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Falcão with Roma during the 1983–84 Serie A season
Personal information
Full name	Paulo Roberto Falcão
Date of birth	(1953-10-16) 16 October 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth	Abelardo Luz, Brazil
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1965–1972	Internacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1972–1980	Internacional	342	(58)
1980–1985	Roma	107	(22)
1985–1986	São Paulo	12	(0)
Total		461	(80)
International career
1972	Brazil U23	12	(2)
1976–1986	Brazil	34	(6)
Managerial career
1990–1991	Brazil
1991–1992	Club América
1993	Internacional
1994	Japan
2011	Internacional
2012	Bahia
2015–2016	Sport Recife
2016	Internacional
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paulo Roberto Falcão (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu ʁoˈbɛʁtu fawˈkɐ̃w]; born 16 October 1953), usually known as simply Falcão, is a Brazilian former footballer and football manager. He is universally considered one of the greatest Brazilian players of all time and one of the greatest defensive midfielders in football history, and one of the best players in the world in his position at his peak in the 1980s.

Falcão is widely considered one of the best players in Internacional and Roma history, playing also for São Paulo. At one stage, he was the world's highest paid footballer.

Due to his success and performances with Roma, Falcão earned the nickname "the eighth King of Rome" from the fans, like Amedeo Amadei before him, and was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in 2013.

For the Brazil national team, Falcão was capped 34 times between February 1976 and June 1986. He appeared at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, playing in midfield alongside Zico, Sócrates and Éder, considered one of the greatest Brazilian national teams ever. He was named by Pelé one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards ceremony in 2004. Colombian forward Radamel Falcao's father was a footballer and football fan and named him after Falcão.

Club career

Internacional

Falcão began his professional career at Internacional of Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul, where he played from 1972 to 1980, winning three Brazilian National Championships (1975, 1976, 1979) and reaching the finals of the 1980 Copa Libertadores, eventually losing to Nacional. During his time at Internacional, he was surprisingly left out of the Brazil squad for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, though he made the shortlisted pre-tournament 40.

Falcão won Golden Ball magazine's Placar twice as the best player in the Brazilian championships of 1978 and 1979. In 1979, Falcão achieved the highest score in the history of the Golden Ball.

Roma

In 1980, Falcão transferred to Serie A club Roma for £650,000. In his first season in Italy (1980–81), he was able to master the language and had his mother and sister living with him to help settle him in. He played well, scoring three goals in his 25 games as Roma finished second in Serie A to Juventus. This was a controversial championship, as Roma had a goal ruled out for an unclear offside against Juventus during a defining draw in Turin. Consolation came with a Coppa Italia win for Roma, beating Torino in the final on penalties – Falcão himself scored the decisive spot kick.

Although Roma slipped to third in his second season (1981–82), personally for Falcão it was better than the first, with six goals in 24 games, becoming one of the foreign stars in Serie A. At the end of this season, he was called up for the 1982 World Cup finals in Spain.

After the World Cup, Falcão inspired Roma to win their second league title ever during the 1982–83 season, scoring seven times in 27 games, and creating numerous others. Although Juventus's Michel Platini finished as top scorer in the league, and despite Juventus beating Roma in both league games, he was acknowledged as the star man in Serie A that season, also performing well as Roma reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup. At the end of this season, Falcão had earned the nickname "the eighth King of Rome".

In 1983–84, Juventus won the title from Roma, who finished second, but it was only won on the final day of the season. Falcão scored five goals in his 27 games. Roma's main goal that season, however, was the European Cup, especially as the final was to be played at Roma's own Olympic Stadium. He played every game, as Roma swept past IFK Gothenburg, CSKA Sofia and Dynamo Berlin to reach the semi-finals against Dundee United.

In a previous Serie A game, Falcão injured his knee, so he missed the first leg of the semi-final, as Roma lost 2–0 in Dundee. He returned for the second leg as Roma won 3–0 to reach the final, but again injured his knee in the process. He was fit enough for the final against Liverpool, but played poorly as Roma were eventually defeated on penalties after a 1–1 draw, with Falcão declining to even take a spot kick. This was a marked turning point in his relationship with the club, and the beginning of the end of his time in Rome. Roma again won the Coppa Italia, but despite nearly winning the treble, the mood around the city was not a happy one.

