Word: rivelino
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...hardly surprising that the legends of Brazilian football - Pele, Garrincha, Rivelino, Socrates, Zico all the way through to Ronaldo and Ronaldinho - are mostly strikers and attacking midfielders best remembered for their dazzling goals. German fans and international cognoscenti will certainly concur that their country's greatest ever footballer is Franz Beckenbauer, who patrolled in front of his defense in order to win the ball for his midfield. By contrast, the only Brazilian defenders who enter the pantheon of greats are those such as Junior and Roberto Carlos, remembered not for the goals they prevented but for those they scored...