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Rivellino
Rivellino in 1970
Personal information
Full name Roberto Rivellino
Date of birth (1946-01-01) 1 January 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1962 C.A. Barcelona
1963–1964 Corinthians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1974 Corinthians[2][3][4] 236 (70)
1975–1978 Fluminense[4] 45 (10)
1978–1981 Al-Hilal 57 (25)
Total 338 (105)
International career
1965–1978[5] Brazil 92 (26)
Managerial career
1994 Shimizu S-Pulse
Medal record
Men's Football
Representing  Brazil
FIFA World Cup
Winner 1970 Mexico
Third place 1978 Argentina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roberto Rivellino (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁoˈbɛʁtu ʁiveˈlĩnu]; born 1 January 1946), known as just Rivellino, is a Brazilian football pundit and former player who was one of the key members of Brazil's 1970 FIFA World Cup-winning team.

The son of Italian immigrants from Macchiagodena, Isernia, he played as an attacking midfielder and was famous for his iconic moustache, bending free kicks, long range shooting, accurate long passing, vision, close ball control and dribbling skills.[6] He also perfected a football move called the "flip flap", famously copied by Romário, Mágico González, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Cristiano Ronaldo in later years.[7] A former attacking midfielder, he is widely regarded as one of the most graceful football players ever, and one of the greatest players of all time. With the close control, feints and ability with his left foot, Diego Maradona named Rivellino among his greatest inspirations growing up.[8] In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.[9]

Rivellino currently works as a pundit for TV Cultura.[10]

Club career

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Rivellino was born in São Paulo, and started as a futsal player at Clube Atlético Barcelona. After that, he tried his luck with Barcelona's biggest rival, Corinthians, where he moved on to professional football and quickly became a favourite of the fans—and was therefore nicknamed "O Rei do Parque" (King of the Park) (after the club's home ground, Parque São Jorge). However, the late 60s and early 70s were one of the most troubled periods in the history of the club, which did not win a single São Paulo state league title between 1954 and 1977.

Rivellino (left) playing in Saudi Arabia in 1979

In 1974, after Corinthians was defeated by arch-rivals Palmeiras in the São Paulo league finals, as the star player Rivellino was singled out by most fans as one of the most responsible for not winning. He moved on to Rio de Janeiro, where he defended Fluminense until the end of the 1970s. Rivellino was undoubtedly the greatest star in the excellent Fluminense of the mid 70s, dubbed "the tricolor machine", among Doval, Pintinho, Gil and Carlos Alberto Torres. He won the Rio de Janeiro league championship in 1975 and 1976. By the end of the decade, he moved on to play for Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia; he retired from professional football in 1981.

International career

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Rivellino with Brazil in 1974

Rivellino was a key member of Brazil's 1970 FIFA World Cup winning team, which is often cited as the greatest-ever World Cup team.[11][12][13] Wearing the number 11 jersey, Rivellino was deployed on the left side of midfield and scored three goals, including the powerful bending free-kick against Czechoslovakia, which earned him the nickname "Patada Atómica" (Atomic Kick) by Mexican fans. Rivellino also played in the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cups, finishing in fourth and third place respectively.[14][15]

After retirement

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"He (Sérgio Echigo) says now that he invented it, but I perfected it"

—Rivellino on the "flip flap".[8]

After his professional retirement, Rivellino started a career as a football commentator and coach (he has managed Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan's J. League). Rivellino further represented Brazil in the 1989 edition of the World Cup of Masters, scoring in the final against Uruguay. Rivellino is sometimes credited with scoring the fastest goal in football history when he supposedly scored a goal direct from the kick-off after noticing the opposition goalkeeper on his knees finishing off pre-match prayers.[16]

Regarding the 2014 FIFA World Cup held in his country, Rivellino criticized the inclusion of the Amazonian city of Manaus with its stadium Arena da Amazônia in the hosting venues, saying "it’s absurd to play in Manaus. You start sweating the moment you leave the locker room".[17]

Career Statistics

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International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[18]
National team Year Apps Goals
Brazil 1965 1 0
1968 17 6
1969 1 1
1970 8 5
1971 7 1
1972 5 0
1973 9 3
1974 15 6
1976 8 1
1977 12 3
1978 8 0
Total 91 26
Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rivellino goal.
List of international goals scored by Rivellino
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 20 June 1968 10th-Anniversary Stadium, Warsaw, Poland  Poland 2–2 6–3 Friendly [19]
2 6–3
3 30 June 1968 Estádio da Machava, Matola, Mozambique  Portugal – 2–0 Friendly [20]
4 10 July 1968 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, Mexico  Mexico 1–1 1–2 Friendly [21]
5 17 July 1968 Estadio Nacional del Perú, Lima, Peru  Peru 1–0 4–0 Friendly [22]
6 6 November 1968 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil FIFA World XI 1–0 2–1 Friendly [23]
7 21 August 1969 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Colombia 5–1 6–2 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification [24]
8 26 March 1970 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Chile – 2–1 Friendly [25]
9 29 April 1970 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Austria 1–0 1–0 Friendly [26]
10 3 June 1970 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico  Czechoslovakia 1–1 4–1 1970 FIFA World Cup [27]
11 14 June 1970 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico  Peru 1–0 4–2 1970 FIFA World Cup [28]
12 17 June 1970 Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico  Uruguay 3–1 3–1 1970 FIFA World Cup [29]
13 18 July 1971 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Yugoslavia 1–1 2–2 Friendly [30]
14 27 May 1973 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Bolivia – 5–0 Friendly [31]
15 –
16 3 June 1973 Stade du 5 Juillet, Algiers, Algeria  Algeria – 2–0 Friendly [32]
17 21 April 1974 Estádio Governador Hélio Prates da Silveira, Brasília, Brazil  Haiti – 4–0 Friendly [33]
18 5 May 1974 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Republic of Ireland 2–0 2–1 Friendly [34]
19 12 May 1974 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Paraguay – 2–0 Friendly [35]
20 22 June 1974 Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen, Germany  Zaire 2–0 3–0 1974 FIFA World Cup [36]
21 22 June 1974 Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany  East Germany 1–0 1–0 1974 FIFA World Cup [37]
22 30 June 1974 Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, Germany  Argentina 1–0 2–1 1974 FIFA World Cup [38]
23 28 April 1976 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Uruguay – 2–1 1976 Taça do Atlântico [39]
24 9 March 1977 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Colombia 6–0 6–0 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification [40]
25 12 June 1977 Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  West Germany – 1–1 Friendly [41]
26 19 June 1977 Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil  Poland – 3–1 Friendly [42]

Managerial

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Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Shimizu S-Pulse 1994 1994 22 11 0 11 050.00
Total 22 11 0 11 050.00

Honours

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Corinthians[44]

Fluminense[44]

Al Hilal

Brazil[44]

Individual

References

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  5. ^ "Roberto Rivellino – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  6. ^ Roberto Rivelino from Planetworldcup.com
  7. ^ David Goldblatt (2009). "The Football Book". p. 129. D Kindersley Ltd,
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  17. ^ Rivelino: 'Manaus an absurd venue'. Football Italia. 14 June 2014
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