Last Updated: March 25, 2024, 13:12 IST
Pele (left) and Ronaldo. (AFP Photo)
Brazil are famend for his or her “jogo bonito” philosophy and popularity of churning out the world’s most proficient gamers.
Brazil is unparalleled in relation to footballing success and fervour, and for a lot of the game itself is synonymous with the Brazilian nationwide group.
The 5-instances World Cup winners are famend for his or her “jogo bonito” philosophy and popularity of churning out the world’s most proficient gamers, the most recent being 17-yr-previous starlet Endrick who scored in opposition to England on Saturday.
A take a look at 5 youngsters who’ve donned the well-known yellow jersey:
Endrick
The newest off the nationwide manufacturing line of extravagantly proficient attackers, Endrick made historical past on the residence of soccer Wembley when he scored the winner for Brazil in opposition to England on Saturday in simply his third worldwide look.
Aged 17 years, eight months and two days, Endrick turned the youngest male goalscorer for membership or nation on the stadium when he opened his account for the Selecao 9 minutes after coming off the bench within the 1-0 victory.
The Real Madrid-bound ahead is already a two-time Brazilian Serie A champion and has been hailed because the nation’s new golden boy since making his debut for Palmeiras on the tender age of 16.
“If he keeps up the attitude he has shown up to now, he will be a very important name in Brazilian football and world football,” mentioned Brazil coach Dorival Junior.
Pele
The late Pele stays the everlasting benchmark in opposition to whom all new Brazilian stars are inevitably in contrast.
He turned Brazil’s youngest ever goalscorer at 16 years, eight months and 14 days and went on to web 77 instances for his nation — the second most in Selecao yellow.
His worldwide profession was marked by World Cup glory, profitable the nation’s first title in Sweden 1958 aged 17 earlier than incomes a second and third Jules Rimet trophy in 1962 and 1970.
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Ronaldo
Ronaldo made his debut for Brazil in 1994 and have become the nation’s third youngest ever goalscorer when he netted in opposition to Iceland aged 17 years, seven months and 12 days.
After a heartbreaking loss within the 1998 World Cup last when he fell mysteriously in poor health earlier than kick-off, the striker made amends 4 years later in South Korea/Japan scoring each objectives within the last in opposition to Germany as Brazil claimed a report fifth world title.
A legend of the sport throughout the globe, Ronaldo earned 99 caps and scored 62 objectives throughout a 17-yr worldwide profession.
Neymar
The biggest goalscorer within the historical past of the Selecao, with 79 objectives in 128 video games, Neymar is probably going coming to the tip of his profession with the nationwide group however, regardless of not but delivering a sixth World Cup, he has lived up to the hype since making his worldwide bow aged 18.
With the load of the nation on his shoulders as Brazil hosted the 2014 World Cup, Neymar was imperious and scored 4 objectives in 5 matches.
But catastrophe struck within the quarter-finals when he was injured in opposition to Colombia and with out their talisman, the hosts then crumbled to a 7-1 defeat to Germany within the semi-finals.
Alexandre Pato
In most circumstances, the load of soccer expectations within the seventh largest nation on earth is simply too nice for younger shoulders to bear. One such instance of this was the promising Alexandre Pato.
When Pato scored the winner as an 18-yr-previous debutant seconds after coming off the bench in opposition to Sweden in 2008 — the nation a teenage Pele led Brazil to World Cup victory in opposition to 50 years prior — many couldn’t resist making the comparability.
But it was to not be and the fleet-footed centre-ahead would go on to win simply 27 caps, his final coming in 2013 at solely 24 years of age.
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
