Over the years, Bayern Munich have been blessed with a litany of wonderful strikers: Gerd…
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The 2001 Copa América: a tournament of classic upsets that may never have taken place
Euro 2000 was, by almost any measure, a fantastic international tournament. There were plenty of goals,…
The night Marta became the greatest talent in the women’s game
This feature is part of Virtuoso After the game against Czechoslovakia in the group stages…
How Pelé, at just 17, dominated the 1958 World Cup final
This feature is part of Virtuoso When Maria Callas strode onto the stage as Elvira…
How Marcos Senna broke football down into its simplest and very best form
Playing football is simple,” Johan Cruyff once proclaimed. “But playing simple football is the hardest thing…
Diego Ribas: the other half of a double act once destined for greatness
Illustration by Emir Can Seviindik Every generation has players that didn’t quite live up to…
Why the trailblazing Dida deserves to be remembered as one of his generation’s best goalkeepers
Zlatan Ibrahimović simply puts his hands on his head, while Andy van der Meyde drops to…
Anderson: the rise and rapid decline of a player once touted as the world’s best youngster
Blackpool’s solitary season in the Premier League was certainly an eventful one. Under the eccentric…
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,…