Rivellino
Brazilian association football player and manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Roberto Rivellino (also Rivelino, born 1 January 1946) is a Brazilian football pundit and retired 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.[7] He is the son of Italian immigrants. As a footballer, Rivelino (his football name only had one L) was known for his hard shots, long-range free kicks, long balls and huge mustache. He also invented his own action: the Elástico, nowadays also called the flip-flap or aka and copied by Ronaldinho and Zlatan Ibrahimović, among others. Rivelino is often regarded to be one of the best midfielders the world has ever known. Many people consider him the fourth best Brazilian footballer of all time, after Pelé, Garrincha and Zico. According to many football pundits, he is considered as the best player in the history of Corinthians and Fluminense.
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Full name | Roberto Rivellino | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1946-01-01) 1 January 1946 (age 78) | |||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | São Paulo, SP, 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] | 474 | (141) | |||||||||||||||||
1975–1978 | Fluminense[5] | 158 | (23) | |||||||||||||||||
1978–1981 | Al-Hilal | 57 | (25) | |||||||||||||||||
Total | 672 | (189) | ||||||||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||||||||
1965–1978[6] | Brazil | 92 | (26) | |||||||||||||||||
Teams managed | ||||||||||||||||||||
1994 | Shimizu S-Pulse | |||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |