Alberto Festa

Alberto Augusto Antunes Festa (born 21 July 1939) is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right back.

Alberto Festa
Personal information
Full name Alberto Augusto Antunes Festa
Date of birth (1939-07-21) 21 July 1939
Place of birth Santo Tirso, Portugal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 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)
National team
1963–1966 Portugal 19 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Born 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

Festa earned 19 caps for Portugal, over three years. His debut came on 23 January 1963 against Bulgaria, for the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers (0–1 replay loss in Rome).

Festa was selected for the 1966 FIFA World Cup squad, playing three matches in England for the third-placed team.[2]

References
  1. "Os mestres dos relvados" [Masters of the pitches]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 11 May 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  2. 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). Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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