Dirceu

Dirceu belongs to that rare category of footballer who is remembered more vividly than the record books suggest. To carve out a long run in Italy's Serie A during the 1980s, when foreign slots were scarce and the league was arguably the toughest on earth, took more than talent. At a compact 170 cm, an attacking midfielder survives on vision, touch, and nerve, and I imagine he had all three in abundance. Anchoring it all to Botafogo and the Brazil national team only deepens my respect. His death at 43 in 1995 feels far too early for a craftsman of his kind.

Name (English)

Dirceu

Name (Japanese)

ジルセウ・ジョゼ・ギマランイス

Reading

じるせう・じょぜ・ぎまらんいす

Born

June 15, 1952 – September 15, 1995

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dragon

Origin

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Height

170 cm

Occupation

association football player / futsal player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Paraná
• association football player
• futsal player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.