Jair da Costa

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jair da Costa

| image = Jair da Costa.jpg

| caption = Jair in 2008

| fullname = Jair da Costa

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|7|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Santo André, Brazil

| height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Right winger

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1960?–1962?

| years2 = 1962–1967

| years3 = 1967–1968

| years4 = 1968–1972

| years5 = 1972–1974

| years6 = 1975

| clubs1 = Portuguesa

| clubs2 = Internazionale

| clubs3 = Roma

| clubs4 = Internazionale

| clubs5 = Santos

| clubs6 = Windsor Star

| caps1 =

| caps2 = 119

| caps3 = 23

| caps4 = 80

| caps5 = 19

| goals1 =

| goals2 = 39

| goals3 = 2

| goals4 = 14

| goals5 = 3

| nationalyears1 = 1962

| nationalteam1 = Brazil

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's Football}}

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Jair da Costa ({{IPA|pt|ʒaˈiʁ da ˈkɔsta|}}; born 9 July 1940), known simply as Jair, is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a right winger.

Club career

Jair da Costa started his club career with Portuguesa as a youth, making his senior debut against XV Novembro de Jaú. Whilst with Portuguesa he helped them to the runners-up spot in the 1960 Campeonato Paulista.{{cite web|url=http://sitedalusa.com/jogadores/315-jair-da-costa.html|title=Jair da Costa|date=7 October 2010|publisher=Sitedalusa.com|language=pt|access-date=4 February 2012}}{{cite web|author1=Pietro Cabras|title=Ecco Jair, la freccia nera della Grande Inter|url=http://www.corrieredellosport.it/remember/2009/04/02-63631/Ecco+Jair,+la+freccia+nera+della+Grande+Inter|publisher=Il Corriere dello Sport|access-date=15 November 2015|language=it|date=2 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031226/http://www.corrieredellosport.it/remember/2009/04/02-63631/Ecco+Jair,+la+freccia+nera+della+Grande+Inter|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=dead}}

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Jair da Costa moved to Italian side Internazionale in November 1962, and went on to play a total of 260 senior games for the Milan club in two spells (1962–1967 and 1968–1972).{{cite web|title=Da Costa Jair|url=http://archivio.inter.it/cgi-bin/giocatori-scheda?codice=G0329&L=en|work=Playing stats by season|publisher=inter.it archive|access-date=20 April 2011|archive-date=7 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807104738/http://archivio.inter.it/cgi-bin/giocatori-scheda?codice=G0329&L=en|url-status=dead}} He was notably a key member of Helenio Herrera's Grande Inter squad on the right wing, and won four Serie A titles (two of which were won consecutively),{{NFT player|id=19197}} and two European Cups in 1964[https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec196364.html 1963–64 European Cup at RSSSF] and 1965, as well as consecutive Intercontinental Cups in 1964 and 1965, during his time at the club. He became not only the first Brazilian player to win multiple European Cups, but also the first Brazilian player to win multiple Intercontinental Cups with a European team.[https://www.rsssf.org/ec/ec196465.html 1964–65 European Cup at RSSSF]

In between his two spells with Inter, Jair da Costa also spent the 1967–68 season with A.S. Roma. Following his time in Italy, he later returned to Brazil in 1972 and played for Santos FC until 1974, winning the Campeonato Paulista in 1973. He ended his career in Canada's National Soccer League in 1975, with Windsor Star.{{Cite news|last=Kernaghan|first=Jim|date=31 May 1975|title=$10,000 salary|page=D2|work=Toronto Star}}

International career

At international level, Jair da Costa only obtained one cap for the Brazil national football team, due to the presence of Garrincha in his position; his only appearance came in a 3–1 friendly win over Wales in São Paulo, on 16 May 1962. He was also a non-playing member of the Brazilian team that won the 1962 FIFA World Cup.

Style of play

An extremely fast and agile winger, with quick feet and good technique, Jair da Costa was also known for his powerful striking ability and his great pace on the ball; due to these abilities, he was also capable of functioning as a striker. He was also known for his dribbling skills and use of elaborate feints.{{cite web |url=https://storiedicalcio.altervista.org/blog/carlo-muraro-gennaio-1977.html |title=CARLO MURARO – gennaio 1977 |date=5 November 2015 |publisher=storiedicalcio.altervista.org |language=it |access-date=27 March 2019 }}

Honours

=Club=

;Inter

Serie A: 1962–63, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1970–71
European Cup: 1963–64, 1964–65
Intercontinental Cup: 1964, 1965

;Santos

Campeonato Paulista: 1973

=International=

;Brazil{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=246272/index.html#career|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905224808/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=246272/index.html#career|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 September 2015|title=Jair da Costa|publisher=FIFA|access-date=15 November 2015}}