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- Pelé. Dec. at 82 (1940-2022) 5,825 votes. Edson Arantes do Nascimento, KBE (October 23, 1940– December 29, 2022), known as Pelé, was a Brazilian retired professional soccer player who played as a forward.
- Ronaldinho. Age: 43. 5,372 votes. Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born 21 March 1980), commonly known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁonawˈdʒĩɲu ga'uʃu]) or simply Ronaldinho, is a Brazilian former professional footballer and ambassador for Barcelona.
- Ronaldo. Age: 47. 5,308 votes. Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (born 18 September 1976), commonly known as Ronaldo or Ronaldo Nazário, is a Brazilian business owner, president of La Liga club Real Valladolid, owner of Brasileiro Série B club Cruzeiro and a retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
- Roberto Carlos. Age: 50. 2,336 votes. Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), more commonly known simply as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who now works as a football ambassador.
Eight players – Cafu, Thiago Silva, Roberto Carlos, Dani Alves, Lúcio, Cláudio Taffarel, Neymar and Robinho – have won 100 or more caps for Brazil. Some of the legends of Brazil are Pelé, Ronaldo Nazário, Neymar Jr. and many more.
- Pele. Brazil caps: 92. Whether you believe Pele to be the greatest player ever or not, you can't deny him this crown. He was the first true global icon of football and remains to this day the only player to win three World Cups.
- Ronaldo. Brazil caps: 99. Many people agree that, besides Pele and Diego Maradona, Ronaldo is the only player that could hold a candle to Lionel Messi and his namesake, Cristiano.
- Garrincha. Brazil caps: 50. Garrincha represents the ultimate underdog story. Born into poverty in Brazil, the future national icon suffered from crooked legs and an uneven spine.
- Ronaldinho. Brazil caps: 97. What needs saying about this man? He made so many fall in love with the game. Thanks to his fun-loving nature and genius ability to conjure up the spectacular, Ronaldinho has well and truly carved his name into footballing history for all eternity.
- Pele. Aged just 17, Pele scored six times at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden. He was the youngest player ever to score in a final, netting a brace to clinch victory for Brazil over the hosts, and went on to win international football’s biggest prize another two times, in 1962 and 1970 – something that hasn’t been achieved before or since.
- Ronaldo. 'O Fenomeno' didn’t take long to make his name known around the world. He claimed his first FIFA World Player of the Year title aged 20 in 1996, two years after being an unused member of Brazil’s World Cup-winning side in the USA, and went on to claim two Ballon d’Ors and become the World Cup’s top scorer – until he was surpassed by Miroslav Klose in 2014.
- Garrincha. Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano once claimed that "in the entire history of football no one made more people happy” than Garrincha. The Brazlian great was born with a crooked spine and uneven legs, giving him the nickname the ‘Bent-Legged Angel’, but it never showed on the football pitch as he made a fool of defenders for fun with his dazzling dribbling ability.
- Ronaldinho. The smiling magician was one of the most natural entertainers ever to play the game. Ronaldinho's quickness of thought and execution, not to mention the dazzling box of tricks he could use to find his way past opponents, made him a must-watch attraction in his own right.
- Roberto Carlos. Full Name: Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha. Birthdate: April 10, 1973. Birthplace: Garça, São Paulo. Position: Left-back/defender. Roberto Carlos started his professional soccer career at Palmeiras, a Brazilian soccer team, but it wasn’t long until top European teams noticed him.
- Cafú. Full Name: Marcos Evangelista de Moraes. Birthdate: June 7, 1970. Birthplace: Itaquaquecetuba, São Paulo. Position: Right-back/defender. Cafús career started at São Paulo FC in 1989, but the world really got to know him when he earned a transfer to AS Roma.
- Rivaldo. Full Name: Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira Gomes. Birthdate: April 19, 1972. Birthplace: Recife, Pernambuco. Position: Attacking Midfielder. Rivaldo has had a rough start in life.
- Kaká. Full Name: Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite. Birthdate: April 22, 1982. Birthplace: Gama, Federal District. Position: Midfielder. Like many other Brazilian soccer players, Kaká played for some of the top European sides.
Brazil has produced some of the most iconic players in the history of world football. From Pel é to Garrincha and Ronaldo to Kak á, the country has a back catalogue of stars...
Nov 19, 2018 · Claudio Taffarel. With such brilliant attacking stars lighting up Brazil's football history, it is not easy for a goalkeeper to make his name. But Claudio Taffarel has his own place in the...