In the 1984–85 season, Falcão was more famous for his off field antics than his on field ones. Due to his knee troubles, he only managed four games and one goal in the league as Roma slumped to eighth place in the championship. Falcão then flew off to New York City for an operation on his knee that was unauthorized by the club's doctors, and Roma subsequently terminated his contract. He went back to Brazil after five years in Rome.

São Paulo

Falcão then signed a contract with São Paulo.

While playing for São Paulo, Falcão won two titles. The first was a Campeonato Paulista in 1985 beating Portuguesa in the final with an aggregate score of 5–2, and the second one a Taça dos Campeões Rio-São, also in 1985, where he scored his one and only goal for the club in the second leg against Fluminense.

Falcão retired from professional football after the 1986 World Cup. He is one of eleven members to have been inducted into the Roma Hall of Fame.

International career

Falcão made 34 appearances for the Brazil national team between 1976 and 1986, scoring six goals. He was a member of the side that finished third at the 1979 Copa América, scoring his only goal of the tournament in the second leg of the semi-finals, a 2–2 draw against eventual champions Paraguay, although the latter nation advanced to the final 4–3 on aggregate. He was surprisingly left out of Brazil's 1978 World Cup squad, despite being included on the 40–player shortlist before the tournament.

Falcão starred in the midfield of the Brazil 1982 World Cup team, along with Toninho Cerezo, Zico, Eder and Socrates in a 4–2–2–2 formation; the side is generally seen by pundits as one of the best teams not to win the World Cup. Although initially he was only intended to be a substitute, due to a suspension to Cerezo, Falcão started in Brazil's opening match, as they beat Soviet Union 2–1; he went on to start in each match of the tournament, scoring the last goal as Brazil then beat Scotland 4–1, and adding another goal in the 4–0 win against New Zealand.

In the second phase of the World Cup, in the so-called "Group of Death," his team obtained a 3–1 win against the reigning World Champions and rivals Argentina, meaning that the Brazilians needed only a draw in their next game against Italy to advance to the semi-finals. In this game, despite twice equalising, Brazil were beaten by a Paolo Rossi hat trick as Italy won 3–2, advancing in their place. Falcão got the second equalising goal for Brazil against his adopted country with a drive from the edge of the area, which was deflected by opposing defender Giuseppe Bergomi. The defeat and resulting elimination affected Falcão and several of his teammates heavily; after the match, he was said to be so distressed that he wanted to give up football. Falcao was chosen as the tournament's second best player.

After muddling through a nondescript season for his club (although he helped the team win the São Paulo State Championship in 1985), he managed to get a call up to the Brazil 1986 World Cup squad, mainly on reputation.

During this World Cup, he only managed to play in two games (coming on as substitute against both Spain and Algeria). Brazil exited in the quarter-finals against the French team of his old rival Michel Platini. After this World Cup, Falcão retired from football.

Coaching career

From 1990 to 1991, Falcão was the manager of the Brazil national team; he led the team to a second place finish at the 1991 Copa América, behind rivals Argentina. His second and longest coaching experience was with América from 1991 to 1993. He also coached Internacional in 1993. After a brief hiatus, in 1994, he was the manager of the Japan national team. In April 2011, after 16 years without managing a club, he was signed by Internacional, replacing Celso Roth. He was then sacked in July, following three consecutive defeats in the Brazilian league.

In February 2012, Falcão returned into management, signing an eleven-month deal as head coach of Bahia. He only returned to coaching duties in September 2015, being appointed manager at Sport.

Falcão returned to Internacional in July 2016, but was sacked after three losses and two draws, only one month later. On 17 November 2022, he joined Santos as a sporting coordinator.

On 4 August 2023, Falcão left his role at Santos.

Style of play

An elegant and technically gifted player, with an eye for goal from midfield, and an ability to orchestrate his team's attacking moves, Falcão usually functioned in a holding role as a deep-lying playmaker (regista), although he was capable of aiding his team defensively, as well as creatively and offensively, due to his physique, work-rate, and tenacity. He was known in particular for his flair, control, vision, passing and long-range shooting ability, as well as his tactical intelligence, organisational ability and leadership. His role has also been likened to that of a metodista ("centre-half," in Italian football jargon), due to his ability to dictate play in midfield as well as assist his team defensively.

