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The forgotten gifts of Márcio Amoroso, once one of the world’s most potent forwards
It’s a tournament forgotten to time, sandwiched between France’s epic glories in 1998 and 2000,…
Kerlon and the demise of a great that never was
Few things evoke emotion quite like observing something extraordinary on the football field. An act…
Denílson and the mercurial talent of a lost legend
Flying down the wing, the ball at the end of his toe, movement in his…
Sócrates: the talent, the icon and the activist, with author Andrew Downie
He was a footballer with a drink problem and various inner demons. And yet he…
The dream of Ronaldo and Romário
This feature is part of Duology One was an unfathomably gifted prodigee, a PSV Eindhoven…
The flair, the force and the fun of Roberto Carlos and Cafu
This feature is part of Duology Considering the sheer size of Brazil — the fifth…
Remembering three rare but momentous occasions when Pelé and Eusébio squared off
In these days of expanded World Cups, bloated Champions League competitions and saturated television coverage,…
What happened to Brazil’s jogo bonito, the happy, game-changing style that defined a nation?
I recently read an article by a writer and translator who I admire in which…
How Ayrton Senna and Brazil’s football team helped forge a proud national identity in the early 1990s
Everyone needs a hero at some point in their life. Brazil in the late 1980s and…
Brazil, 1970 and the most beautiful football in history
Football is not wanting of phenomena. There have been phenomenal players, phenomenal tricks, goals, passes,…
Dejan Petković: the unlikely hero of both the Marakana and the Maracanã
This is the story of how one Serbian footballer became such a legend in Brazil…
Brazil 1982: the most gifted but ultimately flawed midfield in history
Taken exclusively from the Brazil issue of These Football Times magazine, this article is featured…
The World Cup Series: 2002 and 2006
The first World Cup held outside of Europe and the Americas, 2002 in Japan and…
How Ronaldinho inspired Atlético Mineiro to Copa Libertadores glory in 2013
August 2011. Football in Belo Horizonte struggles to keep its track. Cruzeiro were prematurely eliminated from…
The World Cup Series: 1994 and 1998
Join host Jim Hart and World Cup experts Steven Scragg and Dan Williamson as they…
The talent, temper and tragedy of Heleno de Freitas, the Brazilian icon who died at 39
The 17-year-old Brazilian wunderkind sealed the game in the final minute, heading home to give…
From 54 goals in a season to drug addiction: the rise and fall of Mário Jardel
The date is 25 August 2000. As Real Madrid and Galatasaray prepared to square off…