Saturday, 10 April 2010
Portugal 1976/77 - Alves
João António Ferreira Resende Alves, melhor conhecido por „Luvas Pretas“, vestiu esta camisola durante um jogo particular contra a Itália em 1976. O jogo ficou marcado por duas ocorrências. A primeira foi uma exibição fenomenal de Alves durante o jogo, e a segunda foi a detenção do secretário geral da FPF, César Grácio. À saída do país transalpino foi preso por exportação ilícta de divisas. O que aconteceu foi que ele tinha recebido 30.000 dólares para o jogo, mas assinou um recibo sobre 28 milhões de liras. Foi condenado a oito meses de prisão, mas foi posto em liberdade depois de alguns dias.
Voltando para João Alves, a razão dele por vestir as luvas pretas, foi o falecimento do seu avô. Ele ganhou fama em 1974 no Boavista, onde permaneceu duas épocas, ganhando duas Taças de Portugal. Despertou interesse na Espanha onde assinou pelo Salamanca e até foi eleito melhor estrangeiro, ainda antes de Cruyff e Kempes. No Benfica teve quatro épocas, interrompidas por um ano no PSG, onde ganhou mais duas Taças e dois Campeonatos. Para Portugal disputou 36 jogos, marcando 3 golos.
João Alves was well known as „Luvas Pretas“, the man who always wore black gloves. Proudly i can present a Portugal shirt match worn by him during a match, that on the first sight doesn´t seem to be nothing special. In fact, the match was not, despite the superbe exhibition of Joao Alves. What was memorable was that the secretary of the FPF, César Grácio, went into prison for the illegal traffic of foreign exchange. For the match he received an amount of 30.000 US Dolars, but signed a receipt corresponding to the equivalent in Italian Lira. When he was asked to open the case, he did so never thinking of something strange. After having checked the receipt and the money, he was arrested. In the end he was condemned to 8 months of prision, but in the end he could leave after one week.
Coming back to João Alves, the reason for using black gloves was the mourning about his grandfaters death. Later it became his trademark. He played for Boavista two seasons, winning the cup twice. Afterwards he was signed by Salamanca in Spain where he was voted best foreigner, ahead of Cruyff in 1977. Furthermore he played for Benfica and PSG. Among his titles he won two championships and two further Cups with Benfica. He was capped 36 times, scoring 3 goals.
Jogo/ Match: 07.04.1976 Italia vs Portugal 1:1
Fornecedor/ Outfitter: -
Labels:
1976,
Joao Alves,
Portugal
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