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5 unusual facts about Brazil national football team


Aldyr Garcia Schlee

He is most famous for creating the Brazilian national football team's kit of a yellow shirt with a green trim, blue shorts with a white trim.

Cacá Bueno

His father, Galvão Bueno is a Brazilian sports commentator, very famous in Brazil as the host of the Formula One races, National football team matches and key Brazilian football matches, and friend with Brazilian sport stars.

Order of Christ Cross

Examples are the flags of the city of São Paulo and the Portuguese Autonomous Region of Madeira, the coat of arms of several Portuguese and Brazilian cities and municipalities, the badges of the Portuguese and Brazil national football teams and the roundels of the Portuguese Air Force aircraft.

Oswaldo de Oliveira

Oswaldo de Oliveira became the first team coach for Corinthians in 1999 when Vanderlei Luxemburgo left the club to take the Brazil National Team manager role.

Ravshan Irmatov

In the Group A match between Brazil and Italy on 22 June he blew his whistle to award Italy a penalty and was seen pointing at the penalty spot.


Abdellah Liegeon

He spent his career in France, playing with Besançon RC, AS Monaco FC and RC Strasbourg and was part of Algeria's team at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, where his defensive mistake allowed Brazil's Careca to score the only goal of the game in the two countries' first-round encounter.

Ademir Roque Kaefer

With the Brazilian Olympic Team he won silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and with the senior Brazil team played seven matches in 1988.

Altair Gomes de Figueiredo

Altair Gomes de Figueiredo, usually referred to as Altair (born January 22, 1938 in Niterói, Brazil) was a football defender and a World Champion for Brazil in the 1962 World Cup.

Anders Frisk

He was forced to miss the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France in 1998 with a back injury, but recovered in time to take charge of the 1999 Confederations Cup final between Brazil and Mexico in the Estadio Azteca, Mexico City.

André Cruz

He played central defender with Flamengo, A.C. Milan, Standard Liège, Sporting Clube de Portugal and the Brazilian national team.

Andreas Görlitz

Shortly after signing for Bayern, Görlitz made his debut for the Germany national team, appearing in the last five minutes of the 1–1 friendly with Brazil, on 8 September 2004; the following month, he assisted veteran Thomas Brdaric as the striker closed the score at 2–0, in another exhibition game, now with Iran.

Antônio Dias dos Santos

For the Brazil national football team he played 26 international matches and scored 3 goals from April 1976 to October 1979, without scoring goals, and participated at 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Baltazar Maria de Morais Júnior

Baltazar played for the Brazilian national team at the 1989 Copa América which was held on home soil, appearing in three group stage matches for the eventual winners (including the 0–0 against Colombia as a starter).

Bussunda

Bussunda died of a heart attack in a hotel in the neighbourhood of Parsdorf in Vaterstetten, a suburb of Munich, Germany, where some members of Casseta & Planeta accompanied the Brazilian national team at the World Cup, for a series of TV shows.

Carlos Roberto Gallo

He played in 37 matches for the Brazilian team, between June 1980 and June 1993, and was selected for the 1978, 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cup tournaments, and played in the latter.

César Maluco

César Augusto da Silva Lemos, usually called César Maluco or just César, (born 17 May 1945, Niterói) is a former Brazilian footballer who was included in the 1974 FIFA World Cup squad of the Brazil national football team.

Édson Boaro

With the Brazil national football team he won at the Pan American Games in 1979, was capped 19 times between June 1983 and June 1986, and participated in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Evanílson Aparecido Ferreira

Evanílson gained 13 caps for Brazil in one year, playing in two games at the 1999 Copa América as Cafu's backup, with the national team winning the tournament in Paraguay.

Fábio Deivson Lopes Maciel

He was also called up to play against Argentina and Wales on 3 and 5 September 2006, respectively, but again, he did not play in these match, as Gomes remained Brazil number 1 under Dunga at that time.

Football in Romania

The Romania national football team played its first match in 1922 and is one of only four national teams to have taken part in the first three World Cups, the other three being Brazil, France, and Belgium.

Gabriele Oriali

He was also part of the team that defeated the strong teams of Argentina and Brazil, and defeated Poland in the semi-final.

Gary Gillespie

He was selected for the squad that went to the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, but his only appearance came on 20 June against Brazil at the Stadio delle Alpi Turin, a game the Scots lost 1–0.

