Alberto Festa

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Antunes and the second or paternal family name is Festa.

Alberto Festa
Personal information
Full name Alberto Augusto Antunes Festa
Date of birth (1939-07-21)21 July 1939
Place of birth Santo Tirso, Portugal
Date of death 2 January 2024(2024-01-02) (aged 84)
Place of death Portugal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1960 Tirsense
1960–1968 Porto 114 (0)
1968–1972 Tirsense 29 (1)
Total 143 (1)
International career
1963–1966 Portugal 19 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1966 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alberto Augusto Antunes Festa (21 July 1939 – 2 January 2024) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a right-back.

Club career

Born in Santo Tirso, Porto District, Festa started and finished his 17-year senior career with local club F.C. Tirsense. In between, he represented FC Porto, where he appeared in 114 Primeira Liga matches.

Festa retired at the age of 33, after several injury problems.[1]

International career

Festa earned 19 caps for Portugal over three years.[2] His debut came on 23 January 1963 against Bulgaria, for the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers (1–0 replay loss in Rome).

Festa was selected for the 1966 FIFA World Cup squad, playing three matches in England for the third-placed team.[3]

Personal life and death

Festa suffered from Alzheimer's disease in later life. He died on 2 January 2024, aged 84.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Os mestres dos relvados" [Masters of the pitches]. Correio da Manhã (in Portuguese). 11 May 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Lista completa dos internacionais portugueses" [Complete list of Portuguese internationals] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
  3. ^ Paixão, Paulo; Castanheira, José Pedro (13 July 2016). "A lenda dos Magriços começou há 50 anos" [The legend of the Magriços started 50 years ago]. Expresso (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Morreu ex-futebolista internacional português Alberto Festa" [Death of former Portuguese international footballer Alberto Festa] (in Portuguese). SIC Notícias. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.