Kolade Daniel
Football Lover. All-round junkie of the beautiful game. Could be found watching football most of the time, if not he's writing about them. A certain bias for Arsenal and Santos FC.
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Keep track of which clubs will be competing in each tournament. After a two-month layoff in December and January, Brazilian football fans are eager to learn when matches will return. With the start of the state championships in January, it won’t be long until some games start. Sambafoot will go through the national football calendar […]
Which European team has the greatest faith in young Brazilian footballers? We looked at the data to see which Old Continent teams had the most “green and yellow” athletes in their lineups in previous years. The study looked at the 120 largest sales in national football history and analyzed them to come up with a […]
Clubs and federations try to avoid another football stoppage in the Old Continent Covid-19 cases in Europe spiked again in the second week of December 2021, after a period when the pandemic looked to be fading. On Christmas Eve, for example, the United Kingdom and France both topped the 100,000-case mark, while Italy and Spain […]
The season came to an end after the Copa do Brasil final on December 15, leaving fans to debate on which team is having the best transfer window, preparing for the next season. The major winners this year were Palmeiras, who won the Copa Libertadores da América for the second year in a running, and […]
Sergio Aguero, an Argentine striker, announced his retirement from football on December 15th, citing heart issues as the reason. After developing an arrhythmia and being forced to be substituted in the first half of a game against Alavés in October, while playing for Barcelona in the Spanish La Liga, the player had to make an […]
Fluminense have significant plans for the upcoming season in 2022. After qualifying for the Copa Libertadores da América with a 7th-place finish, they reappointed a coach with a long history with the club, and becoming one of the most active teams on the market. Flu appear to be in a good position for the forthcoming […]
During 34 matches, Hulk became crucial, not only scoring goals but also offering assists – there were seven. Indeed, it shows that his return from China to the Minas Gerais team was crucial for the team’s upgrade. About a year ago, when the Hulk embarked on Brazilian soil, the Rooster was in transition from Sampaoli’s […]
The purchase of Cruzeiro SAF, the joint-stock company founded to play Raposa football, by Ronaldo Fenômeno was the great story in Brazilian football at the conclusion of the year. The football great returned to the club that first discovered him, but this time as an owner. The Football Anonymous Society was established by Law 14.193/2021, […]
Arsenal are going through a wonderful stint in the Premier League currently, winning their last three games and pushing into the top four, fighting to return to the Champions League. Gabriel Martinelli and Gabriel Magalhães, both from Brazil, have played a part in the team’s recent success. Martinelli is a promising striker who has wowed […]
Brazil is well-known for producing outstanding and well-known international football players. In recent years though, more veteran players have gained pace on the promising new stars. As a result, the average age of the top four (4) teams in the Brasileirão is now higher than that of any other major league in the world. Hulk, […]
The transfer window is when clubs can add players to their rosters. The word “window” is used in the media to describe a period during the season when FIFA – the ultimate football institution – and other national federations, such as the CBF, allow clubs to add new players to their squads in a way […]
Jorginho, Rafael Tolói and Emerson Palmieri have already joined the Italy national team. However, Mancini wishes to cap three new Brazilian players to play for Italy in the European World Cup Play-offs. In this article, we’ll be taking a look at the latest possible entrants. Last week, 29-year-old Brazilian João Pedro was called up by […]
An unexpected hero. A goal that changed the course of history. The scream of a world champion reverberates around the world. Inter and Barcelona played for the Club World Cup fifteen years ago on the Yokohama International Stadium, which also hosted the Brazilian national team’s fifth title in 2002. The events of those 90 minutes […]
All divisions of the Brazilian Championship this season ended with the finale of the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A on December 9. Do you know who the greatest competitor was? Who ascended and who plummeted? You can learn about all of the outcomes from the four national series and be ready for what’s to come in […]
When it comes to women’s football, any football fan thinks of Rainha Marta and the legend Formiga. The tupiniquin players enchant the world of the ball in all decades of the most engaging game in the world. With this, Sambafoot.com’s grand prize launched this year the Samba Gold Female 2021, which aims to reward the […]
When talking about great stars and art football, anyone passionate about the sport immediately thinks of Brazil. Tupiniquin players enchant the world of ball in all decades of the most engaging game in the world. With this, the great Sambafoot.com award, called “Samba Gold”, aims to reward the best Brazilian players acting outside Brazil, regardless […]
The song “He put the English behind the wheel in December.” inspired Jorge Jesus’ team to the Libertadores bi-championship in 2019. It was a unique historical event in Flamengo’s world title win in 1981, lead by idol Zico. On December 13th, the 3-0 victory over Liverpool will be 40 years old. This was the pinnacle […]
On November 27, Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras won the Copa Libertadores da América for the third time in its history, by beating rival Flamengo by 2-1 in overtime, in a single game in Montevideo, Uruguay. The audience and income of the fans who attended the Centenário stadium were not disclosed. Verdão had already won the most […]
The Samba Gold is a traditional award created by Sambafoot and which annually consecrates, since 2008, the best Brazilian player playing in Europe. But, starting in 2021, two changes increase the award’s importance even more. The first is that, from now on, the trophy will be given to the best Brazilian on the field outside […]
The Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A is the main football competition in the country, and has officially had 64 editions completed since 1959. The current edition – 65th – has been played since May 29, 2021 and ends in the 38th round, scheduled for 9th of December. 34 out of 38 competition rounds have already […]
