Alberto Augusto Antunes Festa (21 July 1939 – 2 January 2024) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a right-back.
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| Full name | Alberto Augusto Antunes Festa | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 July 1939 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santo Tirso, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 2 January 2024 (aged 84) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1955–1960 | Tirsense | ||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1968 | Porto | 114 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1968–1972 | Tirsense | 29 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 143 | (1) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1963–1966 | Portugal | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editBorn in Santo Tirso, Porto District, Festa started and finished his 17-year senior career with local club F.C. Tirsense. In between, he represented FC Porto, where he appeared in 114 Primeira Liga matches.
Festa retired at the age of 33, after several injury problems.[1]
International career
editFesta earned 19 caps for Portugal over three years.[2] His debut came on 23 January 1963 against Bulgaria, for the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers (1–0 replay loss in Rome).
Festa was selected for the 1966 FIFA World Cup squad, playing three matches in England for the third-placed team.[3]
Personal life and death
editFesta suffered from Alzheimer's disease in later life. He died on 2 January 2024, aged 84.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Os mestres dos relvados" [Masters of the pitches]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 11 May 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- ^ Paixão, Paulo; Castanheira, José Pedro (13 July 2016). "A lenda dos Magriços começou há 50 anos" [The legend of the Magriços started 50 years ago]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ "Morreu ex-futebolista internacional português Alberto Festa" [Death of former Portuguese international footballer Alberto Festa] (in Portuguese). SIC Notícias. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
External links
edit- Alberto Festa at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Alberto Festa at National-Football-Teams.com
- Alberto Festa – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Alberto Festa at EU-Football.info
