The Poor boy who won everything | The Story of Rivaldo

Messi was not the first number 10 left footed who carried the team on his back that Barcelona had before him the post belonged to a Brazilian and his name was Rivaldo although his intelligence in possession cannot be disputed Rivaldo was never the brightest he lacked the charismo of Cristiano Ronaldo ockham a personality deficiency that prevented him from becoming a global Icon by the names that made up his team Rivaldo never fell behind mind and despite not saying much he responded on the field with the ball his prime didn't last long but it sure was exciting I do not believe what I've Just Seen oh my God an insane go in the pinned comment you will find the link to the detailed ebook I made about this player's career for a symbolic fee help us grow and bring more content to you coming from a poor family he helped by selling drinks and sweets on the beach the physical appearance of the football legend still reflects the poverty he experienced as a child at 13 years old the boy who liked to play barefoot on the streets of Rife received his first football boots from his father romildo and 3 years later he was invited for a try out with Santa Cruz it was the golden chance that every boy dreams of but 2 weeks before the big day romildo was fatally run over by a bus Rivaldo was perplexed ready to give up the game and surrender to his reality convincing himself that happiness and success were not for boys of his origin it was only after an intervention from his mother that ralo's trajectory changed she sat her son down looked him in the eyes and said your father would like you to be a professional football player go ahead and so he did the tryy out was a success but new challenges soon emerged Santa Cruz's Training Center was 15 km from his home and with less money than ever Rivaldo was forced to make the 30 km round trip on foot every day he arrived tired and left tired and his bold legs became more pronounced still in the youth categories he participated in some matches in the 1990 pambuko championship scoring a goal helping Santa Cruz win the title but his erratic performances became grounds for criticism and he quickly became the scapegoat for the club's failings disrespected and disregarded booed by the fans and disqualified by the managers he ended up being used as a bargaining chip in a player negotiation with Moi mirim from the second division in s Paulo there he was part of the winning campaign of Sera 2 of the S Paulo state championship and in mid 1993 Rivaldo was also in the news for a goal from Midfield despite not being the team's star Corinthians managed to loan him and other key players from Moi at Corinthians Rivaldo did poorly in Rio s Paulo in 1993 losing to a Palm's team mixed with Reserves at the Brazilian Championship however Rivaldo did not disappoint scoring 11 goals in the tournament and winning the silver ball from plar magazine as the best player in the tournament and at the age of 21 he began to appear on the National scene in the same year he debuted for the Brazilian national football team scoring his first goal in a friendly against Mexico however he did not do well in the 1994 campionato Pista and Corinthians ended up giving up on signing him permanently after being unable to reduce his price palmir decided to bet on him and paid around two and a half million RIS to Mogi to sign him Rivaldo soon start to shine having been second top scorer in the league with 14 goals and the great conductor of Palm's eighth title in the tournament as a bonus he took revenge on his former Club in the Brazilian final scoring two goals in the 3-1 victory in the first game and in the second leg scoring The Equalizer 10 minutes before the end of the match putting an end to the black and white hopes of outlining any reaction he was once again elected player of the league receiving the silver ball from placar magazine this consistency was rewarded with new call-ups to the national team but coach Carlos Alberto Pereira decided the 22-year-old was very selfish and unreliable leaving him at home while Brazil won the 1994 World Cup in 95 he repeated his good performances scoring 24 goals in the year in 57 matches but palmz came up empty hand losing in the final of Pista and being eliminated in the second phase of the Brazilian champ Championship after winning the S Paulo championship in '96 and being runner up in the Brazilian Cup with palmz angelotti's Palmer had already agreed with palas to sign him and he was selected to represent Brazil at the 1996 Olympic games but Rivaldo ended up being the center of criticism when Brazil did not win the tournament he was responsible for the team's elimination from the Olympics when his careless pass led to Nigeria's goal he also missed a precious chance on that fateful day in Atlanta and this led to him being portrayed as a mercenary and a villain by his own countrymen Brazil was eliminated in a humiliating way and Rivaldo was not even selected to play for the third place match for a 23-year-old young man who was beginning to emerge in his career the criticism seemed too heavy and Rivaldo