Jair (footballer, born 1953)

However, as a result of a quarrel with his colleagues, who hoped to split the prize among all, Jair did not play in 1983 (when the Peñarol lost the final of the Libertadores for the Grêmio) and was removed from the club in 1984.

In Penharol, Jair won the championship titles Uruguay the champion of the Libertadores and the Intercontinental Cup 1982. In the decision of this tournament, against the Aston Villa of England, Jair scored the first goal of victory by 2-0 and was considered the best player on the field, winning a car as a prize Toyota hosted by the sponsor.

In 1980, after the loss of final Libertadores to National to Montevideo, Jair was a few months on loan at Cruzeiro and was finally negotiated with Peñarol in exchange for the Uruguayan player Ruben Paz.

But it was winning the tri-Brazilian championship undefeated in 1979, which Jair reached a peak of his career, playing as a right winger alongside Falcao, Batista and Mário Sérgio. It was the team's top scorer with nine goals, with the last of them in the end, the first goal in the 2–1 victory over the Vasco in Estádio Beira-Rio.

He played just one game for the Brazil squad in Copa América 1979.

In 1976, the gaucho was octacampeão Inter. In Grenal key in the Olympic Stadium, Inter won 2-0 and the second goal was scored by Dario, completing a release of Jair. As Darius was known as "King Dada," the celebration of the goal led to Jair the nickname "Prince Jajá.

In bi-Brazilian championship 1976, Jair effectively participate in the campaign, playing in 22 of 23 games and scoring 8 goals.

In the victorious campaign of the Brasileiro 1975, it became a sort of "joker" and is often called to work during the games, at different positions in midfield and attack .

In 1974, the formation of the great Inter team headed by Rubens Minelli, Jair was already booking team principal, who had players like Falcão, Figueroa and Carpeggiani.

Son of footballer also Laerte Prates (known as Laertes III), Jair was born in Porto Alegre, but raised in Governador Island in Rio de Janeiro. Depending on the profession of his father, also lived in Bogota and Barranquilla, returning to Porto Alegre in the late 1960.

Jair Gonçalves Prates (born 11 June 1953 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul), known as just Jair, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.