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| − | '''Rivaldo''', full name '''Vitor Borba Ferreira''', (born [[April 19]], [[1972]] in Recife) is a Brazilian [[Football (soccer)|football]] player, a World Champion for Brazil at the 2002 World Cup. | + | '''Elias Papageorgiou''' was a [[Greeks|Greek]] [[football (soccer)|football]] forward for [[AEK FC|AEK]] in the [[1950s]]. |
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| − | Rivaldo signed professional terms at the age of 16 in [[1989]] with Santa Cruz after impressing local scouts in a junior tournament. He joined Brazilian first division club Mogi-Mirim in [[1991]].
| + | Papageorgiou was born in [[1925]] in [[Piraeus]] and originally played for [[Atromitos Piraeus FC|Atromitos Piraeus]]. He played for [[AEK FC|AEK]] between [[1949]] and [[1955]] at which time he returned to Atromitos. |
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| − | Rivaldo signed for Corinthians in [[1993]] and made his international debut in December 1993, scoring the only goal in 1-0 victory over Mexico in a friendly international.
| + | Papageorgiou was capped 12 times by the [[National Football Team|Greek National team]], scoring 4 goals. |
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| − | Rivaldo signed for Palmeiras in [[1994]] and won the Brazilian league championship on the same year. He won the São Paulo state championship with Palmeiras in [[1996]]. He moved to Spain in 1996 and joined Deportivo La Coruña. Rivaldo then transferred to Barcelona in August [[1997]]. He played for Brazil in the 1998 World Cup.
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| − | Winning a second Spanish league title with Barcelona in [[1999]], Rivaldo won both FIFA and World Soccer magazine's World Player of the Year awards. He was voted European Footballer of the Year by France Football magazine.
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| − | In June 2002, Barça decided to release Rivaldo from his contract a year before it was due to expire and he signed a three-year contract with the Italian Serie A club A.C. Milan. He left the star-studded Milan after a season of very few starts. After a brief stint back in Brazil with Cruzeiro (11 games played, 2 goals scored), he signed with [[Alpha Ethniki|Greek]] power [[Olympiakos FC|Olympiakos]] for the [[2004]]-[[2005|05]] season and won the Greek championship and the Greek cup (23 games played, 12 goals scored). Rivaldo scored some memorable goals in his first season at Olympiakos, including a fantastic effort in the cup final with a well placed lob from a difficult position close to corner flag. In the last game of that season, Olympiakos won vs Iraklis in an away match in [[Thessaloniki]], with a nice goal by Rivaldo. This win was essential for Olympiakos to take the championship. Rivaldo also scored 2 memorable free kicks during the season, the first was in the local derby vs the other [[Athens]] giant, [[Panathinaikos FC|Panathinaikos]] and the second against English club Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League.
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| − | He has played over 60 games for the Brazilian national team and played in the winning side of the 2002 World Cup. However, he would receive a large fine from FIFA because of his actions in a group stage match of that event against Turkey. During an encounter with Turkey defender Hakan Ünsal, Hakan kicked a ball in Rivaldo's general direction while the referee was looking away. Rivaldo held his hands to his face as if he had been hit there by the ball, and the referee was successfully deceived into sending Hakan Ünsal off. Television replays proved that Rivaldo was not hit by the ball in the face, but in the body.
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| − | Pelé named him in his 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards Ceramony.
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | *[http://www.footballdatabase.com/site/players/index.php?dumpPlayer=1100 FootballDatabase provides Rivaldo's profile and stats]
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