Jairo do Nascimento

Jairo do Nascimento died on February 6, 2019.

Jairo do Nascimento was 72 years old at the time of death.

The cause of death of Jairo do Nascimento was kidney cancer.

Jairo do Nascimento was born on October 23, 1946.

Jairo do Nascimento (23 October 1946 – 6 February 2019) was a Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Born in Joinville, Jairo was nicknamed "Pantera Negra" ("the Black Panther").

Jairo played for Caxias, Fluminense, Coritiba, Corinthians, Náutico Capibaribe, América Mineiro and Atlético Três Corações. For Coritiba he made 410 appearances in all competitions, winning the Campeonato Paranaense six times, as well as the Torneio do Povo in 1973 and the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1985. At Corinthians he played in 190 appearances in all competitors and he did not concede a goal for a record 1,132 minutes of play. He also won the Campeonato Paulista in 1977 with the club.

He made one international appearance for Brazil, in 1976.

He died in Curitiba on 6 February 2019, aged 72, from kidney cancer.