Cafu
Cafu in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Marcos Evangelista de Morais | ||
| Date of birth | 7 June 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Itaquaquecetuba, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right Back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1990 | São Paulo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1994 | São Paulo | 95 | (6) |
| 1994 | Zaragoza | 16 | (0) |
| 1995 | Juventude | 0 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Palmeiras | 35 | (0) |
| 1997–2003 | Roma | 163 | (5) |
| 2003–2008 | Milan | 119 | (4) |
| Total | 428 | (15) | |
| National team | |||
| 1990–2006 | Brazil | 142 | (5) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
Marcos Evangelista de Morais (born 7 June 1970), known as Cafu [kaˈfu], is a Brazilian former professional footballer. With 142 appearances for the Brazilian national football team, he is the most internationally capped male Brazilian player of all time. He represented his nation in four FIFA World Cups between 1994 and 2006, and is the only player to have appeared in three consecutive World Cup finals, winning the 1994 and 2002 editions of the tournament, the latter as his team's captain. With Brazil, he also took part in four editions of the Copa América, winning the title twice, in 1997 and 1999; he was also a member of the national side that won the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.
At club level, Cafu won several domestic and international titles while playing in Brazil, Spain and Italy; he is best known for his spells at São Paulo, Roma and Milan, teams with which he made history, although he also played for Real Zaragoza, Juventude and Palmeiras throughout his career. Known for his pace and energetic attacking runs along the right flank, he is regarded as one of the greatest fullbacks ever to grace the Italian Serie A, and as one of the greatest Brazilian players of his generation. In 1994, he was named South American Footballer of the Year, and in 2004, he was named by Pelé one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards ceremony.
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