Ganso, Pato and the 10 Best Animal Brazilian Footballer Names

The weird and wonderful world of Brazilian footballing names has been increasingly explored in recent years, and given the recent upturn in form of Ganso and Pato in tandem at Sao Paulo, the time has come to pay homage to the animals. Throughout the history of Brazilian football, many prominent players have played under the names of animals, such as our aforementioned duo. Who, then, makes our list... 

10 Young Brazil Players Poised to Break out in 2014/15

Brazilian players are once more set to play a key role in the season ahead and, as ever, there will be new breakthrough stars among those who come to the fore. While it is fair to say that, in the last couple of years, players have remained in Brazil longer when compared to the preceding decade, there are still huge numbers who venture to Europe before fully establishing themselves at the top of the... 

5 Potential Long-Term Successors to Julio Cesar as Brazil Goalkeeper

Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar staged a remarkable comeback to rescue his international career last year and find a path into the national side for the 2014 World Cup, but most agree that his time with the national team has now come to an end. Having been Brazil’s first-choice goalkeeper for extended spells of the past decade, his omission would leave Dunga without a glaringly obvious replacement... 

5 Brazilians European Clubs Should Look at in Final Weeks of Transfer Window

With just a few weeks left of the transfer window, the chance to secure many of Brazilian football’s leading lights has passed, and instead clubs must be more picky in who they attempt to make a late move for. Besides the five players we picked out last week as potentially being bound for Europe this month, here Bleacher Report takes a look at those whose situation may just allow for a late move. Time... 

5 Big Decisions Facing New Brazil Boss Dunga

Brazil manager Dunga is set for a second bite of the cherry with the national team and will hope to right the wrongs of his first spell in charge. In order to do so, the 1994 World Cup-winning captain will need to make numerous changes to the national team setup and do so with some haste. Next summer (and, indeed, the year after), Brazil face the challenge of Copa America tournaments and results at... 

Picking 5 Brazilians Who Will Come to Europe in Summer Transfer Window

Just a few weeks remain of the transfer window, which closes on 31 August, and the opportunity to bring players across from Brazil is rapidly diminishing, particularly now the end of the Brazilian transfer window is rapidly approaching. However, despite the difficulties, there will still be players hoping for a move and, for some, it is a realistic proposition. Brazilian players play an important role... 

Ranking Top 10 Brazilians on Impact in Serie A

Over the years Italy’s Serie A has churned out some of the finest individual sides that European football has ever witnessed, and among their ranks have been several important Brazilian players. Brazil exports footballing talent in a manner that no other country can quite claim to compete with, and many of the game’s most famous and successful faces have hailed from the South American nation. But... 

10 Things Dunga Must Do to Revitalise Brazil

Like it or not, Dunga has returned to coach Brazil for a second time following the selecao’s dramatic failure at the 2014 World Cup. The CBF have never been ones to bow to public pressure and, yet again, they have done things their own way in appointing a manager who irritated many fans and media representatives in his first spell in charge. Prior to the 2010 World Cup, his record as Brazil coach... 

Ranking 10 Most Likely Successors to Luiz Felipe Scolari

Luiz Felipe Scolari has been relieved of his duties and Brazil are on the hunt for a new manager to take their national side forward ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Those thus far linked with the job, which Brazil’s footballing governing body (CBF) have acknowledged could go to a foreign coach, have ranged from the uninspiring to the fanciful. It is a job that holds great esteem... 

Ranking Luiz Felipe Scolari Amongst All-Time Brazil Bosses

It is fair to say that Brazil’s tumultuous ending to the 2014 World Cup, including their 7-1 semifinal defeat to eventual champions Germany, has left Luiz Felipe Scolari’s reputation battered and bruised. However, given his success in pulling the team together from a position of relative turmoil 18 months ago, he does deserve some credit for the task performed. That will not be how his... 

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