Jairo do Nascimento

Jairo do Nascimento (23 October 1946 – 6 February 2019) was a Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Jairo

Personal information
Full name	Jairo do Nascimento
Date of birth	23 October 1946
Place of birth	Joinville, Brazil
Date of death	6 February 2019 (aged 72)
Place of death	Curitiba, Brazil
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1966–1968	Caxias
1969–1971	Fluminense
1972–1976	Coritiba	128	(0)
1977–1980	Corinthians	45	(0)
1981–1982	Náutico Capibaribe	23	(0)
1983–1987	Coritiba	24	(0)
1987–1988	América Mineiro
1988–1989	Atlético Três Corações
Total		220	(0)
National team
1976	Brazil	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Joinville,[1] Jairo was nicknamed "Pantera Negra" ("the Black Panther").[2]

Jairo played for Caxias, Fluminense, Coritiba, Corinthians, Náutico Capibaribe, América Mineiro and Atlético Três Corações.[1] For Coritiba he made 410 appearances in all competitions, winning the Campeonato Paranaense six times, as well as the Torneio do Povo in 1973 and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1985.[2] At Corinthians he played in 190 appearances in all competitors and he did not concede a goal for a record 1,132 minutes of play.[2] He also won the Campeonato Paulista in 1977 with the club.[2]

He made one international appearance for Brazil, in 1976.[1]

Later life and death

He died in Curitiba on 6 February 2019, aged 72, from kidney cancer.[2]

References

1. "Jairo do Nascimento". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
2. "Morre ex-goleiro Jairo, o Pantera Negra, ídolo do Corinthians e Coritiba" (in Portuguese). Globo. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.