Personal life

Falcão was born in Abelardo Luz, in the Southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. His father is Portuguese-Brazilian and his mother Azize has Italian origins, from Calabria. In her 1991 autobiography, La filosofia di Moana ("Moana's philosophy," in Italian), Italian adult film actress Moana Pozzi claimed to have had an affair with Falcão.

Falcao married his first wife, attorney Rosane Leal Damazio, in 1993, with whom he had a son Paulo Roberto Falcão Filho, born on July 21, 1993.

He also worked for many years as a football commentator for Rede Globo and for its sports oriented branch SporTV.

On 4 August 2023, Falcão was accused of sexual harassment by an employee of the apartment hotel he lived in Santos.

Career statistics

Club

1. Includes Campeonato Gaúcho, Campeonato Paulista
2. Includes Copa do Brasil, Coppa Italia
3. Includes Copa Libertadores, European Cup Winners' Cup, European Cup, UEFA Cup
4. Includes Taça dos Campeões Estaduais Rio – São Paulo

International

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Falcão goal.

List of international goals scored by Paulo Roberto Falcão

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	1 December 1976	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Soviet Union	–	2–0	Friendly
2	31 October 1979	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Paraguay	1–0	2–2	1979 Copa América
3	27 May 1982	Estádio Parque do Sabiá, Uberlândia, Brazil	Republic of Ireland	1–0	7–0	Friendly
4	18 June 1982	Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain	Scotland	4–1	4–1	1982 FIFA World Cup
5	23 June 1982	Estadio Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain	New Zealand	3–0	4–0	1982 FIFA World Cup
6	5 July 1982	Sarrià Stadium, Barcelona, Spain	Italy	2–2	2–3	1982 FIFA World Cup

Managerial statistics

As of 22 June 2023.

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Brazil		16 August 1990	20 August 1991	17	6	7	4	22	18	+4	035.29
Club América		November 1991	November 1992	51	21	14	16	73	66	+7	041.18
Internacional		September 1993	November 1993	14	5	4	5	17	20	−3	035.71
Japan		May 1994	October 1994	9	3	4	2	16	13	+3	033.33
Internacional		10 April 2011	18 July 2011	19	8	5	6	30	24	+6	042.11
Bahia		6 February 2012	20 July 2012	36	16	10	10	62	40	+22	044.44
Sport Recife		20 September 2015	18 April 2016	34	17	6	11	49	33	+16	050.00
Internacional		12 July 2016	8 August 2016	5	0	2	3	6	10	−4	000.00
Total				185	76	52	57	275	224	+51	041.08	—

Honours

Internacional

• Campeonato Gaúcho: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1975, 1976, 1979
• Copa Libertadores runner-up: 1980

Roma

• Coppa Italia: 1980–81, 1983–84
• Serie A: 1982–83
• European Cup: runner-up 1983–84

São Paulo

• Campeonato Paulista: 1985
• Taça dos Campeões Estaduais Rio-São Paulo: 1985

Individual

• Bola de Prata: 1975, 1978, 1979
• Bola de Ouro: 1978, 1979
• Bronze ball South American Player of the Year: 1979
• FIFA World Cup Silver Ball: 1982
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1982
• FIFA XI: 1982
• Silver ball South American Player of the Year: 1982
• Onze de Bronze: 1982
• Guerin Sportivo All-Star Team: 1982, 1983
• Serie A Team of The Year: 1982, 1983, 1984
• Onze d'Argent: 1983
• Guerin Sportivo World Player of the Year: 1983
• World Soccer's 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time: 1999
• FIFA 100: 2004
• A.S. Roma Hall of Fame: 2012
• Italian Football Hall of Fame: 2016
• Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame
• Golden Foot: 2019, as football legend

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Bibliography

• Gregori, Claudio (2011). Il Calcio di Falcao ai Raggi X. I quaderni della Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Vol. 17. Milan, Italy: RCS Quotidiani.

