Alberto Festa

Portuguese footballer

Alberto Augusto Antunes Festa (21 July 1939 – 2 January 2024) was a Portuguese footballer. He played as a right-back. He played for the Portugal national football team, making 19 appearances between 1963 to 1966.

Alberto Festa
Personal information
Full name Alberto Augusto Antunes Festa
Date of birth (1939-07-21)21 July 1939
Place of birth Santo Tirso, Portugal
Date of death 2 January 2024(2024-01-02) (aged 84)
Place of death Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1960 Tirsense
1960–1968 Porto 114 (0)
1968–1972 Tirsense 29 (1)
Total 143 (1)
National team
1963–1966 Portugal 19 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Portugal
FIFA World Cup
Third place 1966 England
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Festa died on 2 January 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal from problems caused by Alzheimer's disease, aged 84.[1]

References change

  1. "Morreu ex-futebolista internacional português Alberto Festa" [Death of former Portuguese international footballer Alberto Festa] (in Portuguese). SIC Notícias. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024.