Players
- The average number of players developed by Botafogo who played for the Brazilian team in World Cups is superior to the average number of players developed by big clubs, such as Palmeiras and Atlético-MG. Seven players were called -up: Tim (1938), Baldochi (1970), Sócrates (1982–1986), Raí (1994), Cicinho (2006) and Doni (2010).
- Players Raí and Zé Mário, were called-up to the Brazilian soccer team while still playing for Botafogo. Zé Mário was a great player. The Brazilian national team doctors discovered he had a serious illness (leukemia). On June 8, 1977, he played in the Brazil and England friendly game at the Maracanã, and also played against São Paulo on June 12. Shortly after he died. Zé Mario was one of the best players in the 1977 Botafogo team, getting the attention of Osvaldo Brandão, who was the coach of the Brazilian national team at the time. He certainly would have played the World Cup in Argentina in 1978 if he was alive. Botafogo fans still remembers him.
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Famous quotes containing the word players:
“Yeah, percentage players die broke too, don’t they, Bert?”
—Sydney Carroll, U.S. screenwriter, and Robert Rossen. Eddie Felson (Paul Newman)
“People stress the violence. That’s the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there’s a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. There’s a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies stewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, there’s a satisfaction to the game that can’t be duplicated. There’s a harmony.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)
“The whole idea of image is so confused. On the one hand, Madison Avenue is worried about the image of the players in a tennis tour. On the other hand, sports events are often sponsored by the makers of junk food, beer, and cigarettes. What’s the message when an athlete who works at keeping her body fit is sponsored by a sugar-filled snack that does more harm than good?”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)