Hércules (footballer, born 1940)
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Hércules Corrêa Torres | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 March 1940 | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 23 December 2017 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1959–1961 | Fluminense | ||||||||||||||||
| 1961–1962 | Madureira | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | Brazil | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Hércules Corrêa Torres (25 March 1940 – 23 December 2017), known as just Hércules, was a Brazilian footballer.[1]
Hércules represented the Brazil national team at the 1959 Pan American Games, where the team won the silver medal.[2][3] He died on 23 December 2017 in Rio de Janeiro.[4]
References
- ^ "Profile". sambafoot.com. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ^ "Seleção Brasileira Restritiva (Brazilian National Restrictive Team) 1952-1963". RSSSF Brazil. Archived from the original on 1 January 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Medalhistas Brasileiros - Chicago 1959". Folha de São Paulo (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "In Memorian (2017)". Blog do Bolt (in Portuguese). 22 February 2018. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2025.