Manga (footballer)

Manga
Manga in 1971
Personal information
Full name Haílton Corrêa de Arruda
Date of birth (1937-04-26)April 26, 1937
Place of birth Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil[1]
Date of death April 8, 2025(2025-04-08) (aged 87)
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1954 Sport Recife
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1959 Sport Recife ? (0)
1959–1968 Botafogo 442 (0)
1969–1974 Nacional 340 (1)
1974–1976 Internacional 52 (0)
1977–1978 Operário-MS 36 (0)
1978 Coritiba ? (0)
1979–1980 Grêmio 15 (0)
1981–1982 Barcelona de Guayaquil ? (0)
International career
1965–1967 Brazil 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Haílton Corrêa de Arruda (April 26, 1937 – April 8, 2025),[2] best known as Manga, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He has played for Brazil national team. On 8 April 2025, Manga died at Rio Barra Hospital in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 87.[3]

Club career

Manga began his career with Sport from his hometown of Recife in 1955, winning three state titles. In 1959 he moved to Botafogo. With this club he won the Torneio Rio-São Paulo three times and the national title in 1968, he also won four state titles. In 1969 he moved to the Uruguayan top club Nacional and played there for five years. Nacional had a period of glory and won four titles with Manga and in 1971 he won the Copa Libertadores against Estudiantes. The club was now also allowed to play in the intercontinental cup against Panathinaikos and here too the club came out on top. In 1974, he returned to Brazil, with Internacional, with whom he won the Campeonato Gaúcho three times and won the national championship twice. From 1977 to 1979 he won the state championship with a different club in a different state. He ended his career with the Ecuadorian Barcelona, with whom he also won the league title in 1981.

International career

He also played for the national team and in 1965 was preferred to two-time world champion and big star Gilmar. At the 1966 World Cup in England, however, Gilmar was preferred to Manga. After a defeat against Hungary, which Gilmar was blamed for, Manga was allowed to take over in the third game against Portugal, but the Brazilians also lost this game and were eliminated.



Club career statistics

[4]

Club statistics League
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals
BrazilLeague
1974 Internacional Série A 2 0
1975 30 0
1976 20 0
1977 Operário Série A 12 0
1978 Coritiba Série A 24 0
1979 Grêmio Série A 19 0
1980 0 0
Country Brazil 107 0
Total 107 0

Honours

Below is a list of the main titles won by Manga, including 25 official tournaments:[5][6][7]

Sport Recife

  • Campeonato Pernambucano: 1955, 1956, 1957

Botafogo

  • Campeonato Carioca: 1961, 1962, 1967, 1968
  • Taça dos Campeões Estaduais Rio-São Paulo: 1961
  • Torneio Rio-São Paulo: 1962, 1964, 1966
  • Tournoi de Paris: 1963
  • Taça Guanabara: 1967, 1968
  • Troféu Triangular de Caracas: 1967

Nacional

Internacional

Operário de Campo Grande

  • Campeonato Matogrossense: 1977

Coritiba

  • Campeonato Paranaense: 1978

Grêmio

  • Campeonato Gaúcho: 1979

Barcelona SC

  • Campeonato Ecuatoriano: 1981

Individual

  • Bola de Prata: 1976, 1978
  • Botafogo FR Team of 20th Century[8]


References

  1. ↑ [1]
  2. ↑ "Morre goleiro Manga, ídolo do Botafogo, aos 87 anos". O Globo (in Portuguese). 8 April 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Manga, a goalkeeper on Brazil's 1966 World Cup team, dies at 87". Burnaby Now. 2025-04-08. Archived from the original on 2025-04-09. Retrieved 2025-04-10.
  4. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Manga". www.national-football-teams.com.
  5. ↑ "Manga morre e Brasil se despede do terceiro goleiro com mais títulos na história do país". Jornal Voz Ativa (in Portuguese). 9 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Eterno! Confira os títulos de Manga na carreira". Lance! (in Portuguese). 8 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Ídolos - Manga". Botafogo FR (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Time do Século". Botafogo FR (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 April 2025.


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