External links

• Paulo Falcão at National-Football-Teams.com
• Falcão at Sambafoot (archived)
• Falcao – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Falcao at Soccerway

Awards

Awards Preceded byinaugural FIFA World Cup Silver Ball 1982 Succeeded by Harald Schumacher v t e 1982 FIFA World Cup Team of the Tournament Goalkeeper Dino Zoff Defenders Claudio Gentile Fulvio Collovati Luizinho Júnior Midfielders Falcão Zbigniew Boniek Michel Platini Zico Forwards Paolo Rossi Karl-Heinz Rummenigge v t e Bola de Ouro Men's 1970: Pelé 1971: Dirceu Lopes 1973: Ancheta & Cejas 1974: Zico 1975: Waldir Peres 1976: Figueroa 1977: Cerezo 1978: Falcão 1979: Falcão 1980: Cerezo 1981: Paulo Isidoro 1982: Zico 1983: Roberto Costa 1984: Roberto Costa 1985: Marinho 1986: Careca 1987: Renato 1988: Taffarel 1989: Ricardo Rocha 1990: César Sampaio 1991: Mauro Silva 1992: Júnior 1993: César Sampaio 1994: Amoroso 1995: Giovanni 1996: Djalminha 1997: Edmundo 1998: Edílson 1999: Marcelinho Carioca 2000: Romário 2001: Alex Mineiro 2002: Kaká 2003: Alex 2004: Robinho 2005: Tevez 2006: Lucas 2007: Thiago Neves 2008: Rogério Ceni 2009: Adriano 2010: Darío Conca 2011: Neymar 2012: Neymar & Ronaldinho 2013: Éverton Ribeiro 2014: Ricardo Goulart 2015: Renato Augusto 2016: Gabriel Jesus 2017: Jô 2018: Dudu 2019: Gabriel Barbosa 2020: Claudinho 2021: Hulk 2022: Gustavo Scarpa 2023: Suárez 2024: Estêvão Women's 2021: Bia Zaneratto 2022: Adriana 2023: Aline Gomes 2024: Vic Albuquerque As Hors concours Placar started to give this prize to the best grade holder at Bola de Prata since 1973. In its 2013 ceremonies, a Bola de Ouro was given to Dirceu Lopes, holder of the best 1971 grade. Francisco Reyes and Elías Figueroa, holders of 1970 and 1972 ones respectively, have not been announced as these years' winners yet. v t e 1982 World Soccer World XI GK: Shilton DF: Trésor DF: Passarella DF: Duarte DF: Giresse MF: Falcão MF: Platini MF: Ardiles MF: Sócrates FW: Rummenigge FW: Rossi v t e 1983 World Soccer World XI GK: Shilton DF: Duarte DF: Trésor DF: Passarella DF: Giresse MF: Falcão MF: Platini MF: Cerezo MF: Ardiles MF: Sócrates FW: Rummenigge v t e 1975 Bola de Prata GK: Waldir Peres DF: Nelinho DF: Figueroa DF: Amaral DF: Marco Antônio MF: Carpegiani MF: Falcão MF: Zico FW: Gil FW: Palhinha FW: Ziza v t e 1978 Bola de Prata GK: Manga DF: Rosemiro DF: Rondinelli DF: Deodoro DF: Odirlei MF: Caçapava MF: Adílio MF: Falcão FW: Tarciso FW: Paulinho FW: Jésum v t e 1979 Bola de Prata GK: João Leite DF: Nelinho DF: Osmar DF: Mauro Galvão DF: Pedrinho MF: Pires MF: Jorge Mendonça MF: Falcão FW: Jorginho FW: Joãozinho FW: Roberto Dinamite v t e FIFA 100 UEFA Baggio Ballack Banks Baresi Van Basten Beckenbauer Beckham Bergkamp Bergomi Best Boniek Boniperti Breitner Buffon Butragueño Cantona Ceulemans Charlton Cruyff Dalglish Dasayev Davids Del Piero Desailly Deschamps Emre Eusébio Facchetti Figo Fontaine Gullit Hagi Henry Kahn Keane Keegan R. van de Kerkhof W. van de Kerkhof Klinsmann Kluivert Kopa B. Laudrup M. Laudrup Lineker Luis Enrique Maier Maldini Masopust Matthäus Müller Nedvěd Neeskens Nesta Van Nistelrooy Owen Papin Pfaff Pires Platini Puskás Raúl Rensenbrink Rijkaard Rivera Rossi Rui Costa Rummenigge Rüştü Schmeichel Seedorf Seeler Shearer Shevchenko Stoichkov Šuker Thuram Totti Trésor Trezeguet Van der Elst Vieira Vieri Zidane Zoff CONMEBOL Carlos Alberto Batistuta Cafu Crespo