Personal information | |||
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Full name | Agenor Gomes | ||
Date of birth | May 26, 1929 | ||
Place of birth | Vitória, Brazil | ||
Date of death | 29 February 2004 | (aged 74)||
Place of death | Santos, Brazil | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
–1949 | Caxias-ES | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1949–1951 | Flamengo | ||
1950–1951 | → Bonsucesso (loan) | ||
1951–1959 | Santos | 404 | (0) |
1954 | → Bahia (loan) | ||
Managerial career | |||
1957 | XV de Piracicaba | ||
1964 | Portuguesa Santista | ||
1966 | São Carlos Clube | ||
1966–1967 | Ferroviária | ||
1967–1968 | Santo André | ||
1969 | XV de Piracicaba | ||
1980 | Sãocarlense | ||
1988 | Sãocarlense | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 August 2023 |
Agenor Gomes (26 May 1929 – 29 February 2004), mostly known as Manga, was a football player and manager, who played as a goalkeeper. [1]
The nickname "Manga" came from a joke of comparing the shape of Agenor's head with the shape of the fruit mango. [2]
Manga is the goalkeeper with most appearances for Santos FC, with 404 matches. [3]
Started his managerial career even before retiring as a goalkeeper, with XV de Piracicaba. In 1967, Manga become the first manager of EC Santo André.