Acúrsio Carrelo

Acúrsio

Personal information
Full name	Acúrsio Freire Alves Carrelo
Date of birth	(1931-03-16)16 March 1931
Place of birth	Lourenço Marques, Mozambique
Date of death	9 January 2010(2010-01-09) (aged 78)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1955	Ferroviário Lourenço Marques
1955–1961	FC Porto
International career
1959–1960	Portugal	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Acúrsio Freire Alves Carrelo (16 March 1931, in Lourenço Marques – 9 January 2010), better known as Acúrsio, was a Portuguese footballer. He played as a goalkeeper. He also had a rink hockey player career as a goalkeeper. He played for FC Porto.

Football career

Acúrsio gained 8 caps for Portugal and made his debut 20 May 1959 in Gothenburg against Sweden, in a 0-2 defeat. He played 4 matches in the 1960 European Nations' Cup qualification rounds.

External links

• Acúrsio Carrelo at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Acúrsio Carrelo at EU-Football.info
• Acúrsio Carrelo Obituary (Portuguese)