Brazil has always been famous for its religiosity, chic, vibrant parades and holidays, as well as football. Brazil is the owner of one of the most titled football teams. Throughout its history, she has managed to win five world championships. Twice she was a finalist and never missed the final part of the world championships. The great Brazilian football players not only delighted South American fans, but also contributed to the development of club European football. This article will focus on the three great Brazilians.
Pele
The Brazilian legend of the sixties and seventies, one of the most titled and recognizable Brazilian forwards, a striker from birth, Pele was born during the Second World War, October 21, 1940. This person is also recognized as one of the most influential people in world history, according to The Time magazine. From 1956 and for 18 years, Pele played for the Brazilian Santos. Incredibly, in 643 games Pele managed to hit the opponents' goal 656 times. In total, Pele scored 560 goals in his club career. He was respected and appreciated by all the great Brazilian soccer players and fans. No wonder, because only in official matches for the Brazilian national team Pele scored 92 times in 77 matches. Three-time winner of the World Cup, six-time champion of Brazil. Throughout his career, including friendly matches, Pele scored more than a thousand goals.
Garrincha
The great Brazilian footballer Garrincha is considered one of the best winger of the attacking plan in the history of football. Since childhood, the future legend of world football has had health problems. Garrincha suffered from spinal curvature and strabismus. His pelvic bones were also displaced , making one leg shorter than the other by 6 centimeters. Thanks to this feature, Garrincha had excellent dribbling and easily bypassed opponents on the football field. According to versions of many associations, Garrincha is among the ten best football players not only in South America, but throughout the world. Like many other great Brazilian footballers who have overcome life's difficulties and become world stars, he is a great role model.
Ronaldo
Brazilian football did not end with spectacular performances in the sixties and seventies. In the beginning of the 2000s, Brazil again had an invincible team by those standards. Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Cafu and, of course, Ronaldo. They won the fifth world championship title in 2002. Thanks to a vivid performance at the 2002 World Cup, where Ronaldo scored eight goals (and scoring twice against the gate impenetrable at that tournament by
Oliver Caen), he signed a contract with Real Madrid. The great Brazilian football player Ronaldo proved himself in European tournaments, winning the UEFA Cup and the
Cup Winner's Cup. In early June 2011, Ronaldo last put on the Brazilian national team shirt in a match against Romania. Then the most titled team, in which the great Brazilian football players were brought up, won 1-0. Currently, Ronaldo is engaged in agent practice, and his first client was Neymar - striker of the Spanish “Barcelona”.