The 1994 and 1998 Brazilian national teams were star-studded, with two World Cups led by Romario and Ronaldo. And the forward partners of these two legendary superstars are the same person, Bebeto.
Bebeto
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Born in 1964, Bebeto became famous at the 1983 World Youth Championships, when he was listed as one of the six new stars (li Huajun of the Chinese team was also among them). In the years that followed, the all-agreed rookie in Brazilian football grew rapidly, scoring six goals and winning the top scorer at the 1989 Copa America.
Bebeto at the Copa America in 1989
However, at the 1990 World Cup, Bebeto had a poor relationship with head coach Lazzaroni (later coached Shanghai Shenhua). At that time, Napoli's Carreka firmly occupied a main position in the Brazilian team's front line, and even Luis Muller in Serie B Torino could play with the picks to better than Bebeto. Throughout the World Cup in Italy, Bebeto basically spent it on the bench. Brazil was also eliminated by Argentina in the quarter-finals.
Brazil in 1990
In the 1994 World Cup, the sharp combination of Romario and Bebeto in the Brazilian team was extremely sharp, and it was a great contribution to Brazil's victory. Wearing the number 7 shirt, Bebeto performed well, scoring three goals and assisting Romario twice. The fans were most impressed by Bebeto's cradle dance celebration, after scoring a goal against the Netherlands in the quarter-final, Bebeto excitedly celebrated the goal in a cradle manner, and Romario and Majinho's two teammates also joined in the celebration. This has also become a classic picture in the history of the World Cup.
The classic cradle dance of the World Cup
At the 1998 World Cup in France, the 34-year-old Bebeto was still sitting in the main position of brazil. He partnered with Ronaldo, the world footballer of the year at the time. He scored 3 goals in 7 matches and scored 6 goals in the individual World Cup. However, in the final, Brazil lost 3-0 to host France. After the World Cup, he also announced his retirement from the national team.
Ronaldo and Bebeto
In 79 appearances for Brazil, Bebeto scored 39 goals. As of now, Bebeto Brazil national team ranks sixth in terms of goals scored, and the top 5 are Pele, Ronaldo, Neymar, Romario, Zico.
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In his club career, Deportivo Deportivo's four years were undoubtedly the pinnacle of Bebeto, scoring 86 goals in four seasons. He also won the La Liga Golden Boot in the 1992/1993 season.
Before Bebeto joined Lacco, the team was only a weak team with mediocre strength, returning to La Liga in 1991. The addition of Berberto ushered in the super Lacco era, in the three seasons from 1992 to 1995, Deportuna was in the top three of La Liga, when Lacco's investment was in the middle and lower reaches of La Liga. In an interview in 2001, Bebeto regretted that if Lacco had been more staffed at the time, he could have scored 50 goals a season.
Bebeto while playing for Deportivo de La Coruña
In the 1993/94 season, Bebeto missed the team's best chance to win the title, and in the last round against Valencia, winning to win the championship, Bebeto gave up the penalty to Djukic, who missed and let Deportivo La Coruña regret to rub shoulders with the La Liga champions.
In 1996, Bebeto had a conflict with then-manager Toszak (who later served as Real Madrid manager) and returned to Brazil to join Flamengo. But A Coruña has never forgotten this former hero. At every subsequent club celebration, Bebeto was an indispensable invitee.
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In 1999, Shandong Luneng was ready to replace foreign aid in the middle of the league, and Bebeto also entered the selection range. Shandong Luneng boss Shao Kenan expressed a strong sincerity, but Bebeto offered more stringent conditions, in addition to the extremely high salary requirements, in the training with the team, Bebeto has never been able to reach an agreement with luneng club. After consulting with then-head coach Santrasch, Luneng finally chose to give up.
And it turned out that this was a wise choice, and the elderly Bebeto was no longer majestic, and it was difficult to withstand the fierce confrontation of the league. Later, he joined Kashima Antlers in Japan's J-League, which began to become a hot news in Japanese football. But the performance of scoring only 1 goal in 8 games made the fans dissatisfied, and even accused him of coming to the pension completely. Half a season later, Kashima Antlers terminated his contract prematurely.
Bebeto when he joined the J-League
For Shandong Luneng, after abandoning Bebeto, he chose to sign for former Uruguay international Romero. It was also Romerdo who scored a hat-trick in the FINAL OF THE FA Cup to help the team beat Dalian Wanda. Shandong Luneng also became the double champion in 1999.