Jair (footballer, born 1921)

Jair
Jair in 1949
Personal information
Full name Jair da Rosa Pinto
Date of birth (1921-03-21)21 March 1921
Place of birth Quatis (RJ), Brazil
Date of death 28 July 2005(2005-07-28) (aged 84)
Place of death Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil
Positions
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938 Barra Mansa
1938–1943 Madureira
1943–1947 Vasco da Gama
1947–1949 Flamengo
1949–1955 Palmeiras
1956–1960 Santos
1961 São Paulo
1962–1963 Ponte Preta
International career
1940–1956 Brazil 39 (22)
Managerial career
1963 São Paulo (subistitute)
1971–1972 Vitória
1972 Santos
1975–1976 Fluminense
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up1950 Brazil
South American Championship
Winner1949 Brazil
Runner-up1945 Chile
Runner-up1946 Argentina
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jair da Rosa Pinto (21 March 1921 – 28 July 2005), or simply Jair, was an association footballer who played offensive midfielder – one of the leading Brazilian men's footballers of the 1940s and 1950s, who is best remembered for his performance in Brazil's 1950 FIFA World Cup campaign. Usually playing as an inside-forward, Jair da Rosa was noted for his free-role style of play and was most known for his pace and technical ability.[1]

History

Pre-1950

Born 21 March 1921, in Quatis, Rio de Janeiro, Jair started his career as a left winger at Madureira (in Rio) in 1938. He made his debut for the Brazil squad just two years later, on 5 March 1940, in a 6–1 defeat by Argentina, though Jair did score the goal – the first of 22 he was to score for Brazil.

The Brazilian team regularly featured Jair throughout the 1940s, as his club career led him first to Vasco da Gama, then to Flamengo – remaining in Rio. His greatest moment during this time, however, was in 1944, when he scored a hat-trick against Uruguay, in a friendly at São Paulo. Uruguay would come back to haunt him later, but Jair must have enjoyed playing them during the 1940s, as he scored two doubles against La Celeste Olímpica during 1946 and another in 1949 – the year Brazil won the Copa America with Jair scoring (again) two goals in the second leg of the final, a 7–0 victory against Paraguay.

1950

It was the following year, 1950, that Jair’s talents became appreciated on the world stage, when FIFA held their World Cup tournament in Brazil. Along with Zizinho and Ademir, Jair helped to guide Brazil's team through the tournament with great success. They played with pace and flamboyant skills, winning popularity the world over with their attacking play – scoring 22 goals in 6 World Cup games – before falling to Uruguay in a match that was, effectively, the World Cup Final – a game in which Jair hit the post during Brazil’s early domination, but was unable to stop Uruguay recovering from an early Friaca goal to triumph 2–1 and send the 200,000 fans in the Maracanã Stadium, which had been built especially for the World Cup, home disappointed.

Post-1950

Jair was quoted later as saying "I'll take that loss to my grave",[2] and he was certainly given time to reflect on The Defeat, cast out of the national side until January 1956 – returning for a 2-game cameo before being replaced by other, bigger names – and moving around the clubs of São Paulo – with longer, more successful spells at Palmeiras and Santos FC than the São Paulo FC and Ponte Preta clubs he represented later in his career before he retired, in 1963, at the age of 42.

When his playing career was over, Jair coached a number of teams, including Santos, Palmeiras and his first club, Madureira and is given credit for, during his playing time at Santos, helping to bring the greatest player of them all, Pelé, through into the Santos team.

Jair died of a lung infection on 21 July 2005, at the age of 84, in Rio de Janeiro. He made 39 appearances for the Brazil national football team, scoring 22 goals.

The former President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, was born on his 34th birthday and is named after him.[3][4]

Honours

Vasco
Palmeiras
Santos
Brazil

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Obituary: Jair da Rosa Pinto". The Guardian. 16 August 2005. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022.
  2. ↑ Brian Glanville, Guardian UK, 16th August 2005.
  3. ↑ "Inspiração para o nome de Bolsonaro, Jair brilhou por Palmeiras e seleção". Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  4. ↑ Craque do Palmeiras da década de 1950 inspirou nome de Jair Bolsonaro
  5. ↑ "Mundo Esportivo Edição 00264". Mundo Esportivo: Um Semanario Completo dos Esportes (SP) - 1946 a 1956. Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Mundo Esportivo Edição 00319". Mundo Esportivo: Um Semanario Completo dos Esportes (SP) - 1946 a 1956. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  7. ↑ "Mundo Esportivo Edição 00530". Mundo Esportivo: Um Semanario Completo dos Esportes (SP) - 1946 a 1956. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  8. ↑ "Mundo Esportivo Edição A00722". Mundo Esportivo: Um Semanario Completo dos Esportes (SP) - 1946 a 1956. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "Mundo Esportivo Edição 00457". Mundo Esportivo: Um Semanario Completo dos Esportes (SP) - 1946 a 1956. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "Mundo Esportivo Edição 00573". Mundo Esportivo: Um Semanario Completo dos Esportes (SP) - 1946 a 1956. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "La verdadera tabla de goleadores de tiro libre en la historia del fútbol". El Gráfico (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 March 2026.
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