Brazilian Soccer Players

His full name is Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima. He was born 22 September 1976. He who more generally known as Ronaldo is a Brazilian professional soccer player and now playing for Campeonato Brasileiro club Corinthians. Ronaldo is one of the most talented strikers in the world.

Ronaldo joined the Brazil youth team when he was 14 years old and was scouted by Cruzeiro Esporte Club and began playing in the 1st team at the age of 16. He made contribution scoring 12 goals in 14 games at that year.

He is given Nickname of “The Phenomenon.” This talented forward/striker has played for some big clubs: Brazil’s Cruzeiro (1993-1994), the Netherlands’ Eindhoven (1994-1996), Barcelona (1996-1997), Inter Milan (1997-2002), Real Madrid (2002-2007), AC Milan (2007-2008), and Brazil’s Corinthians (2009-), amassing many records, cups and championships.

Since 1994 Ronaldo has been on the Brazilian national team and in 1998 and in 2002 he was part of World Cup-winning teams, when he was the tournament’s top scorer. Ronaldo’s career has been signed by harsh knee injuries (1999, 2000) and striking comebacks; he was two times entitled European soccer player of the year in 1997, 2002 and three times world player of the year of 1996-1997, 2002. The only other player to do so is Zinedine Zidane

His clinical finishing, skill to beat defenders easily, abilities on the ball and his many comebacks from injury have observed him lauded by soccer fans worldwide. Ronaldo is regarded by a lot of soccer fans and players to be the greatest striker in the history of soccer, particularly noted for the 96/97 season with FC Barcelona, regarded by a lot of people as the greatest show ever by a soccer player in a season.

His full name is Ronaldo de Assis Moreira. He was born 21 March 1980 in Porto Alegre. He who generally known as Ronaldinho or Ronaldinho Gaúcho is a Brazilian soccer player, and now he plays for Italian Serie A side Milan and the Brazil national team. He is commonly considered as one of the most gifted soccer player of his generation.

Ronaldinho was born into a family of soccer aficionada, living in a wooden home in the heart of a favela. Joao da Silva Moreira, his father, who participated for an amateur club made ends meet by working as a car park attendant at Gremio Football Club. His brother Roberto was a big expectation for the club but subsequently his career was unluckily ended by an awful knee injury.

Ronaldinho is well-known in Brazil by the nickname “Gaúcho,” so as to differentiate him from Ronaldo, who in Brazil was already called “Ronaldinho”. Ronaldo only went by his first name upon his move to Europe, thus letting Ronaldinho to drop the “Gaúcho” and remain simply as Ronaldinho.

He played for Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona before his move to Milan, with whom he won his first Champions League in 2006. And in January 2007 he became a Spanish citizen.

There is maybe no limit to Ronaldinho’s skills. The aptitude to play comes to him naturally, and the ball looks alive when at his feet- something alike to magic for extremely gifted magicians, you could say.

He has demonstrated glimpses of his former aptitudes at Milan and in September 2008 made contribution scoring his first goal for the Rossoneri in the city in opposition to Inter.

Aside from his individual aptitudes, his mere presence on the field implants a new level of confidence in his associates, and the opposition mentally loses the game even before it has begun. Ronaldinho is part of Pele’s list of ”125 greatest living footballers”. In a survey performed by a Brazilian magazine, he was inducted into the Gremio all time favourite team too.

His full name is Edison Arantes do Nascimento. He was born 23 October 1940, in Três Corações, Minas Gerais, best known by his nickname as Pelé a Brazilian soccer player. Pelé named as one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century in 1999 by Time Magazine. Pelé is recognized as a legend and the best football player to ever play the game.

Pelé began playing professional football while in his teens. He assisted Brazil win its first World Cup victory in 1958. His performance that he has shown in the finals, including scoring two goals, made Pele an international impression. He participated for the professional Brazilian team Santos too from 1956 to 1974 and made contribution scoring more than 1,000 goals as long as his time with the club. Pele was the greatest football player ever, making score over 1200 goals in a glittering career that brought World Cup and World Club Championships as well.

