# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ivair-ferreira
# Generated: 2026-08-15T07:25:28.103Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ivair-ferreira"
name: "Ivair Ferreira"
slug: "ivair-ferreira"
description: "Ivair Ferreira, known as Ivair, was a Brazilian footballer who played as a striker in Brazil for Portuguesa, Corinthians, Fluminense, América (RJ), and Paysandu (PA). He then played in the NASL between 1975 and 1979 for the Toronto Metros-Croatia, and Toronto Blizzard, scoring the final goal in their 3–0 victory over Minnesota in the 1976 Soccer Bowl. In late 1979, he played in the National Soccer League with Toronto Panhellenic. He later played in the United States for the Cleveland Cobras, Kansas City Stars, Boston Athletic and Los Angeles Aztecs, before returning to Brazil with América. He earned one cap with the Brazil national team in 1966. Ivair died of cancer in São Paulo, on 15 August 2024, at the age of 79."
tagline: "Brazilian footballer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ivair%2C_jogador_de_futebol.tif?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1945-01-21"
deathDate: "2024-08-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.7
  momentum:             2.695652173913043
  historical:           8.077178666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://web.archive.org/web/20140809215442/http://www.ivairferreira.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivair_Ferreira"
    title: "Ivair Ferreira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "ايڤاير فيريرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "ایوایر فریرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivair_(footballer)"
    title: "Ivair (footballer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivair"
    title: "Ivair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "ایوایر فریرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivair_Ferreira"
    title: "Ivair Ferreira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivair_Ferreira"
    title: "Ivair Ferreira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivair_Ferreira"
    title: "Ivair Ferreira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9293527"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump