Aldair

Aldair
Aldair in 2005
Personal information
Full name Aldair Nascimento dos Santos[1]
Date of birth (1965-11-30) 30 November 1965 (age 58)[2]
Place of birth Ilhéus, Brazil
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1989 Flamengo 54 (3)
1989–1990 Benfica 22 (5)
1990–2003 Roma 330 (14)
2003–2004 Genoa 17 (1)
2005 Rio Branco 2 (0)
2007–2009 Murata 10 (0)
Total 435 (23)
International career
1996 Brazil Olympic (O.P.) 6 (0)
1989–2000[4] Brazil 81 (3)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1994 USA
Runner-up 1998 France
FIFA Confederations Cup
Winner 1997 Saudi Arabia
Copa América
Winner 1989 Brazil
Winner 1997 Bolivia
Runner-up 1995 Uruguay
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Aldair Nascimento dos Santos (Brazilian Portuguese: [awdaˈiʁ]; born 30 November 1965), known simply as Aldair, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a centre back, and who was part of the Brazil national team that won the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Considered as one of Brazil's greatest defenders ever,[5][6] he spent most of his professional career at Italian club AS Roma, where he later also served as captain, winning the Serie A title with the club in 2001. He is one of the members to have been inducted into the AS Roma Hall of Fame.[7]

  1. ^ "Aldair". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ Aldair at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ "Aldair". AS Roma. Archived from the original on 19 June 2000.
  4. ^ "Aldair Nascimentos dos Santos – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  5. ^ "Brazil's greatest defenders". 2022.
  6. ^ "Is the current Brazil team the best of all-time?". 2022. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016.
  7. ^ "AS Roma Hall of Fame". AS Roma. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 16 July 2017.