Manga, a goalkeeper on Brazil's 1966 World Cup team, dies at 87

The Panamanian Luis Ricardo Mejía, archer of National Uruguay, showed a T-shirt from the 70s of the Montevideo club with the number and name of Hailton Corrêa de Arruda, known as Manga, a historic Brazilian goalkeeper who wore the Barcelona Sporting Club T-shirt between 1980 and 1981, who died on Tuesday, April 8, at age 87, from cancer.

Who was Manga? Manga stood out not only for his spectacular reflexes, but also for a detail that became symbolic: he defended without gloves, something rare even in that era. The image of his twisted fingers, marked by years in goal, remained emblematic of his determination and courage. The death took place in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro. Although the official cause was not specified, the Brazilian press mentioned that the former goalkeeper had…

Manga, a goalkeeper on Brazil's 1966 World Cup team, dies at 87

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Haílton Corrêa de Arruda, the Brazilian goalkeeper better known as Manga who won four league titles with Botafogo and played at the 1966 World Cup, has died, the club said Tuesday. He was 87.

The former goaltender Manga, who won the 1966 World Cup in Brazil, who had the particularity of playing without gloves, died at 87 this Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, announced his former Botafogo club.

He was a member of Garrincha's great Botafogo and with Nacional he met Panathinaikos in the 1971 Intercontinental Cup finals - He played for many years without gloves and he liked mangoes

Former guardameta Manga, head of Brazil in the World Cup of England-1966, who shined in the National of Uruguay and distinguished himself by playing without gloves, died Tuesday at the age of 87 in Rio de Janeiro, announced the Botafogo, one of the clubs he defended in his career. "With immense sadness we announced the death of Hailton Corrêa de Arruda, our unforgettable idol Manga (...), one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of world f…