Jair is dead: the black arrow made Herrera and Brazil’s Inter great
He would have turned 85 on 9 July. It was one of the symbols of Angelo Moratti’s great Inter and Helenio Herrera. He closed his career in 1976
Football mourns the death of Jair Da Costaformer Brazilian striker who wore in Italy The Inter shirt In two different moments (from 1962 to 1967 and from 1968 to 1972) with a parenthesis to Rome. Jair Da Costa he would have turned 85 July 9th.
It was a right wing that for its speed was nicknamed « Black arrow « And it was one of the symbols of the Great Inter by Angelo Moratti and Helenio Herrera.
Born in Santo Andrè, in the State of Saint Paulhe began to play football at home with the Portuguesa, but in 1962 he landed in Italy to wear the Inter shirt, which he won the market duel with Milan.
In the Nerazzurri he conquered four badgestwo samples and two intercontinental cups, playing 119 games And scoring 39 goals. One of his most important networks was the one made in the final of 27 May 1965 against Benfica.
A decisive seal for the conquest of the second cup of samples in a row by the Nerazzurri. Two years before this triumph was always by Jair the first goal of Inter in the Maximum continental competition.
It was September 25, 1963 and Jair hit against Everton. He left the Nerazzurri for a season, loaned to Rome in 1967-68, and then returned to Milan the following year.
Jair returned to Brazil in 1972 and it was for two years mate Al Santos. He closed his career in 1976after two seasons in Canada. With the Selecao he won a World Cup, in Chile in 1962, without playing even a minute.
“Jair has disappeared. Right wing from phenomenal dribblingwon everything with the great Inter. Four championships, two samples cups, two intercontinental cups, A place in eternity of a legendary team. The club shakes his family in this difficult moment», The condolence on X of the company of Viale della Liberazione.
