Have you heard of the Samba Gold award? It's a (colourful, see picture) trophy given out by
sambafoot.com, a French website devoted to Brazilian football. They put together a shortlist of the
30 best Brazilians currently playing their football in Europe, and then voted on it. Luis Fabiano
of Sevilla (aka o'fabuloso) is the Samba Gold [.
Brazilian football expert Roberticus runs the rule on Arsenal's potential new
recruit, Juventude's Zezinho.
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When approached by The Arsenal Column to give a profile of new Arsenal youth recruit,
Wellington and the potential transfer Zezinho, I was aware that my insight would be hindered by
that common gripe of domestic Brazilian supporters; namely that the players, like 17-year old
Wellington, simply leave the country before fans have had a chance to enjoy their performances for
the club.
Dentinho
News coming from Turkey suggests that Corinthians man, Dentinho, could be on his way to
Istanbul.
Rumour has it that Dentinho's representative and a Corinthians director are in Turkey to
negotiate a possible move to Fenerbahçe.
Dentinho, whose real name is Bruno Ferreira Bonfim, turns 21 in two days.
Its a new year and with comes some exciting news. Former Brazilian international Ronaldo has
been voted as the player of the decade by Goal.com readers. Ronaldo beat his former Real Madrid
teammate and closest challenger Zinedin Zidane to emerge victorious.
This is the second Brazilian to be voted player of the decade the first being the ever-smiling
Ronaldinho who was voted by British football Magazine World Soccer readers.
Thumbs up from Roberto Carlos just one of the big stars in this year's Paulista
Is it that time already? It seems like yesterday that some of us were cheering Flamengo as they
lifted the Campeonato Brasileiro. Now, a little under six weeks later, professional football has
returned to Brazil with the start of the 27 state championships.
Three times-in-a-row Brazilian champions São Paulo are our 19th team of the decade.
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Amazingly, the 2009 Brazilian championship season had four teams in with a realistic chance of
winning the title on the last day and if São Paulo had made won, they would have made it four in a
row.
