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5 Greatest Brazilian Football Players Of All Time

Brazilians are known for their technical ability and flair. It only makes sense that the most successful footballing nation has produced some of the best footballers over the years. This list features some of the best Brazilian footballers of all time.

Who Are The Greatest Brazilian Football Players Of All Time?

5. Neymar Jr

Brazil's top goal scorer of all-time 🇧🇷

Neymar Jr 🔥 pic.twitter.com/KzFepjJ83X

— Emilio Sansolini (@EmilioSansolini) February 5, 2024

Neymar Jr has failed to win trophies with Brazil on the international level, but this list would feel incomplete without the nation’s top goal scorer. In September 2023, Neymar scored his 78th goal for Brazil against Bolivia. This meant he had now passed Pele’s 77 goals and become Brazil’s top goal scorer.

The forward also found immense success at the club level. He played for one of the best Barcelona sides alongside Lionel Messi. The Brazilian is regarded as the third-best player of the modern era after Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. He has scored 476 goals in 763 matches in his career. After playing for Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, the midfielder moved to the Saudi Pro League in 2023. He now plays for Al-Hilal.

4. Ronaldinho

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Ronaldinho is known as one of the most talented footballers ever. The Brazilian was outrageously gifted. He made football look easy with his bag of tricks and vision. Ronaldinho managed to get his hands on both the FIFA World Cup and the Ballon d’Or. He won the World Cup in 2002 with his country. However, he had to wait till 2005 to claim his first and only Ballon d’Or.

While the midfielder is praised for his talent, he is also frowned upon for his hard work. Ronaldinho was notoriously known for partying and not putting in enough work. If he managed to be so good without even putting in too much effort, just imagine how good he could have been.

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3. Garrincha

👨‍⚕️ Doctors said Garrincha, who was born with a deformed spine, warped knees and one leg six centimetres shorter than the other, would never walk 🚶‍♂️

🔙 #OnThisDay in 1962, without @Pele, he was at his electrifying best as Brazil won a 2nd successive #WorldCup 🏆@CBF_Futebol pic.twitter.com/vGc15rbtpS

— FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) June 17, 2021

Garrincha was born with a crooked spine and uneven legs. This is why he was given the nickname ‘Bent-Legged Angel’. Despite this, he made football look easy. He got past defenders with ease using his pace and dribbling abilities. The Brazilian star won the 1958 and 1962 FIFA World Cups with his nation.

The forward carried his nation to the 1962 FIFA World Cup title almost single-handedly. Pele was injured, which meant Garrincha needed to step up, which was precisely what he did. He ended up as the top scorer in that World Cup and defended the title successfully.

2. Ronaldo

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Ronaldo was nicknamed ‘The Phenomenon’ by Brazilians. The striker did not take much time to accumulate fans. He won his first FIFA World Player of the Year title at the age of 20. He also went on to win two Ballon d’Or awards in his career and is regarded as one of the best football players ever.

The Brazilian forward scored 420 goals and won two FIFA World Cups and two Ballon d’Or awards in his career. Despite these unbelievable statistics, Ronaldo’s career was littered with injuries. If not for his injury problems, his career would have been even more spectacular.

1. Pele

This man, Edson Arantes do Nascimento a.k.a. Pelé, scored 1279 goals in 1363 games which is a Guinness World Record. He won the FIFA World Cup three times with Brazil. pic.twitter.com/zUBefTTqmD

— Doctor Mpofana (@MthotheMpofana) June 7, 2023

Pele is arguably the greatest footballer to have ever lived. As a seventeen-year-old teenager, the striker scored six goals in the 1958 FIFA World Cup which was an unbelievable feat.  His brace in the final helped Brazil win the World Cup trophy.

The Brazilian forward played for Santos from 1956 to 1974. He helped define a golden era at the club during his time there. Pele is one of the best goal-scorers the beautiful game has ever seen, and by the time he ended his career, he had scored 1,279 goals.

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