Abigail (footballer)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Conceição and the second or paternal family name is de Souza.

Abigail Conceição de Souza (12 October 1921 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul – 27 December 2007 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul) was a Brazilian football (soccer) player.

Abigail Conceição de Souza

Personal information
Date of birth	12 October 1921
Place of birth	Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Date of death	27 December 2007
Place of death	Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Position(s)	Full-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1942	Força e Luz (RS)
1942–1950	Internacional (RS)
1950–1954	Nacional (RS)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He began playing football at the age of twelve. Abigail was a full back and began his career with Força e Luz football Club of Porto Alegre club that are obsolete today. In February 1942, at the age of twenty years, he was signed by Inter where he was part of the legendary "Scroll Compressor" Colorado (considered by some critics as the greatest team that existed in Rio Grande do Sul).

In the famous campaign of the Inter hexacampeonato gaucho, Abigail won four of the six titles. In addition, he served in Grenal 1948, where the famous classic Inter applied a 7–0 rout over the tricolor gaucho.

Clubs

• Força e Luz (RS): 1942
• Internacional (RS): 1942 - 1950
• Nacional (RS): 1950 - 1954

Honours

• Campeonato Gaúcho: six times (1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947 and 1948).

Report

• Site oficial do Sport Club Internacional - Abigail, Zagueiro do Rolo Compressor, Visita O Beira-Rio - 10/09/2006(pt)