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The Brazil national football team represents the country of Brazil in international association football. It is fielded by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the governing body of football in Brazil, and competes as a member of CONMEBOL, which encompasses the countries of South America. As hundreds of players have played for the team ...
The first Brazil national team ever, 1914. Brazil's first match at home against Exeter City in 1914.. It is generally believed that the first game of the Brazil national football team was a 1914 match between a Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo select team and the English club Exeter City, held in Fluminense's stadium.
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers (6,042 P) Pages in category "Brazilian men's footballers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 9,916 total.
2002 World Cup winning Brazil national football team airplane in Brazilian team livery. Fuelled by the "Three R's" (Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho), Brazil won its fifth championship at the 2002 World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan. Brazil beat all three opponents in group play in South Korea and topped the group.
Charles William Miller, the son of a railway company employee, is widely credited as the "father of Brazilian football". Miller, who was born in Brazil, went to England to study at Banister Court School. There, he became an admirer of football and in 1894, when he returned to Brazil, he brought with him two balls in his suitcase.
Marta Vieira da Silva (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmaʁtɐ viˈejɾa dɐ ˈsiwva]; born 19 February 1986), known mononymously as Marta, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Orlando Pride of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and formerly, the Brazil national team. Marta is regarded by many as the ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Brazilian footballers. It includes Brazilian footballers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category contains past and present players of the senior Brazil national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Olympic ...
Neymar Jr. Neymar playing for Al Hilal in 2023 Personal information Full name Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior Date of birth (1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32) Place of birth Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Position(s) Left winger, attacking midfielder, forward Team information Current team Al Hilal Number 10 Youth career 1999–2003 Portuguesa Santista 2003–2009 Santos ...