Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior, also known as Léo Júnior or simply Júnior, is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer who played as a left back or midfielder. He was nicknamed "capacete" because of his afro hairstyle.
The Brazilian Football Confederation is the governing body of football in Brazil. It was founded on Monday, 8 June 1914, as Federação Brasileira de Sports, and renamed Confederação Brasileira de Desportos in 1916. The football confederation, as known today, separated from other sports associations on 24 September 1979. Between 1914 and 1979 it was the governing body, or at least the international reference, for other olympic sports, such as tennis, athletics, handball, swimming and waterpolo. It currently has the most wins on FIFA world cups, with a total of five.
Miraildes Maciel Mota, commonly known as Formiga, is a Brazilian footballer who last played as a midfielder for São Paulo FC. She previously played for professional clubs in Sweden, the United States and France. Formiga holds many international records as a member of the Brazil national team, being the only player present in all Olympic Games tournaments of women's football since the first edition at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and a record for appearing at seven different FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments.
Cássio Roberto Ramos, known as Cássio, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Corinthians and the Brazil national team. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest Corinthians goalkeepers of all time.
Cristiane Rozeira de Souza Silva, known as Cristiane, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Santos and the Brazilian women's national team. A prolific forward, she was part of Brazil's silver medal-winning teams at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic football tournaments. In total she has participated in five FIFA Women's World Cups and four Olympics.
Bárbara Micheline do Monte Barbosa, commonly known as Bárbara, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Kindermann and the Brazil women's national football team. Bárbara has played for clubs in Italy, Sweden and Germany as well as in her native Brazil. Since making her national team debut in 2007, she has won over 30 caps for Brazil. She has been part of her country's squad at four editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup and at two Olympic football tournaments.
Thaís Duarte Guedes, commonly known as Thaís Guedes or Thaisinha, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as either a forward or an attacking midfielder for Santos and the Brazil national team. With Brazil's youth teams she competed at the 2008 and 2010 editions of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, as well as the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. At senior international level she played at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2012 Summer Olympics tournament. A skilful forward, her playing style has been compared to that of Neymar.
Luciana Maria Dionizio, commonly known as Luciana, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ferroviária and the Brazilian national team. She participated at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Mônica Hickmann Alves, commonly known as Mônica, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Spanish Liga F club Madrid CFF and the Brazil national team. She participated in the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cups and the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Andressa Cavalari Machry, commonly known as Andressa or Andressinha, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SE Palmeiras and the Brazil women's national team. She participated at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Beatriz "Bia" Zaneratto João, sometimes known as just Beatriz or Bia, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Palmeiras and the Brazil national team. She participated at the 2011, 2015, and 2019 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup.
Tayla Carolina Pereira dos Santos, known as Tayla or sometimes as Diva, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Santos and the Brazil national team. She was included in Brazil's squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
BSC Kristall, or simply Kristall, is a professional beach soccer team based in St. Petersburg, Russia. Kristall is the most successful Russian club at the Euro Winners Cup, having won four times in 2014, 2015, 2020 and 2021. Kristall are a seven-time Russian Nationals and a five-time Russian Beach Soccer Cup champions. Additionally, the team won the 2nd Russian Super Cup in 2018, defeating arch-rival BSC Lokomotiv.
Artur Sergeyevich Paporotnyi is a Russian beach soccer player. Paporotnyi debuted in the Russian national beach soccer team in 2011. Since 2013, he is playing for BSC Kristall.
Bruno da Silva Xavier, better known simply as Bruno Xavier is a Brazilian beach soccer player who plays as a defender. He is the captain of the Brazil national team and lead the team to the 2017 World Cup title.
Maxim Aleksandrovich Chuzhkov is a Russian beach soccer player serving as goalkeeper. He is a five-time national champion for Rotor Volgograd (1), Lokomotiv Moscow(1) and Kristall.(3)
Léonardo Barral Martins SantosComM, better known simply as Léo Martins, is a Brazilian-born, Portuguese beach soccer player who plays as a forward. He is a two-time winner of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Mauricio Pereira Braz de Oliveira, known better as Mauricinho, is a Brazilian beach soccer player who plays as a forward. He won the 2017 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup representing Brazil and claimed the Silver Ball award at the competition; he has also appeared at two other World Cups. In addition, he was named the best player in the world at the 2017 Beach Soccer Stars awards.
Carlos Alberto Lisboa, better known as Neném, is a retired Brazilian beach soccer player who played as a forward. He was a mainstay of the Brazilian national team from 1994 until 2005. Injury forced him into retirement in 2009.
Jenílson Brito Rodrigues, better known as Mão, is a Brazilian beach soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper. He is a record five-time winner of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup and won the Golden Glove award at Dubai 2009. Additionally, he holds the record for most appearances at the World Cup (54) and is the most capped-Brazilian player ever.
