Valtencir

Valtencir

Personal information
Full name	Valtencir Pereira Senra
Date of birth	(1946-11-11)11 November 1946
Place of birth	Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Date of death	17 September 1978(1978-09-17) (aged 31)
Place of death	Maringá, Brazil
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1976	Botafogo	453	(6)
1976–1978	Colorado-PR
International career
1968	Brazil	1	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 February 2024

Valtencir Pereira Senra (11 November 1946 – 17 September 1978), simply known as Valtencir (sometimes spelled as Waltencir), was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Capable of playing both as a defender and as a left-back, Valtencir played most of his career at Botafogo, where he made 453 appearances and reached the Brazil national team, playing in a friendly against Argentina on 7 August 1968 and scoring a goal. He was champion of the Taça Brasil and two-time state champion. Some sources claim that he spent time in Venezuelan football in 1976, and in the same year he played for Colorado-PR, the team he played for until 1978.

Death

Valtencir died on 17 September 1978, aged 31, at the Estádio Willie Davids, during the Colorado EC vs. Grêmio Maringá match, after suffering a complete cervical rupture following a knee from player Nivaldo. The knee was accidental and Nivaldo despaired over the move, having to be admitted to a sanatorium.

Honours

Botafogo

• Taça Brasil: 1968
• Campeonato Carioca: 1967, 1968
• Taça Guanabara: 1967, 1968

See also

• List of association footballers who died after on-field incidents

External links

• Valtencir at National-Football-Teams.com