Darcy Silveira dos Santos (born 24 May 1934), known as Canário, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a forward.[3]

Canário
Personal information
Full name Darcy Silveira dos Santos[1]
Date of birth (1934-05-24) 24 May 1934 (age 90)[2]
Place of birth Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1953 Olaria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1955 Olaria
1955–1959 America-RJ
1959–1962 Real Madrid 28 (5)
1962–1963 Sevilla 30 (5)
1963–1968 Zaragoza 117 (35)
1968–1969 Mallorca 24 (2)
International career
1956 Brazil 7 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Over nine seasons, he amassed La Liga totals of 175 matches and 45 goals, most notably while with Real Madrid and Zaragoza. He won seven trophies between the two clubs.

Club career

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Born in Rio de Janeiro, Canário played for Olaria Atlético Clube and America Football Club in his country.[4] In 1959, he moved to Spain where he would remain until his retirement, starting with Real Madrid and being used mainly as a backup in a three-year spell. He appeared in five games and scored one goal for the club in the European Cup, three being in the 1959–60 edition which ended in victory.[5][6]

After spending the 1962–63 season with Sevilla FC, Canário signed for Real Zaragoza,[7] going on to be part of an attacking frontline that was dubbed Los Magníficos (The Magnificent) and also included Carlos Lapetra, Marcelino, Eleuterio Santos and Juan Manuel Villa; he acted as right half in the team's formation. He reached four Copa del Rey finals with the Aragonese during his stint, winning the tournament twice.[8][2]

Canário retired at the end of the 1968–69 campaign at the age of 33, after helping RCD Mallorca to promote from Segunda División.[9] He subsequently settled in Zaragoza, where he ran a coffeehouse.[7]

International career

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Canário won seven caps for Brazil, all in 1956. Barred by Garrincha, however, he never attended any major international tournament.[10]

Honours

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Real Madrid

Zaragoza

Brazil

References

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  1. ^ a b Canário at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b Rodríguez Bravo, Chema (18 March 2022). "Canario: "La afición del Zaragoza ya era exigente antes de Los Magníficos"" [Canario: "Zaragoza supporters were already demanding before the Magnificent Ones"]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  3. ^ Oliveira Ramos, José (20 April 2008). "Canário – O genial ponteiro do 'Mequinha'" [Canário – The wonder winger of 'Mequinha']. Jornal Pequeno (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Canário… um pássaro Merengue" [Canário... a Merengue bird] (in Portuguese). Tardes de Pacaembu. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
  5. ^ Pla Díaz, Emilio. "Real Madrid CF – All the players in European Cups". RSSSF. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  6. ^ "Temporada 1960–61" [1960–61 season] (in Spanish). Leyenda Blanca. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  7. ^ a b Cabañero, Alba (26 November 2014). "Yo jugué en el Real Zaragoza: Darcy Silveira dos Santos 'Canario'" [I played for Real Zaragoza: Darcy Silveira dos Santos 'Canario'] (in Spanish). Vavel. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  8. ^ Gay, Miguel (23 April 2014). "Los años Magníficos" [The Magnificent years]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  9. ^ Mazarrasa, Gonzalo (12 August 2010). "Brasileños en el Mallorca" [Brazilians in Mallorca] (in Spanish). RCDM. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  10. ^ "Canário: do America para o Real Madrid" [Canário: from America to Real Madrid] (in Portuguese). ESPN FC. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
  11. ^ a b c "A starter in the final that secured the club's fifth European Cup". Real Madrid CF. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  12. ^ Lainz, Luis (6 July 1964). "R. Zaragoza, 2 – At. de Madrid, 1". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  13. ^ Pina, Nivardo (30 May 1966). "El Zaragoza conquistó brillantemente la Copa de S.E." [Zaragoza won the S.E. Cup brilliantly]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  14. ^ "El Real Zaragoza, campeón de la Copa de Ferias en 1964" [Real Zaragoza, Fairs Cup champions in 1964]. Heraldo de Aragón (in Spanish). 25 June 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  15. ^ Pierrend, José Luis. "Copa del Atlántico". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
  16. ^ "Brasil em 1956" [Brazil in 1956]. O Progresso de Tatuí (in Portuguese). 26 October 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
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