All Entries in the "Footballers" Category
Brazil’s U-20: What’s the Future?
This is a bit late, but necessary. Brazil lost the final of the U20, but the result was just a detail (besides the fact that young Brazilian squads always lose to African nations). The real question is: what can we expect of those players in the future?
Possibly, 1 or 2 will be adult World Cup [...]
Ronaldinho gets the Golden Foot award
I know this sounds a bit weird given the circumstances and the fact that Ronaldinho hasn’t played good football since 2006. But yes, he won the Golden Foot award. As we know, though, the point of the award is to celebrate a player’s (the ones over 28 years old) career and overall accomplishments, judged by [...]
Video: Goalie Scores from a Free-Kick
In the second division of Campeonato Brasileiro, goalie Marcio was the main name of the match involving the two sides from Goiania. His team, Atletico-GO, beat Vila Nova 2-1. And he scored the first goal with a beautiful free-kick. Atletico-GO is on its way to first division. With the victory, the club seats in third [...]
World Champions Try to Raise Money with Retro Jerseys
If you like retro jerseys, you’ll like this. If you like to make happy those who made you happy, you’ll love this. Replicas of the jerseys worn by Brazil in the 58, 62 and 70 were released this Tuesday in Sao Paulo. And this is not a simple replica, like the ones you find at [...]
Video: watch Messi’s amazing goal against Racing.
Barcelona is keeping up the great results. And Messi continues to show why he isone of the top footballers out there. One of his goals scored today on Barcelona’s 4 -1 win against Racing shows just that. Simply amazing.
Barca is now isolated first in La Liga.
Watch Messi’s goal.
Video: Watch C. Ronaldo’s first goal – Real Madrid vs. Xerez
Sunofa… Not the biggest fan of C. Ronaldo, but the guy is playing some amazing football. This is his first goal (he scored another header) on Madrid’s 5 – 0 win against Xerez.
Video: Marta Debuts at Santos Like a Rockstar
Wednesday night marked the debut of the best woman footballer at Santos. In a friendly match, her club defeated Comercial from Mato Grosso 10-0, and she scored twice. The most remarkable, however, was how she drove fans crazy, as if she belonged to The Beatles. Even the players of Comercial took pictures with her, as [...]
Pelé vs. Maradona: round one million and two.
One of the most famous and never-ending discussions in the football world is about who is the best footballer ever: Pelé or Maradona. The last one to hit was Maradona… now Pele has punched back: the Brazilian todl the media that Di Stéfano was way better then Maradona, who could only use the left foot [...]
The Value of a Name in Football
The site Futebol Finance produced a list of the top 25 salaries of Brazilian footballers around the world. The surprise? The list has a number of players who are veterans or have not produced much in recent seasons. That shows us that even in football, the brand is what counts. What is also scary [...]
In 3 Years, Dunga Called 81 Players
The data comes from the great PVC. In 3 years, 47 matches and 23 calls, 81 players were at least invited by Dunga to join the national team – the numbers do not count the match against Chile. The list is:
Goalkeepers: 9
Gomes – 5 calls, 4 matches, 2 goals allowed
Hélton – 6 calls, 4 matches, [...]
