Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: Altair Gomes de Figueiredo , usually referred to as Altair ( born January 22 , 1938 in NiterÃ i , Brazil ) was a football defender and a World Champion for Brazil in the 1962 World Cup .
Simplified: Altair Gomes de Figueiredo ( born 22 January , 1938 ) is a former Brazilian football player .