Aldair

Football player infobox


playername = Aldair
fullname = Aldair Nascimento dos Santos
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1965|11|30
cityofbirth = Ilhéus
countryofbirth = Brazil
height = height|meters=1.87
position = Central defender
currentclub = S.S. Murata
clubnumber = 6
years = 1985-1989
1989-1990
1990-2003
2003-2004
2007-
clubs = Flamengo
SL Benfica
A.S. Roma
Genoa C.F.C.
S.S. Murata
caps(goals) = 185 (11)
033 0(6)
415 (20)
017 0(1)

nationalyears = 1989-2000
nationalteam = Brazil
nationalcaps(goals) = 093 0(4)
pcupdate = 18:49, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
ntupdate = 18:49, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Aldair, full name Aldair Nascimento dos Santos (born November 30, 1965 in Ilhéus) is a Brazilian football defender. He was part of the Brazilian national team that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

He spent the most part of his career in Italian club AS Roma, that retired his #6 jersey number when he left the team in 2003.

Biography

Aldair started playing at Flamengo where he won the most important title in Brazil, the "Campeonato Brasileiro". He moved to Europe in 1989, playing with Benfica and then AS Roma, staying there until 2003 and playing over 400 Serie A matches with the club, which retired his shirt number, 6. He then briefly joined Genoa CFC. On July 2005, Aldair announced plans of playing for Rio Branco Atlético Clube, and play two games, in the estadual champioship. Rio Branco was champion in this championship.

In 1994, he reached the pinnacle of his career when he played for the Brazilian squad that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup. He also played in the 1998 finals. In total, he appeared 93 times for Brazil, scoring four goals. [cite web|url=http://www.sambafoot.co.uk/players/164_Aldair.html|title="Aldair's profile on www.sambafoot.com|accessdate=2007-09-28|date=last updated 2007-07-04|year= 2007|month=09 |publisher= "www.sambafoot.com"]

Former teammate and good friend Massimo Agostini convinced him to play in San Marino for S.S. Murata in order to boost their Champions League campaign. After S.S. Murata's dreadful 7-1 aggregate defeat to Cypriots APOEL F.C. in the first round of qualifying for the 2006/07 UEFA Cup, Massimo Agostini decided to call upon Aldair to join him on the Italian Peninsula. Aldair took part in the Champions League qualifying stage in July 2007. As of 22nd July 2008, Aldair is still at S.S. Murata. [cite web|url=http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/clubfootball/news/newsid=549505.html|title="Aldair returns for euro adventure"|accessdate=2007-09-28|date= 2007-06-10|year= 2007|month=09 |publisher= "www.fifa.com"]

Honours

Club

* Rio State Championship 1986
* Brazilian Championship 1987
* Italian Cup 1991
* Italian League 2001
* Italian Super Cup 2001
* Espirito Santo State Championship - second level 2005
* Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio 2007-08

International

* 1989 Copa America - Winner
* 1990 FIFA World Cup - Round of 16
* 1994 FIFA World Cup - Winner
* 1996 Summer Olympics - Bronze medal
* 1997 Copa America - Winner
* 1997 Confederations Cup - Winner
* 1998 FIFA World Cup - Runner-up

Notes

External links

*FIFA player|63545|Aldair

Persondata
NAME= Nascimento, Aldair Santos do
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Aldair
SHORT DESCRIPTION= footballer
DATE OF BIRTH= 1965-11-30
PLACE OF BIRTH= Ilhéus , Brazil
DATE OF DEATH=
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