Brazil has no doubt continuously created some amazing footballing talents year after year. In fact, the country was known to be one of the strongest soccer team. Even though the soccer scoreboards represent that it won the World Cup for the fifth time in 2002, many of its most flourishing players were no longer playing for the team.
In this post, we will list some of the best past Brazilian soccer players from the Brazil national football team.
RICARDO IZECSON DOS SANTOS LEITE a.k.a. Kaka
Also known as Kaka, Ricardo started playing Brazilian soccer at the age of eight when he joined a local club. He’s considered one of the youngest soccer players to have become a huge superstar in Brazil, and he plays as an attacking midfielder. Kaka was a part of the 2002 World Cup winning squad. His first team was AC Milan, and after his massive success, he joined Real Madrid.
RONALDO DE ASSIS MOREIRA a.k.a. Ronaldinho
Ronaldo is a free kick expert and is sought-after for his superb dribbling capabilities. He was known to his nickname as Ronaldinho and was part of the 2002 World Cup winning team. He won the FIFA player of the year award and consecutively within the years 2004 and 2005.
RONALDO LUIS NAVARRO DE LIMA a.k.a. Ronaldo
The Brazilian soccer player Ronaldo was known to be one of the greatest players of soccer of all time. He was an inexhaustible goal soccer player and set a world record in the World Cup in 2002 by scoring fifteen goals in the game. He was a part of the World Cup winning team in 2002 and 1994. He played ninety-seven global matches for Brazil wherein he scored sixty-two goals. His name shows in the list of the great soccer players known as FIFA 100.
4. EDSON ARANTES DO NASCIMENTO a.k.a. Pele
Pele started playing football in the slums of Brazil when he was only fifteen. He got chosen for the national football team at the age of sixteen and seventeen. He was able to make his first appearance in the World Cup. To everybody’s surprise, he made the nation so proud by earning the World Cup.
Later on, he became a massive key player of the team and got known globally for the novel playing strategies that he created himself. He had massive scoring power, and he is the top goal scorer for Brazil up to this day. What’s more, Pele was the only Brazilian soccer player who was part of the World Cup winning team three teams.
5. CARLOS ALBERTO TORRES a.k.a. Capita
The iconic captain of the remarkable World Cup team in 1970 is no doubt the best defender in soccer history. He has shown an almost unparalleled capability as a playmaker from full back. He was considered as a major promoter in the evolution of defending that happened in the 1980s and 1970s as a defense in soccer wasn’t any longer stopping the opponents from scoring a goal.
