The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The current champion is France, which won its second title at the 2018 tournament in Russia.
Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, commonly known as Ronaldo, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Popularly dubbed El Fenomeno, he is widely considered one of the greatest football players of all time. In his prime, he was known for his dribbling at speed, feints, and clinical finishing. In the 1990s, Ronaldo starred at club level for Cruzeiro, PSV, Barcelona, and Inter Milan. His moves to Spain and Italy made him only the second player, after Diego Maradona, to break the world transfer record twice, all before his 21st birthday. By 23, he had scored over 200 goals for club and country. After almost three years of inactivity due to serious knee injuries and recuperation, Ronaldo joined Real Madrid in 2002, which was followed by spells at A.C. Milan and Corinthians.
The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in men's international football and is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the governing body for football in Brazil. They have been a member of FIFA since 1923 and member of CONMEBOL since 1916.
Association football is the most popular sport in Brazil and a prominent part of its national identity. The Brazil national football team has won the FIFA World Cup tournament five times, the most of any team, in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. Brazil and Germany are the only teams to succeed in qualifying for all the World Cups for which they entered the qualifiers; Brazil is the only team to participate in every World Cup competition ever held. It is among the favorites to win the trophy every time the competition is scheduled. After Brazil won its third World Cup in 1970, they were awarded the Jules Rimet Trophy permanently. Brazil has also won an Olympic Gold Medal, at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro.
Arthur Friedenreich was a Brazilian professional footballer, who played as a forward. He was Nicknamed The Tiger, and was arguably the sport's first outstanding mixed race player. He played when Brazilian football was still amateur, which lasted until 1933. He is occasionally stated as one of the all-time top scorers in football history, although this is highly disputed.
Jorge de Amorim Campos, better known as Jorginho, is a Brazilian retired footballer who played mainly as a right back, and is the current manager of Coritiba.
William Vitved Kvist is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Danish club Copenhagen as well as for the Denmark national team.
Bismarck Barreto Faria, better known as Bismarck is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a midfielder.
Claudemir Jerônimo Barreto, commonly known as Cacau, is Brazillian-born German former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Jeronimo Barreto may refer to:
The Australia national under-17 soccer team represents Australia in men's international under-17 soccer. The team is controlled by the governing body for Football in Australia, Football Federation Australia (FFA), which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. The team's official nickname is the Joeys.
Claudemir Domingues de Souza, commonly known as Claudemir, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Turkish club Sivasspor.
Claudemir Ferreira da Silva is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Hapoel Tel Aviv.
Alex may be a diminutive of the male given name Alexander, or its female equivalent Alexandra or Alexandria, or a given name in its own right. Alexander is derived from the Greek "Ἀλέξανδρος" (Aléxandros).
Sousa, Souza, de Sousa, or de Souza is a common Portuguese-language surname, especially in Portugal, Brazil, East Timor, India, and Galicia. In Africa, the name is common among people with Portuguese and Brazilian roots in Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique.
Jeronimo or Jerónimo is the Portuguese and Spanish form of "Jerome".
Ferreira is a Portuguese, Spanish, French, South African and Indian surname, meaning 'blacksmith'. Other spellings are Ferreyra, Ferreiro, Ferrero, Ferrer, Ferraro, Ferreirua, Ferreiroa, Ferreiró, Ferreiros. People with those names include:
Claudemir Santos is a Paralympian athlete from Brazil competing mainly in category T46 sprint events.
