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3 unusual facts about Maracanã


Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca

Its multicampus headquarter is located in Maracanã with an additional campus located in the Rio de Janeiro's suburb of Maria da Graça and another one located in the city of Nova Iguaçu north of Rio de Janeiro.

Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro

Also, there is a bike way, named Espaço Mané Garrincha, named after the footballer Garrincha.

Moacir Barbosa Nascimento

In 1950 Brazil played Uruguay in the decisive match of the World Cup finals at the Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro.


2013 Campeonato Cearense

Ceará won the championship for the 42nd time and 3rd since 2011, while São Benedito and Maracanã were relegated.

Ján Popluhár

"I met Pelé several times, the first occasion in Chile and then in various international and club games. He was undoubtedly the best, but there were not many one-to-one situations he won and also not many Slovakian players who scored in the famous Maracana stadium. I belong to this lucky group after I scored with a free kick against Brazil in June 1966", he remembers.

Maracanã Esporte Clube

Maracanã Esporte Clube, commonly known as Maracanã, is a Brazilian football club based in Maracanaú, Ceará state.

San Rafael Reserve of Manageable Resources

The park is also the only place in Paraguay where there have been sightings of the “morena” eagle or “harpía”, maracaná, red and blue parrot, yacutinga, yellow toucan and golden woodpecker, among others.


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