#3 Cafu
The normal successor to Carlos Alberto Torres, Cafu emulated his example by captaining Brazil to a World Cup triumph in 2002, playing each of the 603 minutes as Brazil lifted its fifth World title in Japan.
With 142 caps, he is Brazil’s unsurpassed most elevated appearance creator and holds the qualification of being the main man to play in the last of three successive World Cup competitions, doing as such as a victor in the 1994 and 2002 releases and as a sprinter up in 1998.
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He began his senior club vocation at Sao Paulo in 1989 and his six-year remain at the club was tremendously effective, winning successive Copa Libertadores and Intercontinental Cups (forerunner to the Club World Cup) in 1992 and 1993. He finished his spell at Sao Paulo in 1995 with his exchange to Real Zaragoza, having won seven senior titles in Brazil.
His spell in Spain was not all that prominent in spite of the fact that he won the 1995 European Cup Winners Cup with the La Liga club. After a short stretch back in Brazil, Cafu came back to Europe in 1997, this time in the Serie A with Roma and won the hearts of the Giallarossi devoted with his amazing showcases, procuring the moniker ‘Il Pendolino’ (The Express Train) because of his hazardous invasions down the Roma right flank.
With the Italian capital club, he won the Scudetto in 2001 preceding proceeding onward to another Italian goliath AC Milan in 2003. At Milan, he included the second scudetto of his vocation in 2004, two UEFA Super Cups (2003, 2007), the Super Coppa Italia in 2004, the 2007 Champions League (making him one of couple of players to have won the club mainland titles in South America and Europe) and the 2007 FIFA World Club Cup. He reported his retirement from football at the lapse of his Milan contract in 2008 and is an individual from both the Milan and Roma Hall of Fame.
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With Brazil, he took part at four continuous World Cups from 1994 to 2006, captaining his nation at the last two and set a record of showing up altogether at the World Cup. He was additionally part of the triumphant Brazilian squads at the 1997 and 1999 Copa America and the 1999 Confederations Cup.
On an individual dimension, Cafu was a piece of Pele’s FIFA 100 out of 2004, he was likewise incorporated into the World XI of the 21st century and in addition the FIFA XI in 2002. Other individual achievements accomplished in his vocation incorporate being casted a ballot South American Player of the Year in 1994 and making it into the UEFA Team of the Year in 2004 and 2005.
For all his own and group accomplishments, and his consistency for such a long time, Cafu is deservedly perceived as one of the best fullbacks ever and he is no ifs ands or buts a legend of the sport.
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