Jair Gonçalves Prates

Jair Gonçalves Prates, (born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, June 11, 1953) was a Brazilian football (soccer) player who played as an attacking midfielder.

Jair made 137 Campeonato Brasileiro appearances for Internacional.

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.

He began his career in the basic categories of international, having played soccer in Sogipa.

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.

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 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.

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