When fans of soccer have a discussion concerning the greatest player of all time you will think over the skills of Pele, Maradona, Best and a number of other soccer legends but can anyone match the remarkable biography of Pele? Pele made score an astonishing 1281 goals in a career that covered 1360 games. That is almost an average of one goal per game. Pelé’s statistics are incredible.

Pelé was named second for the “Sportsman of the Century” award in 2000. And the legendary Muhammad Ali got the honors.

What mentioned below are some of his great Awards he achieved:
1977: North American Soccer League Champion
1978: International Peace Award
1993: National Soccer Hall of Fame
1999: Athlete of the Century
2000: Footballer of the Century
2000: Laureus World Sports Awards Lifetime Acheivement Award
2000: Sportsman of the Century
2005: BBC Sports Personality of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award
2007: FIFA Presidential Award

His full name is Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite. He was born 22 April 1982, and generally known as Kaká. He is a Brazilian soccer player who plays as midfielder and now participates for Real Madrid C.F. and the Brazilian national team.

He began his career as a soccer player at the age of eight, when he started playing for a local club. Kaká won the Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards in 2007 while at the Italian club.

An internet discussion forum gives details the nickname as a usually used shortened form of “Ricardo” in Portuguese. Kaká is presumed to have got his nickname for the reason that his little brother Rodrigo can not pronounce the word “Ricardo” when they were young. Rodrigo called his older brother “Caca” which the latter later altered to “Kaká.

The majority Brazilian soccer players derive from poor families and sport is one of their simply ways to get out of this state. Certainly, there are exemptions and Kaka is one of them, as he was born in a rather rich family that supported him to concentrate on both school and soccer at the same time.

Kaka made his international debut in January 2002 in opposition to Bolivia. He was a part of the national team which won the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but did not see much action playing just 19 minutes of the first round game in opposition to Costa Rica.
He ended in joint tenth place in the voting for the 2004 FIFA World Player of the Year award. More recently, he assisted Brazil qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Kaká has matured as a player and is now regarded as one of the best and famous soccer players from Brazil.

Kaká has been an Ambassador Against Hunger for the United Nations World Food Programme since November 2004. He was the youngest ambassador at the time of his appointment. In 2009 he was chosen the most valuable player in Brazil’s successful Confederations Cup campaign. Kaka was the Man of the Match in the final in opposition to USA as well.

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His full name is Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri, but generally well-known as Dunga. He who was born October 31, 1963 in Ijuí, Rio Grande do Sul is a Brazilian ex- soccer players who has position as midfielder in the field, beside Italian and German descent, and a World Champion for Brazil in the 1994 World Cup as well.

Currently Dunga is national coach of the Brazilian national squad. His nickname is Portuguese for “Dopey,” one of the Seven Dwarfs. The nickname provided by his uncle because he supposed that Dunga would never grow to a tall stature.

Dunga played on the club level for Internacional (1980-1984, 1999-2000), Corinthians (1984-1985), Santos (1986-1987), Vasco da Gama (1987), Pisa (1987-1988), Fiorentina (1988-1992), Pescara (1992-1993), VfB Stuttgart (1993-1995), and Jubilo Iwata (1994-1998). While in level of international, Dunga played 91 times for Brazil, scoring six goals. Other than the 1994 feat, he played in the 1990 and 1998 World Cup editions as well, and became captain of the ream in the 1998.

Dunga never had triumph taking part for his clubs in Europe, but he enjoyed his greatest moments participating for his countryside. He shined and won the World Cup of 1994 and 2 Copa Americas along with the likes of Ronaldo, Romario, Bebeto, Jorginho, Branco and also his fierce defensive midfield partner Mauro Silva.

Dunga was regarded as the least Brazillian of all. His tackling was physically powerful and frequently won every one on one competition. He decided splendidly in the defensive situations and served as the outlet pass man that set up the attack.

He let his convincing personality demonstrate in the 1998 world cup where he lashed out at his partner Bebeto on the playing field, as long as the match Brazil vs. Morrocco. There, Brazil beat the game 3-0, and went on to become the final runners up to the hosts France.

His nickname was “Swartzenegger” following the bodybuilder actor because of his stocky build and flat-top spikey hairstyle.