Roberto Rivellino

Roberto Rivellino ( São Paulo , January 1 1946 ) is a former Brazilian footballer. He is the son of Italian immigrants. Rivelino (his football name had only one L) was as a player known for his hard shots, free kicks from long distances, long balls and his enormous mustache. He also devised his own action: elastico, now known as the flip-flap or aka copied and include Ronaldinho and Zlatan Ibrahimović . Often Rivelino one of the best midfielders which called the world has ever known. Also, many people find him the fourth best Brazilian footballer of all time, after Pele , Garrincha and Zico . Finally, he is, according to many experts, the best football player in the history of his club Corinthians and Fluminense .



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[verbergen]  *1 Club Career  ==[Club  Career edit ]  == Rivelino began his career as an indoor soccer team Atletico Clube Indiano in São Paulo. Later he left this club and he went to play outdoor football for Corinthians.Rivelino was unlucky because he came at Corinthians into one of the worst periods in the history of the club. The Sao Paulo state championship he never won Rivelino and after ten years was by many fans, who all this time had pinned their hopes on him, excluded. He decided to Fluminense to leave. With this club he won the Rio de Janeiro state championship in 1975 and 1976 . By the end of the seventies he was dismantling his career at Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia and in 1981 he stopped playing professional football. ==[Interland  Career edit ]  == Rivelino is one of the players who more than a hundred caps for Brazil played. He was also very successful in the World Cup of 1970 almost every game in the starting lineup. During this tournament, he scored three goals, including a memorable free kick against Czechoslovakia . He also starred in the World Cups of 1974 and 1978, where Brazil finished third and fourth respectively. ==[Trivia  edit ] ==
 * 2 Interland Career
 * 3 Trivia
 * 4 See also
 * After his career as a professional footballer Rivelino worked as a commentator and as a coach (from the Japanese Shimizu S-Pulse ).
 * In 1989 he starred in the World Cup of Masters, a tournament for (former) players over 35 years. He scored in the final against Uruguay .
 * Rivelino was in 2004 by Pelé named on the list of the 125 best living footballers (the FIFA 100 )
 * Rivelino is the player who once made possible the fastest unofficial goal. He scored directly from the kick-off, when he saw that the goalkeeper was on his knees, as he was praying for the contest.