Félix Miélli Venerando

Félix Miélli Venerando (24 December 1937 – 24 August 2012) was a football player from Brazil, more commonly known as Félix.[2][3]

Félix
Félix in 2008
Personal information
Full name Félix Miéli Venerando
Date of birth (1937-12-24)24 December 1937
Place of birth São Paulo (SP), Brazil
Date of death 24 August 2012(2012-08-24) (aged 74)
Place of death São Paulo (SP), Brazil
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1953–1955 Juventus
1955–1968 Portuguesa
1957–1960 → Nacional (SP) (loan)
1968–1976 Fluminense
National team
1965–1972 Brazil 39 (0)
Teams managed
1982 Botafogo
1982 Avaí
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Félix was born in São Paulo. He was goalkeeper for Associação Portuguesa de Desportos and Fluminense Football Club. He has 47 caps (8 non-official) with the Brazilian national team, including the 1970 FIFA World Cup-winning squad.[4][5]

Honours

Club

Portuguesa

  • RIO Branco Cup: 1967, 1968

Fluminense

International

Brazil

References
  1. "World Cup Champions Squads 1930 - 2018". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. ESPN http://espn.estadao.com.br. "Morre ex-goleiro Félix, campeão do mundo com a seleção brasileira em 1970". Espn.estadao.com.br. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  3. "Brazil's 1970 goalkeeper Felix dies". BBC News. 25 August 2012. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  4. "Capitão do tri, Torres relembra Félix "extraordinário" e criticado" (in Portuguese). Terra Brasil. 24 August 2012.
  5. "Félix". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.