Alberi

Alberi
Personal information
Full name Alberi José Ferreira de Matos
Date of birth (1945-01-28)28 January 1945
Place of birth Recife, Brazil
Date of death 28 October 2022(2022-10-28) (aged 77)
Place of death Natal, Brazil
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1968–1969 Santa Cruz
1969–1975 ABC 409 (210)
1974 → Rio Negro-AM (loan)
1975 Sergipe
1976–1978 América de Natal
1978 Baraúnas
1979–1980 Campinense
1979 → Alecrim (loan)
1980–1981 Alecrim
1981 Icasa
1981–1984 ABC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 December 2023

Alberi José Ferreira de Matos (28 January 1945 – 28 October 2022), simply known as Alberi, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Born in Recife, Alberi played little in Pernambuco, enjoying success in Rio Grande do Norte, at ABC, where he became the greatest player in the club's history by playing 409 matches and scoring 210 goals. He was state champion four times and also won the Silver Ball in 1972. He was also champion for rival América, and for Sergipe and Campinense. Returned to ABC at the end of his career and was champion once again, in 1983.[1][2]

The ABC Futebol Clube Training Center is named after Alberi.[3]

Honours

ABC
Sergipe
América
Campinense
Individual
  • 1972 Bola de Prata
  • 1971 Campeonato Potiguar top scorer: 16 goals
  • 1972 Campeonato Potiguar top scorer: 10 goals

Death

Alberi died 28 October 2022 in Natal, after spending 10 days hospitalized due to complications of diabetes.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Que fim levou? Alberi". Terceiro Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Especial: Por onde anda Alberi, o "Deus dos alvinegros"?". Agora RN (in Portuguese). 27 July 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Domingo de muito trabalho no CT Alberi Ferreira de Matos". ABC FC (in Portuguese). 30 July 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Maior ídolo da história do ABC, Alberi morre em Natal aos 77 anos". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 28 October 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  • Alberi at ogol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese)