Moacir Barbosa Nascimento, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Brazilian footballer
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Place of Birth: Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
About Moacir Barbosa Nascimento
- Moacir Barbosa Nascimento (27 March 1921 – 7 April 2000) was a Brazilian professional football goalkeeper whose career spanned 22 years.
- He was regarded as one of the world's best goalkeepers in the 1940s and 1950s, and known for not wearing gloves, as would be typical.
- Nowadays he is mainly associated with Brazil's defeat against underdogs Uruguay in the decisive match of the 1950 FIFA World Cup, an upset dubbed the Maracanazo.
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