Cubillas Di Stéfano Falcão Figueroa Francescoli Júnior Kempes Maradona Passarella Pelé Rivaldo Rivelino Roberto Carlos Romário Romerito Ronaldinho Ronaldo Djalma Santos Nílton Santos Saviola Sívori Sócrates Valderrama Verón Zamorano Zanetti Zico CAF Diouf Milla Okocha Abedi Pelé Weah CONCACAF Akers Hamm Sánchez AFC Hong M.B. Nakata v t e Golden Foot Legends Award 2003 Eusébio Fontaine Maradona Rivera 2004 Di Stéfano Platini Zoff 2005 Best Gento Riva Rivellino Weah 2006 Facchetti Ghiggia Kopa Puskás Zico 2007 Kempes Müller Romário Rossi Stoichkov 2008 Aldair Belanov Suárez Zidane 2009 Blokhin Boniek Higuita Rummenigge Nílton Santos 2010 Antognoni Beckenbauer Dunga Sánchez Varallo 2011 Figo Gullit Madjer Abedi Pele Zanetti 2012 Baresi Cantona Matthäus Pelé 2013 Ardiles Papin Valderrama 2014 Hamm Milla Nakata Panenka Pfaff Şükür 2015 Dasayev Hagi Passarella Trezeguet 2016 De Boer Deco Puyol Ranieri 2017 Desailly Kahn Li Mancini Owen 2018 Deschamps Leonardo Lippi Pirlo Seedorf 2019 Altafini Falcão Vieira Morace 2021 Alves Maldini Netzer Oriali Smith 2022 Butragueño Terim Verón 2024 Cannavaro Costa Krol Llorente Piqué v t e Brazilian Football Museum – Hall of Fame Ademir Bebeto Carlos Alberto Torres Chico Didi Djalma Santos Falcão Garrincha Gérson Gilmar Jairzinho Julinho Nílton Santos Pelé Rivaldo Rivellino Roberto Carlos Romário Ronaldinho Ronaldo Sócrates Taffarel Tostão Vavá Zagallo Zico Zizinho Honorable mentions: Domingos da Guia Leônidas v t e Italian Football Hall of Fame Italian players Baggio Baresi Bergomi Cannavaro De Rossi Del Piero P. Maldini Nesta Pirlo Totti Vialli Zola Coaches Allegri Ancelotti Bagnoli Capello Conte Lippi Mancini Mazzone Mourinho Ranieri Sacchi Spalletti Trapattoni Italian veterans Altobelli Antognoni Boninsegna Cabrini Conti S. Mazzola Oriali Riva Rivera Rossi Tardelli Zoff Italian referees Agnolin Braschi Casarin Collina Gussoni Gonella Michelotti Rizzoli Rocchi Rosetti Italian directors Berlusconi Boniperti Braida Campana Ferlaino Galliani Marotta Matarrese Moratti Pellegrini Percassi Sartori Foreign players Batistuta Boniek Falcão Gullit Maradona Platini Ronaldo Rummenigge Shevchenko van Basten Zanetti Zidane Italian female players Bertolini Bonansea Gabbiadini Gama Giacinti Girelli Morace Panico Vignotto Posthumous honours – Players Amadei Anastasi Bulgarelli D'Amico Di Bartolomei Facchetti Ferrari Fogli V. Mazzola Meazza Mihajlović Monzeglio Picchi Piola Schiavio Scirea Posthumous honours – Coaches Bearzot Bernardini Boškov Carcano Erbstein Herrera Liedholm C. Maldini Pozzo Radice Rocco Scopigno Simoni Valcareggi Viani Vicini Weisz Posthumous honours – Directors U. Agnelli Allodi Barassi Dall'Ara Fini Franchi Novo Posthumous honours – Referees Campanati Farina Lo Bello Mauro Davide Astori Fair Play Award Agnese Kjær Lukaku Martelli Rullo Trocchia Special Award Brera Sconcerti v t e AS Roma Hall of Fame inductees 2012 Franco Tancredi Cafu Giacomo Losi Aldair Francesco Rocca Fulvio Bernardini Agostino Di Bartolomei Paulo Roberto Falcão Bruno Conti Roberto Pruzzo Amedeo Amadei 2013 Attilio Ferraris Sebastiano Nela Giuseppe Giannini Vincenzo Montella 2014 Alcides Ghiggia Vincent Candela Carlo Ancelotti Rudi Völler 2015 Guido Masetti Sergio Santarini Damiano Tommasi Gabriel Batistuta 2016 Giorgio Carpi Toninho Cerezo Giancarlo De Sisti Arcadio Venturi 2017 Francesco Totti 2018 Mario De Micheli Giuliano Taccola Rodolfo Volk

