Subject(s): Jairzinho Sport: Football Location: Botafogo, Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Unveiled: 21/8/2010 Sculptor: Edgar Duvivier Material: Bronze Status: In Situ Inscription(s): Inscribed on plinth: JAIRZINHO Plaque: JAIRZINHO FOI O SUCESSOR DE GARRINCHA NO BOTAFAGO. ARUOU PELO CLUBE ENTRE 1964 E 1974, CONQUISTANDO O BICAMPEONATO CARIOCA EM 1967/1968, O BICAMPEONATO DA TAÇA GUANABARA EM1967/1968, O BICAMPEONATO DO TORNEIO RIO-SÃO PAULO EM 1964/1966, A TAÇA BRASIL EM 1968, ALÉM DE DIVERSOS TORNEIOS INTERNACIONAIS. PELA SELEÇÃO BRASILEIRA, DISPUTOU TRÊS COPAS DO MUNDO TENDO CONQUISTADO O TÍTULO NO MÉXICO EM 1970. NESSA COMPETIÇÃO JAIRZINHO TORNOU-SE O ÚNICO JOGADOR NA HÍSTORIA DO FUTEBOL A SER CAMPEÃO MUNDIAL FAZENDO GOLS EM TODAS AS PARTIDAS, POR ISSO É CONHECIDO COMO O FURACÃO DA COPA. É CONSIDERADO UM DOS MAIORES ATACANTES DO MUNDO DE TODOS OS TEMPOS. Translation: JAIRZINHO WAS GARRINCHA'S SUCESSOR IN BOTAFOGO. HE PLAYED FOR THE CLUB BETWEEN 1964 AND 1974, WAS TWO TIMES THE CARIOCA CHAMPION IN 1967/1968, TWICE WON THE GUNABARA TROPHY IN 1967/1968, TWO TIMES THE RIO-SAO PAULO TOURNAMENT CHAMPION IN 1964/1966, WON THE BRAZIL CUP IN 1968, AS WELL AS VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS. WITH THE BRAZILIAN NATIONAL TEAM HE PLAYED THREE TIMES IN THE WORLD CUP AND WON THE TITLE IN MEXICO IN 1970. DURING THIS COMPETITION JAIRZINHO BECAME THE ONLY PLAYER IN HISTORY WHO SCORED AT EVERY SINGLE GAME AND BECAME A WORLD CHAMPION, THIS IS WHY HE IS KNOWN AS THE WORLD CUP'S HURRICANE. HE IS CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST STRIKERS OF ALL TIME. Links: Sculptor