Brazilian footballer (1940–2020)
Célio Taveira Filho (16 October 1940 – 29 May 2020) was a Brazilian footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
Born in Santos, Taveira played for Portuguesa Santista, Ponte Preta, Jabaquara, Vasco da Gama, Nacional, Corinthians and Operário.[1] He scored 100 goals for Vasco, being the club's 16th top goalscorer.[2] For Nacional he scored 22 goals in the Copa Libertadores, being the 3rd highest Brazilian goalscorer in the competition.[2] He retired at the age of 32 after injuring his collarbone in a collision with Rivellino in training.[2]
International career
He earned 3 caps for the Brazil national team.[1] He was the last player to be cut from the Brazil squad for the 1966 FIFA World Cup.[2]
Later life and death
From the late 1970s he lived in João Pessoa, Paraíba, where he worked as a businessman (running a fruit export business) and radio sports commentator.[2]
He died in hospital in João Pessoa on 29 May 2020, aged 79, from COVID-19, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.[2] At the time of his death Taveira had four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.[2]
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