.[2]

Honours

Player

Vasco da Gama
Individual

Manager

Vasco da Gama

Death

Alcir Portella passed away at his home in the Leme neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, on 29 August 2008, victim of multiple organ failure. He was buried carrying flags of Vasco da Gama, Bonsucesso (his first club) and the Imperatriz Leopoldinense samba school.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Que fim levou? Alcir Portella (Ex-volante do Vasco)". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Título pós-Cocada: a história apagada da Copa Rio 1993, vencida pelo Vasco". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 5 April 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Há seis anos falecia o tetracampeão brasileiro Alcir Portella". CR Vasco da Gama (in Portuguese). 28 August 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2024.