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Rivellino

1946 - Today

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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. He also perfected a football move called the "flip flap", famously copied by Romário, Mágico González, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Cristiano Ronaldo in later years. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rivellino is the 30th most popular soccer player (down from 25th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 14th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Brazilian Soccer Player.

Rivellino is most famous for his goal against the Netherlands in the 1978 World Cup.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Rivellino ranks 30 out of 21,273. Before him are George Best, Jairzinho, Sócrates, Didi, Josef Bican, and Lionel Messi. After him are Raymond Kopa, Roberto Carlos, Just Fontaine, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Roberto Baggio, and Gunnar Nordahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Rivellino ranks 35. Before him are Benny Andersson, Jane Birkin, Tommy Lee Jones, David Gilmour, George Best, and Susan Sarandon. After him are Guus Hiddink, Yonatan Netanyahu, Dianne Wiest, Syd Barrett, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, and Emerson Fittipaldi.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Rivellino ranks 17 out of 2,236. Before him are Mário Zagallo (1931), Jair Bolsonaro (1955), Sebastião Salgado (1944), Jairzinho (1944), Sócrates (1954), and Didi (1928). After him are Nelson Piquet (1952), Roberto Carlos (1973), Luiz Felipe Scolari (1948), Emerson Fittipaldi (1946), Getúlio Vargas (1882), and Jorge Amado (1912).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Brazil

Among soccer players born in Brazil, Rivellino ranks 9. Before him are Zico (1953), Ronaldo (1976), Mário Zagallo (1931), Jairzinho (1944), Sócrates (1954), and Didi (1928). After him are Roberto Carlos (1973), Carlos Alberto Torres (1944), Ronaldinho (1980), Romário (1966), Vavá (1934), and Djalma Santos (1929).

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