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As hundreds of players have played for the team since it started officially registering its players, only players with 20 or more official caps are included. Eight players – Cafu, Thiago Silva, Roberto Carlos, Dani Alves, Lúcio, Cláudio Taffarel, Neymar and Robinho – have won 100 or more caps for Brazil. Some of the legends of Brazil are ...
Brazil and Japan entering the field at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. In the 2006 World Cup, Brazil won their three group games against Croatia (1–0), Australia (2–0) and Japan (4–1). [64] Ronaldo scored twice and equalled the record for the most goals scored across all World Cups. In the round of 16, Brazil beat Ghana 3–0. [65]
Renê Weber, (born 1960), former player, trainer (in Brazil and in other countries) Rivaldo (born 1972) Rivellino (born 1946) Roberto Carlos (born 1973) Rogério Ceni (born 1973) Romário (born 1966) Ronaldinho (born 1980) Ronaldo (born 1976) Sócrates (1954–2011) Toninho Cerezo (born 1955) Tostão (born 1947) Vavá (1934–2002) Zico (born 1953)
This category contains past and present players of the senior Brazil national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Olympic, Under-21 or other junior levels). Players in this category should also be left in category:Brazilian men's footballers .
Brazil and Germany are the only teams to succeed in qualifying for all the World Cups for which they entered the qualifiers; Brazil is the only team to participate in every World Cup competition ever held. Brazil has also won an Olympic gold medal, at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro [6] and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [nejˈmaʁ dɐ ˈsiwvɐ ˈsɐ̃tus ˈʒũɲoʁ] ⓘ; born 5 February 1992), also known as Neymar Júnior or simply Neymar, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a left winger, attacking midfielder or forward for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A team Santos, whom he captains, and the Brazil national team.
In the 20th century, FIFA allowed a player to play for any national team, as long as the player held nationality of that country. In 2004, in reaction to the growing trend towards naturalisation of foreign players in some countries, FIFA implemented a significant new ruling that requires a player to demonstrate a "clear connection" to any country they wish to represent. [9]
Ronaldo also represented Brazil in the 1995 Copa América (finishing second) and won both the 1997 and the 1999 editions of the tournament. He was named player of the tournament in 1997, was the top scorer in 1999 and scored in the finals of both, against Bolivia in 1997 and Uruguay in 1999.