Here's the list for Brazil, Italy (by InterMilan31) and Portugal (by Paranoiko). Hopefully, we'll get others to catalogue their respective sides

BRAZIL

Some of our former greats:

Nilton Santos ('50, '54, '58, '62)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%ADlton_Santos

Pele ('58, '62, '66, '70)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pele

Garrincha ('58, '62)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrincha

Jairzinho ('70, '74)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jairzinho

Rivelino ('70, '74, '78)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivelino

Zico ('78, '82, '86)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zico

Socrates ('82, '86)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates_(football_player)

Falcao ('82, '86)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falc%C3%A3o

Romario ('94)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rom%C3%A1rio

Rivaldo ('98, '02)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivaldo

Some of our current greats:

Ronaldo ('94, '98, '02, '06)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald...3%A1rio_de_Lima

Cafu ('94, '98, '02, '06)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafu

Roberto Carlos ('98, '02, '06)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Carlos_da_Silva

Ronaldinho ('02, '06)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldinho

Some of our current up-and-coming stars:

Kaka ('02, '06)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kak%C3%A1

Adriano ('06)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriano_Leite_Ribeiro

Robinho ('06)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinho

Fred ('06)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederico_Chaves_Guedes

Some of our potential future stars:

Kerlon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6Yj7GoXPZw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerlon_Moura_Souza

Anderson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEsk...derson%20Gremio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders..._Abreu_Oliveira

Jean Carlos Chera
http://www.jokaroo.com/extremevideo...arloschera.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Carlos_Chera

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Italy

Some of our former greats

Giuseppe Meazza
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Meazza

Silvio Piola
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Piola

Luis Monti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Monti

Angelo Schiavio

Giancito Fachetti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacinto_Facchetti

Giampiero Boniperti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giampiero_Boniperti

Dino Zoff
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dino_Zoff

Giuseppe Bergomi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Bergomi

PAOLO ROSSI!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Rossi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwzttm50Db0

Alessandro Altobelli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwzttm50Db0

Salvatore Schillaci aka Toto aka Brazil Boy's Boy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvatore_Schillaci

Roberto Baggio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Baggio

Alessandro Costacurta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Costacurta

Paolo Maldini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Maldini

Cristian Vieri
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Vieri

Some of our current greats

Alessandro Del Piero
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Del_Piero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaFB41zz6N0

Francesco Totti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Totti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWyv9UIc3YY

Alberto Gilardino
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Gilardino

Gianluigi Buffon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gianluigi_Buffon

Allesandro Nesta
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Nesta

Luca Toni
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luca_Toni

Some of our current and upcoming stars

Daniele De Rossi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniele_De_Rossi

Antonio Cassano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmrVQyHTofc

Some of our potential stars

Gianpaolo Pazzini
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X74or_UsneU

Giorgio Chiellini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_Chiellini

Riccardo Montolivo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riccardo_Montolivo

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PORTUGAL

Some of our former greats:

Pinga (national team player in 1930-1942)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur_de_Sousa_Pinga
Note: Best Madeira player ever before Cristiano Ronaldo

Fernando Peyroteo (national team player in 1938-1949)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Peyroteo

Matateu (national team player in 1952-1960)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matateu

Eusébio (national team player in 1961-1973, played and was top scorer in World Cup 1966)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eus%C3..._Silva_Ferreira

José Torres (national team player in 1963-1973, played in World Cup 1966)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Augusto_Torres

Artur Jorge (national team player in 1967-1977)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur_Jorge

Humberto Coelho (national team player in 1968-1983)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humberto_Coelho

Bento (national team player in 1976-198?, played in World Cup 1986)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Bento

Chalana (national team player in 1976-1988)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Chalana

Paulo Futre (national team player in 1983-1995, played in World Cup 1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIcc1dk9vyo&search=Futre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Futre

Some of our current greats:

Figo (played in World Cup 2002, selected for 2006)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Figo
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Deco (selected for 2006)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deco
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Ricardo Carvalho (selected for 2006)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Carvalho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3vw...ardo%20carvalho

Pauleta (played in World Cup 2002, selected for 2006)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Miguel_Pauleta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYUt...&search=pauleta

Some of our current up-and-coming stars:

Cristiano Ronaldo (selected for 2006)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristiano_Ronaldo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIeF...tiano%20ronaldo

Ricardo Quaresma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Quaresma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IrU...search=quaresma

João Moutinho
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Moutinho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoKU...search=moutinho

Manuel Fernandes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Henriques_Fernandes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XY9...uel%20fernandes

Some of our potential future stars:

Ricardo Vaz Te
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Vaz_Te

Bruno Gama

Hélder Barbosa

Last edited by Epicurus on Jun-01-2006 at 03:34

no offence but this could lead to a lot of other hype threads which would completely clutter the world cup forums.

Each team can be spoken about in their respective group threads. And Brazil is the last team that needs any sort of hype neway. What they need is some sort of defeat

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Originally posted by raveed no offence but this could lead to a lot of other hype threads which would completely clutter the world cup forums. Each team can be spoken about in their respective group threads. And Brazil is the last team that needs any sort of hype neway. What they need is some sort of defeat

my sentiments exactally inb4fastmp3'sfirstlock

It's ok Epicurus, if they close this one.. we can open another one when they win

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with all this hype this team aint winning anything this year...

close this Taha.

I can see your points with regards to cluttering the World Cup forum with hype threads for each country. My original intention for creating this thread was to catalogue some of the World Cup's greatest players and some of its potential current and future stars for the sake of exposition, but as that project started to take a little too much of my time, I simply stuck to Brazil since I'm most well-versed in their history and renamed it "Brazil hype thread". I definitely don't mind changing the title to reflect my original intentions, perhaps to "World Cup's greatest players", if people are interested in cataloguing their respective former and current stars. Otherwise, I'll either move the thread or close it, but I don't think it should be merged into a pre-existing one.

organazation is key

if you being with this thread we will have 32 others please stop we already have enough hype with Nike dedicating thier entire ad campaign on Brazil

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Originally posted by InterMilan31 organazation is key if you being with this thread we will have 32 others please stop we already have enough hype with Nike dedicating thier entire ad campaign on Brazil

I don't quite understand what you're saying. Maybe you misunderstood my above suggestion. I proposed to make this thread into a "Greatest Players of the World Cup" thread, which would include any and all players that have distinguished themselves during any World Cup, regardless of the country they play for. Thus, any person knowledgeable enough about their respective sides can catalogue their countries' greatest World Cup heroes. Thus, this thread would have nothing to do with Brazil exclusively, which is why I'm confused by your misgivings.

change the thread title then if your gonna do that

As I stated previously in my second post:

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Originally posted by Epicurus I definitely don't mind changing the title to reflect my original intentions, perhaps to "World Cup's greatest players", if people are interested in cataloguing their respective former and current stars.

I'll therefore take your quote

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Originally posted by InterMilan31 change the thread title then if your gonna do that

to mean you will be cataloguing the Italian side. Congratulations.

with pleasure Ill do it tomarrow though lol Ill do the Swiss squad as well that should be easy

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Originally posted by InterMilan31 with pleasure Ill do it tomarrow though lol Ill do the Swiss squad as well that should be easy

Great. Looking forward to it