Hassan Sunny

On July 28, 2008, Hassan played the first half as part of a Singapore Selection side in a friendly match against the Brazil Olympics Team and made outstanding saves against Diego and Alexandre Pato's shots, letting in only two goals.

João Carlos dos Santos

He played for the Brazilian national team at 1999 Copa América in Paraguay.

João Justino Amaral dos Santos

He was capped 41 times by the Brazil national football team, from August 1975 to June 1980, and with them he won the Bicentennial Tournament in 1976 and participated in 7 games at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Jorge Mendonça

With Brazilian team he played 6 official games without scoring any goals (he was Zico reserve in 1978 FIFA World Cup).

José Iraragorri

He also played 7 games for the Spain national football team, scoring one goal (two goals according to the official FIFA report) in the 1934 FIFA World Cup match against Brazil.

José Rodrigues Neto

For the Brazil national football team he got 11 international caps from July 1972 to June 1978, he didn't score any goals, and played four matches in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Juan Carlos Plata

Plata's most famous goal with the national team, however, might be the one he scored in the dying seconds of the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup match against Brazil, a header from a corner kick to equalize the score 1–1, a very surprising result considering Brazil were the reigning world champions at the time and fielded stars like Romario, Mauro Silva, Edmundo, Denilson and Taffarel.

Juan José Nogués

After the World Cup was over, Brazil, with a team that included Leônidas, played the Catalan XI twice before going home and Nogués played in both games.

Kurt Tschenscher

By 1966, Tschenscher was one of the top referees in Europe, a fact reflected in his appointment to the first leg of the 1965–66 European Cup semi-final between Partizan and Manchester United, and then a group stage match between Brazil and Bulgaria at the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

Licá

On 10 September 2013, shortly after having moved to Porto, Licá made his debut for the Portuguese national team, playing the last six minutes of a 1–3 friendly loss with Brazil in Boston, United States.

Luisão

A Brazilian international on 43 occasions, Luisão appeared for the country in two World Cups and three Copa América tournaments.

Martín Machón

At the 1998 Gold Cup, his corner kick provided the assist in Juan Carlos Plata's goal against Brazil on which Guatemala achieved a surprise draw with the then world champions.

Nenad Bjeković

He scored on his debut for the national team in a friendly match against Brazil in Belo Horizonte on 19 December 1968.

Nobuyuki Kojima

His international debut came on June 6, 1995 against Brazil in the Umbro Cup.

Pablo Aimar

Aimar scored the last goal of the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup during Argentina's 1–4 loss in the final to champions Brazil, also appearing with the national side in the 2007 Copa América (losing in the final to the same team, this time 0–3).

Raí

Raí gained the first of his 51 caps for Brazil in 1987, whilst at São Paulo, being selected to that year's Copa América in Argentina, playing twice – including in the 0–4 group stage loss against Chile – in an eventual group stage exit.

Renato Dirnei Florêncio

A Brazilian international during two years, Renato was part of the squads that won one Copa América and one Confederations Cup.

Ricardo Oliveira

A Brazilian international in the 2000s, Oliveira helped the national team win one Copa América and one Confederations Cup.

Ryszard Wójcik

In 1991 he refereed two matches at the FIFA World Youth Championship - a group stage match between Brazil and the Ivory Coast which ended 2-1 and a further quarter-final in which Portugal defeated Mexico 2-1.

Sander Westerveld

Westerveld made his debut for the Netherlands on 8 June 1999, in an away friendly 3-1 defeat to Brazil in Goiania.

Sergio Pezzotta

After the retirement of fellow countryman Horacio Elizondo he became Argentine's top referee and was selected for the 2007 Copa América where he took charge of three games (Brazil vs Mexico, Brazil vs Ecuador; both group stage and the quarterfinal between Mexico and Paraguay).

Wales national football team manager

Jimmy Murphy is the only manager to have taken the team to any FIFA World Cup or European Championship finals, he managed to qualify for the 1958 FIFA World Cup, they reached the quarter-finals before being knocked by Brazil.

Winston Bogarde

He was also included in the squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where was due to start the semi-final match against Brazil, as the first choice left-back starter Arthur Numan was serving a suspension for receiving a red card in the previous encounter against Argentina.


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