Jair da Rosa Pinto
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 March 1921 | ||
| Place of birth | Quatis (RJ), Brazil | ||
| Date of death | 28 July 2005 (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro (RJ), Brazil | ||
| Playing position | Inside forward, Attacking midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1938 | Barra Mansa | ||
| 1938–1942 | Madureira | ||
| 1943–1946 | Vasco da Gama | ||
| 1947–1949 | Flamengo | ||
| 1949–1955 | Palmeiras | ||
| 1956–1960 | Santos | ||
| 1961 | São Paulo | ||
| 1962–1963 | Ponte Preta | ||
| National team | |||
| 1940–1956 | Brazil | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1963 | São Paulo | ||
| 1971–1972 | Vitória | ||
| 1972 | Santos | ||
| 1975–1976 | Fluminense | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jair da Rosa Pinto (21 March 1921 – 28 July 2005), or simply Jair, was an association footballer who played offensive midfielder – one of the leading Brazilian footballers of the 1940s and 1950s, who is best remembered for his performance in Brazil's 1950 FIFA World Cup campaign. Usually playing as an inside-forward, Jair da Rosa was noted for his free-role style of play and was most known for his pace and technical ability.
Born March 21, 1921 in Quatis, Rio de Janeiro, Jair started his career as a left winger at Madureira (in Rio) in 1938. He made his debut for the Brazil squad just two years later, on the March 5, 1940, in a 6–1 defeat by Argentina, though Jair did score the goal – the first of 24 he was to score for the Brazilian team.
The Brazilian team regularly featured Jair throughout the 1940s, as his club career led him first to Vasco da Gama, then to Flamengo – remaining in Rio. His greatest moment during this time, however, was in 1944, when he scored a hat-trick against Uruguay, in a friendly at São Paulo. Uruguay would come back to haunt him later, but Jair must have enjoyed playing them during the 1940s, as he scored two doubles against La Celeste Olímpica during 1946 and another in 1949 – the year Brazil won the Copa America with Jair scoring (again) two goals in the second leg of the final, a 7–0 victory against Paraguay.
It was the following year, 1950, that Jair’s talents became appreciated on the world stage, when FIFA held their World Cup tournament in Brazil. Along with Zizinho and Ademir, Jair helped to guide Brazil's team through the tournament with great success. They played with pace, flamboyant skills and were deadly in front of goal, winning friends the world over with their attacking play – scoring 22 goals in 6 World Cup games – before falling to Uruguay in a match that was, effectively, the World Cup Final – a game in which Jair hit the post during Brazil’s early domination, but could do nothing to stop Uruguay recovering from an early Friaca goal to triumph 2–1 and send the 200,000 fans in the Maracana Stadium, which had been built especially for the World Cup, home disappointed.
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