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Roberto Rivelino

Roberto Rivellino
Roberto Rivelino 1974.jpg
Roberto Rivellino in 1974
Personal information
Full name Roberto Rivellino
Date of birth (1946-01-01) 1 January 1946 (age 71)
Place of birth São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1962 Barcelona
1963–1965 Corinthians
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1965–1974 Corinthians 471 (141)
1974–1978 Fluminense 158 (53)
1979–1981 Al Hilal 57 (23)
Total 686 (217)
National team
1965–1978 Brazil 122 (43)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Roberto Rivellino (also Rivelino, Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁoˈbɛʁtu ʁiveˈlĩnu]; Italian: [roˈbɛrto rivelˈlino]; born 1 January 1946 in São Paulo) is a former Brazilian professional footballer. He was one of the stars of Brazil's 1970 FIFA World Cup winning team. Rivellino currently works as a pundit for Brazilian TV Cultura.

The son of Italian immigrants from Macchiagodena (Isernia), he was famous for his large 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, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho and Cristiano Ronaldo in recent years. A former attacking midfielder, he is widely regarded as one of the most graceful football players ever, and among the best midfielders of his generation. With the close control, feints and ability with his left foot, Diego Maradona named Rivellino among his greatest inspirations growing up. In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.


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