Jair da Costa

Jair da Costa
Jair in 1963
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-07-09)9 July 1940
Place of birth Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death 26 April 2025(2025-04-26) (aged 84)
Place of death Osasco, São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1962 Portuguesa
1962–1967 Inter Milan 119 (39)
1967–1968 Roma 23 (2)
1968–1972 Inter Milan 80 (14)
1972–1974 Santos 19 (3)
1975 Windsor Star
International career
1962 Brazil 1 (0)
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Winner1962 Chile
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jair da Costa ([ʒaˈiʁ da ˈkɔsta]; 9 July 1940 – 26 April 2025), known simply as Jair, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a right winger. Apart from playing in Brazil, he played professionally in clubs in Italy, where his teams won the European Cup and the Intercontinental Cup several times, as well as in Canada. Internationally, he briefly played for the Brazil national team. He was a member of the Brazilian team that won the 1962 FIFA World Cup, but he did not play in the World Cup.