Brazil squads

v t e Brazil football squad – 1972 Summer Olympics 1 Vitor 2 Osmar 3 Fred 4 Terezo 5 Falcão 6 Celsinho 7 Pedrinho 8 Rubens Galaxe 9 Washington 10 Roberto Dinamite 11 Dirceu 12 Nielsen 13 Abel 14 Vágner 15 Bolívar 16 Ângelo 17 Pintinho 18 Zé Carlos 19 Manoel Coach: Antoninho v t e Brazil squad – 1979 Copa América semi-finalists GK Carlos GK João Leite GK Leão DF Edinho DF Gomes DF Júnior DF Marco Antônio DF Nelinho DF Oscar DF Pedrinho DF Rondinelli DF Toninho MF Adílio MF Amaral MF Batista MF Carpegiani MF Cerezo MF Chicão MF Falcão MF Jair MF Pintinho MF Pita MF Renato MF Sócrates MF Zenon MF Zico FW Éder FW João Paulo FW Juary FW Nílton Batata FW Palhinha FW Roberto Dinamite FW Serginho FW Tarciso FW Tita FW Zé Sérgio FW Zezé Coach: Coutinho v t e Brazil squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup 1 Waldir Peres 2 Leandro 3 Oscar 4 Luizinho 5 Cerezo 6 Júnior 7 Paulo Isidoro 8 Sócrates (c) 9 Serginho 10 Zico 11 Éder 12 Paulo Sérgio 13 Edevaldo 14 Juninho 15 Falcão 16 Edinho 17 Pedrinho 18 Batista 19 Renato 20 Roberto Dinamite 21 Dirceu 22 Carlos Coach: Telê Santana v t e Brazil squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup 1 Carlos 2 Édson 3 Oscar 4 Edinho (c) 5 Falcão 6 Júnior 7 Müller 8 Casagrande 9 Careca 10 Zico 11 Edivaldo 12 Paulo Vítor 13 Josimar 14 Júlio César 15 Alemão 16 Mauro Galvão 17 Branco 18 Sócrates 19 Elzo 20 Silas 21 Valdo 22 Leão Coach: Telê Santana v t e Brazil squad – 1991 Copa América runners-up 1 Taffarel 2 Mazinho 3 Cléber 4 Ricardo Rocha 5 Mauro Silva 6 Branco 7 Renato Gaúcho 8 Valdir 9 Careca III 10 Neto 11 João Paulo 12 Sérgio 13 Cafu 14 Wilson Gottardo 15 Márcio Santos 16 Lira 17 Márcio Bittencourt 18 Raí 19 Luís Henrique 20 Mazinho Oliveira 21 Sílvio 22 Ronaldo Coach: Falcão

• 1953 births
• Living people
• Footballers from Santa Catarina (state)
• Brazilian men's footballers
• Brazilian football managers
• FIFA 100
• Men's association football midfielders
• Olympic footballers for Brazil
• Expatriate football managers in Mexico
• Expatriate football managers in Japan
• Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
• Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
• Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
• Brazil men's international footballers
• Brazilian people of Italian descent
• Brazilian people of Portuguese descent
• Sportspeople of Portuguese descent
• Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
• People of Calabrian descent
• 1979 Copa América players
• 1982 FIFA World Cup players
• 1986 FIFA World Cup players
• 1991 Copa América managers
• Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players
• Serie A players
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A managers
• SC Internacional players
• AS Roma players
• São Paulo FC players
• Brazil national football team managers
• Sport Club Internacional managers
• Japan national football team managers
• Esporte Clube Bahia managers
• Sport Club do Recife managers
• Santos FC managers
• Santos FC non-playing staff
• 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen