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- Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira, is a Brazilian former footballer who played mainly as an attacking midfielder but also as a second striker, an on occasion deployed as a wide midfielder or as a winger. Rivaldo is regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and among the most skillful and creative players of his generation. He was renowned for his bending free kicks, bicycle kicks, feints, powerful ball striking from distance, and ability to both score and create goals. In 1999, he won the Ballon d'Or and was named FIFA World Player of the Year. In 2004, he was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bonitao
- RIvaldo is a Brazilian former professional footballer. He played mainly as an attacking midfielder, but also as a second striker. Although predominantly left footed, he was capable of playing on either flank, and was on occasion deployed as a wide midfielder or as a winger.
He spent five years with Spanish club FC Barcelona, where he formed a successful partnership with Patrick Kluivert, and won the 1998 and 1999 Spanish La Liga championship and the 1998 Copa del Rey. With 130 goals for Barcelona he is the club's ninth highest goalscorer. His three goals against Valencia C.F. in June 2001 which qualified Barcelona for the Champions League, the last goal of which was a last minute 20-yard bicycle kick winner, is often ranked the greatest hat-trick ever.
From 1993 and 2003, Rivaldo played 74 matches and scored 35 goals for Brazil National Football Team and is the seventh highest goalscorer. He helped Brazil reach the final of the 1998 FIFA World Cup France (1998), and won the Copa America 1999 (1999) where he was named player of the tournament. Rivaldo starred alongside Ronaldo and Ronaldinho Gaúcho in the 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan (2002) winning team. He was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Star Team in 1998 and 2002.
One of the most skillful and creative players of his generation, Rivaldo was renowned for his bending free kicks, bicycle kicks, powerful ball striking from distance, and ability to both score and create goals. In 1999, he won the Ballon d'Or and was named FIFA World Player of the Year.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tango Papa
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