In most cases, Brazil gives the world star players in the positions of midfield or attack. By the way,
soccer livescore of matches involving the team of this country can be found on the sports statistics website. It covers all of its confrontations.
So, it may be noted that Brazil had a lot of talented defenders. Cafu is a prime example of such a player. The defender came to the youth team São Paulo at the age of 18. It happened in 1988.
He attracted the coach of the main team almost instantly, and therefore, it is not surprising that he began to be actively involved in the basic team a year later. As a result, he spent 5 seasons and played 115 matches in the Brazilian grand team.
The first European voyage for the ambitious defender was unsuccessful. He failed to establish himself at Real Zaragoza, which he left at the end of his first season, returning to his homeland and continuing to play for Palmeiras. As a result, soccer fame came to Cafu only at the age of 27 years old, when he attracted the Italian Roma, and later played for Milan. By the way, you can follow the livescore of all soccer matches involving these clubs on the site of sports statistics.
He was the leader of the defense in both teams. In total, he spent a long 11 years in Serie A and is now deservedly considered a legend of the championship.
The main achievements in the career of the Brazilian defender
During the most part of his career, Cafu played in the big Brazilian and Italian championships. By the way, if you missed the
score live yesterday of matches from the world of these tournaments, find out the latest information about them on the sports statistics website. There is a huge coverage of events. Everyone will find the necessary information for him.
If we talk about the key awards and achievements in Cafus career, these include:
- winning the World Cup with the national teams in 1994 and 2002;
- winning the Italian Championship, with Milan and Roma once each;
- Milans victory in the 2002/2003 Champions League.
At the same time, it was impossible to call Cafu a productive defender, because in almost 20 years of professional career he scored only 16 goals. Although this is not the main task of a footballer of such a plan. Moreover, almost half of the goals were scored by him at the beginning of his career for São Paulo. By the way, the live score of the matches of this team is also covered on the sports statistics site. Here you can also find data on games that were played yesterday or before. The service is convenient because it contains an archive of matches for many years. In other words, it is possible to see the results of a particular match at any time.
As for Cafu, the best proof of his importance is the fact that he was the captain and one of the leaders of the Brazilian national team, even at the age of 36, where there is always a very high competition.
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