Juarez Teixeira

Juarez
Personal information
Full name Juarez Teixeira
Date of birth (1928-09-20)20 September 1928
Place of birth Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Date of death 6 April 2026(2026-04-06) (aged 97)
Place of death Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Position Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948 Blumenau
1949–1950 Olímpico-SC
1950–1953 Jabaquara
1953 Ferroviário-PR
1954 Caxias-SC
1955–1963 Grêmio 306 (204)
1961 → Newell's Old Boys (loan)
1963 Bagé
International career
1956–1960 Brazil 8 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juarez Teixeira (20 September 1928 – 6 April 2026) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

A center forward highlighted by his enormous physical strength, Juarez had a successful career, being state champion in Santa Catarina for Olímpico de Blumenau and Caxias de Joinville, in addition to a victory in Paraná for CA Ferroviário. In 1955 he arrived at Grêmio where he made history, with 306 appearances and 204 goals, being the team's top scorer in the late 1950s.[1][2][3]

Teixeira also made eight appearances for the Brazil national team in total, with emphasis on his participation in the 1956 and 1960 Panamerican Championship.[4][5]

Death

Teixeira died in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul on 6 April 2026, at the age of 97.[6]

Honours

Olímpico

Ferroviário

Caxias-SC

Grêmio

Brazil

References

  1. ↑ "Juarez Teixeira". Grêmiopédia (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "Ídolos gremistas Milton Kuelle e Juarez Teixeira recebem homenagem na Arena". Grêmio FBPA (in Portuguese). 27 August 2023. Archived from the original on 24 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Grêmio 110 anos: clube nasce de gol 'anônimo' e vira fábrica de artilheiros". GloboEsporte (in Portuguese). 11 September 2013. Archived from the original on 20 October 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1953-1956". RSSSF Brazil. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1959-1960". RSSSF Brazil. Archived from the original on 5 June 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  6. ↑ Morre Juarez Tanque, atacante do Grêmio pentacampeão gaúcho na década de 1950 (in Portuguese)
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