Profile Of Brazil Football Team

Are you a fan of Brazil soccer team? Are you crazy about the payers? Then here is some more stuffs for you to enjoy. No other team in the history of soccer has success rate as Brazil has. Brazil is called by different nick names and the common and famous nick name is A Seleção which means selection. Brazil has appeared 18 times in the world cup soccer and it made its first appearance on 1930. Brazil has won the cup five times so far and the years are 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002. In 2006 world cup effects of great players like Kaka, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos and Cafu went in vain and Brazil was chucked out in quarter finals. They lost the game to France for a goal set of 1-0. Ronaldo became the all time highest goal scorer in 2006 FIFA Word cup.

With the loss in the 2006 world cup Brazil is expected to come with a bang in the 2010 FIFA world cup. Current players’ lists are,

Goalkeepers: Dida, Julio Cesar
Defenders: Cafu, Cicinho, Edmilson, Gilberto, Juan Lucio, Roberto Carlos, Roque Junior
Midfielders: Emerson, Gilberto Silva, P.Juninho, Kaká, Renato Ze Roberto
Forwards: Adriano, Julio Baptista, Ricardo Oliveira, Robinho, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho
Manager - Carlos Alberto Parreira

 For 2010 World cup other than the common old players like Kaka, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos and Cafu this time it is expected that there will be some changes in the squad with new faces to be added. It is expected that the new players list may be from the following names as they were called for qualifying matches. The player’s names are as follows,

1. Júlio César
2. Victor
3. Gomes
4. Lucio
5. Juan
6. Miranda
7. André Santos
8. Elano