Cabeção
Personal information
Full name Luís Morais
Date of birth (1930-08-23)23 August 1930
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death 6 January 2020(2020-01-06) (aged 89)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1954 Corinthians
1954–1955 Bangu
1955–1957 Portuguesa
1957–1960 Corinthians
International career
1954 Brazil
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luís Morais (23 August 1930 – 6 January 2020), also known as Cabeção, was a Brazilian football player. He played for the Brazil national football team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup finals.[1]

Cabeção played club football for Corinthians, Bangu, Portuguesa, Comercial-SP, Juventus-SP and Portuguesa Santista, winning the Campeonato Paulista in 1951, 1952 and 1954 with Corinthians.[2] Cabeção died on 6 January 2020 at the age of 89.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Cabeção – FIFA competition record (archived)
  2. ↑ "Especial - 2006 - Copa" (in Portuguese). Folha Online. 2005-12-09.
  3. ↑ "Morre Cabeção, o quarto goleiro com mais jogos na história do Corinthians" (in Portuguese). Grupo Globo. 6 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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