Curated playlist
Brazil men's international footballers
- Djalma SantosDjalma Santos sat out the 1958 World Cup until the final, then made the All-Star Team. Brazil beat Sweden 5-2.
- Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)Hours before the 1998 World Cup final, Ronaldo suffered a convulsive fit. He was dropped, then reinstated.
- NeymarOn the 3rd of August 2017, Neymar joined Paris Saint-Germain in a transfer worth 222 million euros, the most expensive in football history. Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior was born on the 5th of February 1992, and the world knows him by one…
- RonaldinhoRonaldinho scored his first La Liga goal for Barcelona at 1.30 in the morning on the 3rd of September 2003. The match against Sevilla had kicked off at five minutes past midnight. He took a pass from his own goalkeeper inside his own half,…
- PeléAt 17, Pelé passed out on the field after scoring twice in the 1958 World Cup final. His teammate Garrincha revived him.
- GarrinchaA doctor certified Garrincha as crippled, yet he won two World Cups. His legs curved in opposite directions.
- Mário ZagalloMário Zagallo was the first person to win the World Cup as both a player and a manager. He led Brazil to the 1970 title.
- RomárioRomário told reporters he would finish Uruguay, then scored both goals in a 2-0 win.
- Vinícius JúniorVinícius Júnior scored the only goal of the Champions League final on the 28th of May 2022. Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0, and the club collected a record 14th European title. The scorer was a Brazilian forward born on the 12th of July…
- Leônidas (footballer, born 1913)On the 13th of November 1948, Leônidas da Silva scored a bicycle kick for São Paulo in an 8-0 rout of Juventus. A camera caught the play and the goal. That photograph is regarded as the most famous picture of him. Leônidas was a Brazilian…
- VaváVavá scored in two World Cup finals in a row, and no one else did it for sixty years.