Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, known simply as Cruzeiro, is the largest sports club based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Although competing in a number of different sports, Cruzeiro is mostly known for its association football team. Its football team is the most prestigious team in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. It plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Mineiro, the state of Minas Gerais's premier state league.
Clube Atlético Mineiro, commonly known as Atlético, Atlético Mineiro, Mineiro and colloquially as Galo, is the biggest and oldest professional football club of Belo Horizonte, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The team competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first level of Brazilian football, as well as in the Campeonato Mineiro, the top tier state league of Minas Gerais.
Luiz Felipe Scolari, also known as Felipão, is a Brazilian football manager and former player. He is the current head coach of Atlético Mineiro.
América Futebol Clube is a Brazilian football team from the city of Belo Horizonte, capital city of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Founded in 1912, the club preserves its name and crest since its inception. The original home kit colours are white and green only; the black color was incorporated in the 1970s. The team also played with a red home kit between 1933 and 1942, as a protest to the introduction of professionalism. It hosts its matches at Independência stadium, being the only professional club in Belo Horizonte to have its own stadium. The club has the third largest fan base among the teams from Minas Gerais.
Antônio Carlos Cerezo, known as Toninho Cerezo, is a Brazilian former footballer. Cerezo is commonly regarded as one of the finest Brazilian defensive midfielders of all time, most notably having played for his hometown's team Atlético Mineiro; he also played for several other clubs in both Brazil and Italy throughout his career.
Villa Nova Atlético Clube, commonly known as Villa Nova, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Nova Lima, Minas Gerais. The team plays in Série D, the fourth tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as in the Campeonato Mineiro, the top tier of the Minas Gerais state football league.
Juliano Haus Belletti is a Brazilian football coach and former player who mostly played as a right-back. He is currently an assistant coach at Barcelona Atlètic.
Elzo Aloísio Coelho, better known as Elzo, is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a midfielder for the national team, a number of Brazilian clubs, and Portuguese Benfica.
Ronaldo Guiaro is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who is the assistant coach of XV de Piracicaba. As a player, he was a centre-back who began his career at Guarani and went on to spend most of his playing years in Europe, notably for Benfica and Beşiktaş.
Givanildo Vieira de Sousa, mononymously known as Hulk, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Atlético Mineiro.
Marcos Luis Rocha Aquino is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Palmeiras as a right back.
Marcelo Silva Ramos is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a striker.
Euller Elias de Carvalho is a Brazilian retired football player at the position of striker. Throughout his career, he was nicknamed "The Son of the Wind" for his amazing pace.
Victor Leandro Bagy, known as Victor, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Maicon Marques Bitencourt, simply known as Maicon, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a winger.
Réver Humberto Alves de Araújo, simply known as Réver, is a Brazilian former professional footballer. Mainly a centre-back, he could also play as a defensive midfielder. He has won the Bola de Prata and Prêmio Craque do Brasileirão twice each.
Bernard Anício Caldeira Duarte, better known as Bernard, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Super League Greece club Panathinaikos. A left-sided player, he is known for his pace and technical ability.
The rivalry between Flamengo and Atlético Mineiro is a footballing rivalry played between Brazilian clubs Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, from Rio de Janeiro, and Clube Atlético Mineiro, from Belo Horizonte. The clubs first played against each other in 1929, but until regular competitions were introduced in Brazilian football in 1959, the encounters were played at friendly level, since they come from different states: Flamengo is from Rio de Janeiro, while Atlético Mineiro hails from Minas Gerais. The rivalry developed in the 1980s from numerous controversial encounters between the two clubs in that decade's Brasileirão and Copa Libertadores editions. It remained through the following years, and is considered the biggest interstate rivalry in Brazilian football.
Cesar Fernando Silva dos Santos, commonly known as Cesinha, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Daegu FC as a forward.
