Alberto Festa
Portuguese footballer (1939–2024)
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Alberto Augusto Antunes Festa (21 July 1939 – 2 January 2024) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a right-back.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Alberto Augusto Antunes Festa | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 July 1939 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Santo Tirso, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 2 January 2024 (aged 84) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Portugal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | 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
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
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]