became the ugly duckling of the team it was a dark day for the star who considered quitting the national team altogether after the abuse and booing reached destructive levels of intensity after the Olympics there was a dispute and instead of Italy Rivaldo moved to Spain by joining deportivo La coruna where 7,000 fans watched his arrival that summer and hoped he could take the place of fellow Brazilian Idol beeto who had just left the club he only stayed one season but left his name at the club revaldo was the fourth top scorer of the season with 21 goals in 41 matches leading Laruna to finish in third place after coming off terrible years in La Liga in Barcelona with the failure of the club president to renew Ronaldo and La Liga title that had not been won for more than 3 years the club president appointed Louis vanal as manager in an effort to return the team to its famous Dutch Style With Robson taking over as general manager initially he tried to sign Steve McManaman from Liverpool but after failure he turned to the last season Wonder Rivaldo suddenly Barca had another Brazilian to cheer about and if Rivaldo thought that playing for Barcelona would allow him to take a step forward in his career well he was right it was during his time at campno that Rivaldo reached the peak of his career deceptively quick often using lateral dribbles and faints and with the ability to execute low powerful shots from seemingly any any distance Rivaldo was deployed by vanal on the left of Midfield in the Dutchman's Ajax model in his first season at Barcelona Rivaldo was La liga's second top scorer with 19 goals in 34 matches leading Barcelona to the La Liga title in Copa del re he scored eight goals in seven matches including a hat-trick against Zaragoza in the semi-final also providing two assists in the same game which led to Barcelona's 5-2 victory in the final after Barcelona came behind on the scoreboard Rivaldo equalized in the second half and his team managed to win the cup on penalties Rivaldo returned to the Brazilian squad for the 1998 World Cup where he scored three goals on route to the final including two in the 3-2 quarterfinal Victory against Denmark however Brazil was massacred 3-0 by hosts France in the final with a show by zidan in 199 9 he won another La Liga title with Barcelona and was once again the League's second highest scorer with 24 goals and contributing with 16 assists they reached the quarterfinals of the Cora Del re being eliminated by Valencia and in the Champions League they were eliminated in the group stage for the second year in a row in 1999 CPP America he finished as the tournament's top scorer scoring five goals in total including two in the final against Uruguay being named the tournament's best player Rivaldo for the first time achieved success with the national team which bore fruit for him with good performances in the league and Brilliance with the Brazilian team during the Copa America Rivaldo ended the season with 35 goals and 23 assists numbers that led him to be crowned the best in the world both by FIFA and France football consecrated on the world stage the Brazilian and Barca Legend suggested to his then coach Van gal that he play behind the striker and leave his usual leftwing position but vanal questioned his audacity in teaching him his job this resulted in Rivaldo missing several minutes of play time during the Catalan teams campaign marking his worst year in La Liga to date with just 12 goals which culminated in Barcelona losing the title to ralo's former team Laruna however in the Champions League the current best in the world came determined to win the title scoring 10 goals in total and being the competition's top scorer he scored two in the quarterfinal against Chelsea but in the semi-final they were surprised by Valencia who won the first game 4-1 eliminating the team's chances of reaching the final and with a trophyless year vanal was fired in June with the departure of the Dutch coach Rivaldo was finally free to occupy the position he so desired and in Liga he returned to good form scoring 23 goals in total and contributing with 10 assists what was repeated in other competitions he scored six goals in the Champions League in six games but the club Only reached the group stage for the third time in four years however Rivaldo had one more chance to win a European title and in the UEFA cup he scored five goals in seven matches but a simple defeat to Liverpool in the semis prevented the club from advancing the final in the last decisive game of the season Barcelona was in fifth place in La Liga and would host Fourth Place Valencia if they wanted to play in next year's Champions League they had only one option win and Rivaldo opened the scoring at the beginning of the game but the team conceded a draw Midway through the first half at the beginning of the second half Rivaldo again put the team ahead but 2 minutes later baraja equalized again and the Catalan drama only increased over time it was the last chance to save the team's season with three minutes left in the match Rivaldo showcased his talent and guaranteed the Catalan Victory to the