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Afro-Brazilian sportspeople

  • Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima was born on the 18th of September 1976 in Itaguaí, a small town near Rio de Janeiro. He grew up playing football on the streets…
  • PeléEdson Arantes do Nascimento arrived in the world on the 23rd of October 1940, born in the small town of Três Corações within Minas Gerais.
  • GarrinchaManuel Francisco dos Santos arrived in Pau Grande, a district of Magé, on the 28th of October 1933. His right leg measured six centimetres shorter than his…
  • RomárioRomário de Souza Faria arrived in the world on the 29th of January 1966. He grew up in a poor neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.