Jairo do Nascimento

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
1966–1968	Caxias
1969–1971	Fluminense
1972–1976	Coritiba
1977–1980	Corinthians
1981–1982	Náutico Capibaribe
1983–1987	Coritiba
1987–1988	América Mineiro
1988–1989	Atlético Três Corações
Total
International career
1976	Brazil
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Jairo do Nascimento". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Morre ex-goleiro Jairo, o Pantera Negra, ídolo do Corinthians e Coritiba" (in Portuguese). Globo. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.

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