{"id":2155,"date":"2023-02-11T14:16:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T17:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/?p=2155"},"modified":"2024-04-26T19:20:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T22:20:21","slug":"greatest-xi-of-northeast-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/11\/greatest-xi-of-northeast-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Greatest football XI of Northeast Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/lang\/pt\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"pinterest\",\"email\",\"print\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"pt_BR\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"blogdootavio\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Greatest%20football%20XI%20of%20Northeast%20Brazil\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dear readers, I&#8217;ve decided to write again in this space. I will restart with something simple, but that gives me great pleasure, wich is, making imaginary special historical teams, in this case the all time greatest XI of northeastern Brazilian footballers. The Northeast (&#8220;Nordeste) is a important, diverse and culturally part of Brazil, comprised of the states of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maranh%C3%A3o\">Maranh\u00e3o<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piau%C3%AD\">Piau\u00ed<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cear%C3%A1\">Cear\u00e1<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rio_Grande_do_Norte\">Rio Grande do Norte<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Para%C3%ADba\">Para\u00edba<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/State_of_Pernambuco\">Pernambuco<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alagoas\">Alagoas<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sergipe\">Sergipe<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bahia\">Bahia<\/a> . Please remind that I&#8217;ve <a href=\"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/2016\/08\/12\/greatest-brazilian-states\/\">written a few years ago about the greatest XI of several Brazilian States.<\/a> Anyway, my selections next. Since most players are widely know, I&#8217;ve decided just to put the wikipedia link of each one.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<div id=\"attachment_2539\" style=\"width: 519px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4ddCZn4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2539\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2539\" src=\"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/xbox.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/xbox.jpg 509w, https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/xbox-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on the image below to buy Xbox Series X with EA FC 24 and play with football legends<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Goakeeper<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dida_(footballer,_born_1973)\">Dida<\/a> (<em>baiano<\/em>; meaning from the state of Bahia).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Right back<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dani_Alves\">Dani Alves<\/a> (<em>baiano<\/em>).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Center Back<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aldair\">Aldair<\/a> (<em>baiano<\/em>).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Center Back<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lu%C3%ADs_Pereira\">Luis Pereira<\/a> <em>(baiano<\/em>).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Left Back<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leovegildo_Lins_da_Gama_J%C3%BAnior\">J\u00fanior<\/a> <em>(paraibano<\/em>; meaning from the state of Para\u00edba).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Defensive midfielder<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clodoaldo\">Clodoaldo<\/a> (<em>sergipano<\/em>; meaning from the state of Sergipe).\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Central midfielder<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Juninho_Pernambucano\">Juninho<\/a> (<em>perbambucano<\/em>; meaning from the state of Pernambuco).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Attacking midfielder<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rivaldo\">Rivaldo<\/a> (<em>pernambucano<\/em>). I think he is the region all time greatest player.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Right wing <\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bebeto\">Bebeto<\/a> (<em>baiano<\/em>).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Center Forward<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vav%C3%A1\">Vav\u00e1<\/a> (<em>pernambucano<\/em>).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Left wing<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M%C3%A1rio_Zagallo\">Zagallo <\/a>(<em>alagoano<\/em>; meaning from the state of Alagoas).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Tactical formation<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/nordeste-1.jpg\" alt=\"O atributo alt desta imagem est\u00e1 vazio. O nome do arquivo \u00e9 nordeste-1.jpg\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Reserve team: <a href=\"https:\/https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manga_(footballer)\">Manga (pernambucano)<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toninho_(footballer,_born_1948)\">Toninho Baiano (baiano)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ricardo_Rocha_(footballer,_born_1962)\">Ricardo Rocha (pernambucano)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Z%C3%B3zimo\">Z\u00f3zimo (baiano)<\/a> e <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marinho_Chagas\">Marinho Chagas (potiguar, meaning someone from Rio Grande do Norte)<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vampeta\">Vampeta (baiano)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mazinho\">Mazinho (paraibano, meaning someone from Para\u00edba)<\/a> e <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dida_(footballer,_born_1934)\">Dida (alagoano)<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ed%C3%ADlson\">Edilson (baiano)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ademir_de_Menezes\">Ademir de Menezes (pernambucano)<\/a> e <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Canhoteiro\">Canhoteiro (maranhense, meaning someone from Maranh\u00e3o)<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Finally, it is important to say that there are several other great players from the region who could be also selected, like:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Goalkeepers <\/strong>\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wendell_(footballer,_born_1947)\">Wendell<\/a> (pernambucano), <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bosco_(footballer,_born_1974)\">Bosco<\/a> (pernambucano) and <a href=\"https:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nadinho\">Nadinho<\/a> (baiano);<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Center Backs<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J%C3%BAnior_Baiano\">J\u00fanior Baiano<\/a> (baiano), <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dante_(footballer)\">Dante<\/a> (baiano), and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pepe_(footballer,_born_1983)\">Pepe<\/a> (alagoano, naturalizado portugu\u00eas);<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Full backs \u2014<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J%C3%BAnior_(footballer,_born_1973)\">J\u00fanior Nagata<\/a> (baiano) e <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rildo_(footballer,_born_1942)\">Rildo<\/a> (pernambucano);<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Midfielders \u2014<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bob%C3%B4_(footballer,_born_1962)\">Bob\u00f4<\/a> (baiano), <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maneca\">Maneca<\/a> (baiano), <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hernanes\">Hernanes<\/a> (pernambucano), <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Josu%C3%A9_(footballer,_born_1979)\">Josu\u00e9<\/a> (pernambucano), <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fausto_dos_Santos\">Fausto dos Santos<\/a> (maranhense),\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lu%C3%ADs_Henrique_(footballer,_born_1968)\">Lu\u00eds Henrique<\/a> (baiano), <a href=\"https:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Givanildo_Oliveirahttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Givanildo_Oliveira\">Givanildo Oliveira<\/a> (pernambucano) and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zequinha\">Zequinha<\/a> (pernambucano);<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Forwards, wingers and center forwards \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jardel\">J<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/M%C3%A1rio_Jardel\">ardel<\/a> (cearense), <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Almir_Pernambuquinho\">Almir Pernambuquinho<\/a> (pernambucano), <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Diego_Costa\">Diego Costa<\/a> (sergipano\/Spanish), <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nunes_(footballer,_born_1954)\">Nunes<\/a> (baiano), <a href=\"https:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roberto_Firminohttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roberto_Firmino\">Roberto Firmino<\/a> (alagoano), <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hulk_(footballer)\">Hulk<\/a> (paraibano), <a href=\"https:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marito_(futebolista)\">Marito<\/a> (baiano), <a href=\"https:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Fabianhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charles_Fabian\">Charles<\/a> (baiano), <a href=\"https:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lu%C3%ADs_Oliveirahttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lu%C3%ADs_Oliveira\">Lu\u00eds Oliveira<\/a> (maranhense\/Belgian), <a href=\"https:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beijoca\">Beijoca<\/a> (baiano), <a href=\"https:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Os%C3%A9as\">Os<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Os%C3%A9as\">\u00e9<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Os%C3%A9as\">ias<\/a> (baiano) and <a href=\"https:\/\/pt.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alu%C3%ADsio_Francisco_da_Luzhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%8Dndio_(footballer,_born_1931)\">\u00cdndio<\/a> (paraibano).\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/lang\/pt\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"pinterest\",\"email\",\"print\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"pt_BR\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"blogdootavio\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Greatest%20football%20XI%20of%20Northeast%20Brazil\";<\/script><script 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I will restart with something simple, but that gives me great pleasure, wich is, making imaginary special historical teams, in this case the all time greatest XI of northeastern Brazilian footballers. The Northeast (&#8220;Nordeste) is a important, diverse and culturally part of Brazil, comprised of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_counters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/lang\/pt\/share-small.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:2px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_c=new Array(\"twitter\",\"facebook_like\",\"facebook_send\",\"pinterest\",\"email\",\"print\",\"linkedin\");var hupso_counters_lang = \"pt_BR\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"blogdootavio\";var hupso_url_c=\"\";var hupso_title_c=\"Greatest%20football%20XI%20of%20Northeast%20Brazil\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/counters.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,178],"tags":[7,42],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2155"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2546,"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155\/revisions\/2546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otaviopinto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}