Football
- Ademir da Guia (born 1942)
- Adriano (born 1982)
- Aldair (born 1965)
- Arthur Friedenreich (1892–1969)
- Bebeto (born 1964)
- Cafu (born 1970)
- Careca (born 1960)
- Carlos Alberto (born 1944)
- Carlos Alberto Parreira (born 1943)
- Clodoaldo (born 1949)
- Diego
- Djalma Dias (1939–1990)
- Djalma Santos (born 1929)
- Falcão (born 1953)
- Garrincha (born 1933)
- Gérson (born 1941)
- Gilmar (born 1930)
- Jairzinho (born 1944)
- João Saldanha (1917–1990)
- Júnior (born 1954)
- Juninho Pernambucano (born 1975)
- Kaká (born 1982)
- Leônidas da Silva (1913–2004)
- Luís Fabiano (born 1980)
- Luis Pereira (born 1949)
- Luiz Felipe Scolari (born 1948)
- Marcos (born 1973)
- Marta (born 1986)
- Mazola (born 1938)
- Nílton Santos (born 1927)
- Pelé (born 1940)
- Raí (born 1965)
- Robinho (born 1984)
- Renê Carmo Kreutz Weber, (born 1960), former player, trainer (in Brazil and in other countries)
- Rivaldo (born 1972)
- Rivellino (born 1946)
- Roberto Carlos (born 1973)
- Rogério Ceni (born 1973)
- Romário (born 1966)
- Ronaldinho (born 1980)
- Ronaldo (born 1976)
- Sócrates (1954–2011)
- Toninho Cerezo (born 1955)
- Tostão (born 1947)
- Vavá (1934–2002)
- Zico (born 1953)
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Famous quotes containing the word football:
“Idon’t enjoy getting knocked about on a football field for other people’s amusement. I enjoy it if I’m being paid a lot for it.”
—David Storey (b. 1933)
“You can’t be a Real Country unless you have A BEER and an airline—it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a BEER.”
—Frank Zappa (1940–1993)
“... in the minds of search committees there is the lingering question: Can she manage the football coach?”
—Donna E. Shalala (b. 1941)
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