Bigode

João Ferreira, usually known as Bigode ("moustache" in Portuguese) (4 April 1922 – 31 July 2003), was a Brazilian footballer who played left back and also played in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

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Football biography.name: Bigode
Football biography.image: João Ferreira - Bigode.png
Football biography.caption: Bigode in 1950
Football biography.fullname: João Ferreira
Football biography.birth_place: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Football biography.death_place: Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Football biography.position: Left back
Football biography.years1: 1940–1943
Football biography.years2: 1943–1949
Football biography.years3: 1949–1952
Football biography.years4: 1952–1956
Football biography.clubs1: Atlético Mineiro
Football biography.clubs2: Fluminense
Football biography.clubs3: Flamengo
Football biography.clubs4: Fluminense
Football biography.nationalyears1: 1949–1953
Football biography.nationalteam1: Brazil
Football biography.nationalcaps1: 10

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Sport: Soccer
Team: América Mineiro
Position: Centre-Forward
Nationality: Brazil

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Mass: 72
Image: João Ferreira - Bigode.png
Height: 168

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date of birth: 1922-04-04
date of death: 2003-07-31
end of work period: 1956-00-00
start of work period: 1940-00-00
Commons category: Bigode (footballer)

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João Ferreira, usually known as Bigode ("moustache" in Portuguese) (4 April 1922 – 31 July 2003), was a Brazilian footballer who played left back and also played in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.

==Club career== Bigode started his career playing for Atlético Mineiro, of his home city Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state. He won the Campeonato Mineiro twice, in 1941 and in 1942. He then moved to Fluminense of Rio de Janeiro in 1943, where he won the Campeonato Carioca in 1946. After leaving Fluminense in 1949, Bigode joined his former club's rivals Flamengo in 1950, where he stayed until 1952, when he returned to Fluminense, and retired in 1956.