Alberi José Ferreira de Matos

Alberi José Ferreira de Matos (28 January 1945 – 28 October 2022), simply known as Alberi, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Born in Recife, Alberi played little in Pernambuco, enjoying success in Rio Grande do Norte, at ABC, where he became the greatest player in the club's history by playing 409 matches and scoring 210 goals. He was state champion four times and also won the Silver Ball in 1972. He was also champion for rival América, and for Sergipe and Campinense. Returned to ABC at the end of his career and was champion once again, in 1983.

The ABC Futebol Clube Training Center is named after Alberi.

Honours

ABC Campeonato Potiguar: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1983

Sergipe Campeonato Sergipano: 1975

América Campeonato Potiguar: 1977

Campinense Campeonato Paraibano: 1979

Individual 1972 Bola de Prata 1971 Campeonato Potiguar top scorer: 16 goals 1972 Campeonato Potiguar top scorer: 10 goals

Death

Alberi died on 28 October 2022 in Natal, after spending 10 days hospitalized due to complications of diabetes.