Rivellino
Brazilian footballer and television pundit / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Roberto Rivellino (also Rivelino, Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁoˈbɛʁtu ʁiveˈlĩnu]; born 1 January 1946) is a Brazilian football pundit and former footballer. He was one of the stars of Brazil's 1970 FIFA World Cup winning team. Rivellino currently works as a pundit for Brazilian TV Cultura.[6]
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Full name | Roberto Rivellino | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1946-01-01) 1 January 1946 (age 78) | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1962 | C.A. Barcelona | |||||||||||||||||||
1963–1964 | Corinthians | |||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
1965–1974 | Corinthians[2][3][4] | 236 | (70) | |||||||||||||||||
1975–1978 | Fluminense[4] | 45 | (10) | |||||||||||||||||
1978–1981 | Al-Hilal | 57 | (25) | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 338 | (105) | ||||||||||||||||||
International career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1965–1978[5] | Brazil | 92 | (26) | |||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | ||||||||||||||||||||
1994 | Shimizu S-Pulse | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
The son of Italian immigrants from Macchiagodena (Isernia), he was famous for his large moustache, bending free kicks, long range shooting, accurate long passing, vision, close ball control and dribbling skills.[7] He also perfected a football move called the "flip flap", famously copied by Romário, Mágico González, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Cristiano Ronaldo in recent years.[8] A former attacking midfielder, he is widely regarded as one of the most graceful football players ever, and one of the greatest players of all time. With the close control, feints and ability with his left foot, Diego Maradona named Rivellino among his greatest inspirations growing up.[9] In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.[10]