Delight of the stadium in what is often classified as the greatest hattick of all time suffering from injuries during the 201112 season Rivaldo now 29 years old saw his performance drop significantly ly playing just 20 matches in La Liga scoring eight goals in a campaign in which Barcelona finished in fourth place again in the Champions League he contributed well during the group stage in the quarterfinals he helped the team score against panikos however an injury took him out of the first game against Real Madrid in the semis in which the Madrid team won 2-n Rivaldo wanted to come for the second leg but was warned by the club's doctors that he could aggravate his injury and missed the World Cup he then had a choice to make one of the Championships he dreamed of so much would have to be left aside and revaldo watched from the stands as his team tied the match and was eliminated again in the semi-finals of the Champions League Rivaldo came to the 2002 World Cup still questioned both because of his performance during the season and due to Brazil's poor form he knew that another disappointment would fall upon his back in the Opening match Brazil was tied one W with turkey until 41 minutes into the second half when liso gained a penalty and Rivaldo scored to guarantee the Brazilian Victory but he was marked in that game not for his goal but for his unsportsmanlike attitude when he simulated a foul by a Turkish player in the face who ended up being sent off he scored again against China and Costa Rica as Brazil qualified at the top of the group in the round of 16 in a tough game against Belgium he opened the scoring in the 27 second minute of the second half to advance to the next round Ronaldinho helped Rivaldo equalize the match against England in the quarterfinals before Ronaldinho secured a 2-1 victory in the semis Brazil would again face turkey in this time without Ronaldinho who had been sent off in the previous match but Ronaldo managed to guarantee a simple victory for the Brazilian team and Brazil headed to the World Cup final it was ralo's chance to redeem himself for 96 and fall into good graces with the Brazilian people again and he came to the game with blood in his eyes and tried to score tried and tried in one of his attempts saved by goalkeeper khah Ronaldo took advantage of the rebound and opened the scoring for the Brazilian team 13 minutes later after a pass from kerson revaldo opened his legs and let Ronaldo score again to guarantee the Brazilian title Rivaldo was was elected by Brazilian coach Luis Felipe Scolari the best player of the tournament he along with Ronaldo and Ronaldinho were named to the World Cup squad Rivaldo was at his Peak again and now there was only one major title left to win in his career however vanal came back to haunt him Barcelona brought back the Dutch coach which was a clear message to Rivaldo that his time at Barcelona was over and his career was plunged Into Darkness anchel who had tried to sign him at his time at Palmer brought him to Milan but the style of Italian football was not very favorable to revaldo and the 30-year-old player with recurring injuries saw his playing time drop again scoring just eight goals in 38 matches this season he participated in the copper Italia finals scoring and providing an assist helping the club win the title after finishing third in Sera a in Champions League he barely played scoring just two goals in the competition and his Club finally reached the final of the competition the only title missing from ralo's career was closer than ever but he just watched From the Bench as another Brazilian star shine and secured the title Rivaldo finally won the Champions League but it didn't go the way he wanted watching From the Bench unable to help he saw that Italy would not be where he would resume his career he then terminated his contract with the club and returned to Brazilian soil signing with cruso who were chasing the libertadores however his time with the team was very short just 11 games and two goals and after luxemburgo dismissal he also decided to leave the club two months after arriving he then went to try his luck in the Greek League where he spent three years at Olympiacos winning the Greek league in those three years and being voted player of the league each year however the club was not competitive at International level and always disappointed in the Champions League despite Rivaldo trying Olympiacos decided not to renew Rivaldo considering him too old and Rivaldo aged 35 played for several clubs even playing for sa Paulo in 2011 and in 2015 he finally retired but not before a historic feat at the age of 43 playing for Mogi MIM alongside his son rivaldinho aged 20 they scored in a second division match becoming the first father and son Duo to score in the same match for the boy who lost his father at 16 being able to be by his son's side doing what he loves was certainly worth more than any title Rivaldo has ever won don't forget to check out our ebook in the pinned comment [Music]

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Length: 17min 34sec (1054 seconds)

Published: Sun Jul 07 2024