Brazilian football is the mainstream of Brazilian cultural life, football is a sport, but it is more of a culture. Almost everyone in Brazil is a fan, and they laughed that "people who can't play football and don't know football can't be the president of Brazil and don't get high approval ratings." They call football a "mass sport", and there are people playing it, whether on the beach or in the streets and alleys of the city. Even in slums, poor children kicked their socks barefoot with paper as balls.
Here's an inventory of the top five football stars in Brazilian history:
Fifth place: Romario
Soousa Romario (born 1966 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a former Brazilian footballer. He is one of the players who has scored more than 50 goals in international competitions. In March 2004 he was voted one of the 125 best footballers in the history of football by FIFA. With more than 1,000 goals in his career, he became the fourth person to achieve this milestone in his career, after Pele, Federage of Brazil and Franz Binder of Austria, a substantial record in football history. He led Brazil to the 1994 World Cup and was elected World Footballer of the Year.
Fourth place: Ronaldo
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1976, Brazilian footballer, playing as a striker, Ronaldo became famous in Cruzeiro as a teenager, won the World Footballer of the Year three times in 1996, 1997 and 2002, was voted the best player of the World Cup in 1998, won the Golden Boot of the World Cup in 2002, and won the Brazilian Legendary Superstar Award in 2010.
3rd Place: Valdermir Pereira (Didi)
Valdemir Pereira, also known as "Didi", is a core player in Brazil's famous midfield. At the 1958 World Cup, Pele began to shine, but the best player in that tournament was not him, but a big brother named Valdemir Pereira who had participated in two World Cups, he was the real organizational core of the champion Brazilian team, and he was even considered by many to be the originator of the earliest midfield master in the history of world football. Often, people are used to calling him by another name: "Diddy." Didi is a legend in the history of Brazilian football and in the history of world football. Ranked as one of the greatest stars of all time, Diddy contributed to Brazil's victory in the 1958 and 1962 World Cups.
Second place: Garincha
Garrincha, formerly known as Manoir Francis (nickname Garrincha, the "Little Bird"), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a winger. He represented Brazil in three World Cups, won two titles in 1958 and 1962, is recognized as a "master of the game" (Garrincha is considered the best in history in terms of the bowl alone), and is considered to be the greatest brazilian player on a par with Pele. On January 20, 1983, Garin Cha, who had suffered from alcoholism, died at the age of 49. In honor of his great exploits, the Brazilian government renamed the home stadium of the 2014 World Cup opening ceremony to Estadio Garincha.
1st place: Bailey
Pele is widely regarded as the best player in the history of modern football, the undisputed king of the ball, the leader of Brazil's first golden age. In 1957, Pele was selected for the Brazilian national team, scored 77 goals in 92 games for Brazil, won three World Cups in 1958, 1962 and 1970, and permanently retained the Remit Cup for Brazil, the only player to win the World Cup three times. Unfortunately, the era is a bit long ago, and the number of people who have witnessed that era is limited, and it belongs to the legendary people. In terms of professional height, Pele is definitely the first person in the history of Brazilian football.