Former defender Juvenal Amarijo, the sole holder of the Brazilian team in the 1950 World Cup that was alive, died on Friday at age of 86 in the northern city of Salvador, local television reported on Saturday.
Amarijo had been hospitalized for fifteen days in a hospital at the capital of the northeastern state of Bahia and died of physiological complications, reported on Saturday the local channel Bandnews.
The former defender was the only survivor of Brazil’s starting eleven at the historic 1950 “Maracanazo”, when the host team lost the World Cup final 2-1 to Uruguay.
According to local television, Amarijo lived in precarious conditions in Jaua, municipality of Bahia.
As a player, Amarijo defended Flamengo, Palmeiras, Bahia, and the modest Ypiranga and Brazil Pelotas.
In the Brazil team that contested the 1950 World Cup final are still alive Nilton Santos and Nena, who composed the reserve team.