Jair (footballer, born 1953)

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Jair

Personal information
Full name	Jair Gonçalves Prates
Date of birth	(1953-07-11) 11 July 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1974–1981	Internacional
1981	Cruzeiro
1982–1983	Peñarol
1984	Juventus-SP
1985–1986	Barcelona de Guayaquil
1986	ABC
1986	Huracán Buceo
1988	Vitória
1988–1989	Juventude
1990	Lajeadense
1991–1992	Huracán Buceo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jair Gonçalves Prates (born 11 June 1953), known as just Jair, is a Brazilian former

.

Jair made 137

Biography

Son of footballer also

, returning to Porto Alegre in the late 1960.

He began his career in the basic categories of international, having played

.

Tri-champion for Inter

In 1974, the formation of the great Inter team headed by

.

In the victorious campaign of the Brasileiro 1975, it became a sort of "joker" and is often called to work during the games, at different positions in midfield and attack .

In 1976, the gaucho was octacampeão Inter. In

, completing a release of Jair. As Darius was known as "King Dada," the celebration of the goal led to Jair the nickname "Prince Jajá.

In bi-Brazilian championship 1976, Jair effectively participate in the campaign, playing in 22 of 23 games and scoring 8 goals.

But it was winning the tri-Brazilian championship undefeated in

.

He played just one game for the

Copa América 1979

.

Intercontinental Champion at Peñarol

In 1980, after the loss of final Libertadores to National to Montevideo, Jair was a few months on loan at Cruzeiro and was finally negotiated with Peñarol in exchange for the Uruguayan player Ruben Paz.

In Penharol, Jair won the championship titles

hosted by the sponsor.

However, as a result of a quarrel with his colleagues, who hoped to split the prize among all, Jair did not play in 1983 (when the Peñarol lost the final of the Libertadores for the

Grêmio

) and was removed from the club in 1984.

End of career

After 30 years, Jair returned to Brazil to play for the

.

Recently, along with other former gaúcho football players, like

, Jair is responsible for about 350 boys between 7 and 18 years.

Honours

Internacional

• Campeonato Gaúcho: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1975, 1976, 1979

Peñarol

• Primera División Uruguaya
  : 1982
• Copa Libertadores da América
  : 1982
• Intercontinental Cup: 1982

Barcelona de Guayaquil

• Ecuadorian Serie A: 1985