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{{Short description|Brazilian footballer (1938–2019)}}
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{{more citations needed|date=August 2019}}
{{Portuguese name|Gomes|de Figueiredo}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Altair
| image          = Altair Gomes de Figueiredo (cropped).jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Altair in 1960
| fullname       = Altair Gomes de Figueiredo
| birth_date     = {{birth date|1938|1|22|df=y}} 
| birth_place    = [[Niterói]], Brazil
| death_date     = {{death date and age|2019|8|9|1938|1|22|df=y}} 
| death_place    = [[São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
| height         = 1.73m
| position       = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| years1 =1955–1971 | clubs1 = [[Fluminense Football Club|Fluminense]] |caps1=551 |goals1=2
| nationalyears1 = 1959–1966 | nationalteam1  = [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] | nationalcaps1  = 18 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1992 | managerclubs1 = [[Fluminense Football Club|Fluminense]] (interim)
| manageryears2 = 1996 | managerclubs2 = [[Fluminense Football Club|Fluminense]] (interim)
| manageryears3 = 1997 | managerclubs3 = [[Fluminense Football Club|Fluminense]] (interim)
| manageryears4 = 1998 | managerclubs4 = [[Fluminense Football Club|Fluminense]] (interim)
|medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|Football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|BRA|1889}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962 Chile]]|}}
}}

'''Altair Gomes de Figueiredo''', usually referred to as '''Altair''' (22 January 1938 – 9 August 2019),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globoesporte.globo.com/futebol/times/fluminense/noticia/campeao-mundial-de-62-e-4o-que-mais-vestiu-a-camisa-do-fluminense-altair-morre-no-rio.ghtml|title = Campeão mundial de 62 e 4º que mais vestiu a camisa do Fluminense, Altair morre no Rio}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.torcedores.com/noticias/2019/08/campeao-do-mundo-em-1962-e-idolo-do-fluminense-ex-lateral-altair-morre-aos-81-anos|title=Ídolo do Fluminense nos anos 1960, ex-lateral Altair morre aos 81 anos|date=9 August 2019}}</ref> was a [[association football|football]] [[defender (association football)|defender]] and a World Champion for [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] in the [[Football World Cup 1962|1962 World Cup]].<ref>{{FIFA player|63877}}</ref>

He spent his entire career at [[Fluminense Football Club|Fluminense]], for which he played 551 games, scoring twice. He was called "''magro''" (slim) because he was skinny and despite his modest physical appearance, was a tough tackler and tremendous marker. His duels with [[Garrincha]] were legendary. He retired from playing in 1971 aged 33.

==Honours==
;Fluminense
* [[Torneio Rio – São Paulo]]: [[1957 Torneio Rio-São Paulo|1957]], [[1960 Torneio Rio-São Paulo|1960]]
* [[Campeonato Carioca]]: [[1959 Campeonato Carioca|1959]], [[1964 Campeonato Carioca|1964]], [[1969 Campeonato Carioca|1969]]

; Brazil
* [[FIFA World Cup]]: [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]

==References==
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==External links==
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{{Brazil Squad 1962 World Cup}}
{{Brazil Squad 1966 World Cup}}
{{Fluminense Football Club managers}}
{{Fluminense FC Hall of Fame}}
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[[Category:1938 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:Brazilian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Fluminense FC players]]
[[Category:Sport Club do Recife players]]
[[Category:Fluminense FC managers]]
[[Category:1962 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:1966 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:FIFA World Cup–winning players]]
[[Category:Brazil men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Afro-Brazilian sportspeople]]
[[Category:Brazilian football managers]]
[[Category:Footballers from Niterói]]
[[Category:20th-century Brazilian sportsmen]]


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