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Top 10 Famous
Carioca Soccer Stars
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Leônidas da Silva
(1913-2004)
Before Leônidas da Silva,
Brazilian soccer was a white,
middle-class game.
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Nilton Santos
(b. 1927)
A key defender in three World
Cups and scorer of one of the
most spectacular goals of all
time in a match against
Austria in 1958.
Beach soccer
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Carlos Alberto
(b. 1944)
Captain of Brazil's World Cup
winning team in 1970 and a
great defender.
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The Rio de Janeiro State
Championship
The
Campeonato Carioca
was
established in 1906. Fluminense
and Flamengo, with 30 titles
each, have more victories than
any other club.
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The “Maracanazo Tragedy”
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Garrincha (1933-83)
Pele's contemporary and
officially the best Brazilian
player other than Pele himself,
according to FIFA.
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Didi (1929-2001)
“O Maracanazo” refers to
the Brazilian soccer “tragedy”
during the 1950 World Cup,
when Brazil lost to Uruguay. The
word has passed into common
parlance in Brazil and is used to
refer to other soccer defeats and
even political debacles.
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Beach Soccer
A legendary midfielder
named player of the
tournament at the 1958
World Cup in Sweden.
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Gérson (b. 1941)
One of the best passers
in the history of football, who
masterminded the 1970 World
Cup victory.
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Zico (b. 1953)
Many of Rio's greatest stars
learned to play soccer on
makeshift pitches on the city's
beaches. The players preserved
such a love of beach soccer that
it is now a FIFA-recognized sport
in its own right.
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Footvolley
One of the greatest
midfielders in the history of
the beautiful game.
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Jairzinho (b. 1944)
A lightning-fast winger
who devastated opponents in
the 1970 World Cup.
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Romário (b. 1966)
The only player other than
Pelé to score 1,000 goals in
professional soccer.
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Ronaldo (b. 1976)
This sport, known as
fute-
vôlei
in Portuguese, began on
the beaches of Rio. Its rules are
similar to volleyball, but only the
feet and head can be used. Brazil
remains the leading footvolley
team, but is hotly pursued by
some Asian nations.
Nicknamed “The
Phenomenon” in Brazil, he
won three FIFA Player of the
Year awards.
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