Brazil

Brazil are the greatest national team in the history of football. They have won the World Cup five times and produced some of the greatest players of all time. Brazil have recently won the World Cup twice: in 1998 and 2002.

Everyone knows names like: Pelé, Ronaldo and Ronaldhino. Less well know are great players from the past like de Brito, Leonidas and Artur Friedenrich.

And few have heard of the man who brought football to Brazil: an Englishman called Charles Miller.

Read about the early history of Brazilian football, their heartbreak in 1950 and great triumphs in 1958, 1962 and 1970.