MANOEL FRANCISCO DOS SANTOS Born: 28 October 1933 in Pau Grande (Estado Rio de Janeiro). Died: 20 January 1983 in Rio de Janeiro. Nickname: Garrincha, Mané Garrincha. Position: Outside right. Caps: Brazil 50 (1955-1966) / 13 goals League Games: Campeonato Carioca (Brazil) 245 (1953-1972) / 82 goals Campeonato Paulista (Brazil) 3 (1966) / 0 goals Colombia 1 (1968) / 0 goals International Club Cup Games: None South American Footballer of the Year: Poll not held yet. Trophies & Tournaments: World Cup participation: 1958, 1962, 1966 World Cup winner: 1958, 1962 South American Championship: 1957 (2nd), 1959 (2nd) Copa Libertatores: - World Club Cup: - Champion of Rio-Sao Paulo tournament: 1962, 1964, 1966 Champion of Campeonato Carioca: 1957, 1961, 1962 Taca do Brasil winner: - Taca do Brasil beaten finalist: 1963 Top League Goal Scorer: - Season - Club - Games – Goals 1953 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro............Campeonato Carioca….....24 / 18 1954 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro............Campeonato Carioca..…...26 / 09 1955 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro............Campeonato Carioca..…...19 / 03 1956 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro............Campeonato Carioca.......19 / 04 1957 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro............Campeonato Carioca.......21 / 06 1958 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro............Campeonato Carioca.......26 / 06 1959 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro............Campeonato Carioca.......21 / 08 1960 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro............Campeonato Carioca.......21 / 08 1961 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro............Campeonato Carioca.......21 / 06 1962 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro............Campeonato Carioca.......21 / 08 1963 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro............Campeonato Carioca.......03 / 01 1964 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro............Campeonato Carioca.......04 / 00 1965 Botafogo Rio de Janeiro............Campeonato Carioca.......01 / 00 1966 Corinthians Sao Paulo...............Campeonato Paulista......15 / 07 1967 Corinthians Sao Paulo...............Campeonato Paulista......19 / 08 1968 Junior Baranquilla....................Primera Division Colombia.01 / 00 1968 Flamengo Rio de Janeiro...........Campeonato Carioca.......00 / 00 1969 Flamengo Rio de Janeiro...........Campeonato Carioca.......04 / 00 1970 Did not play 1971 Did not play 1972 Olaria AC Rio de Janeiro............Campeonato Carioca.......10 / 01
Not in Brazil. By the way, the debate here has always been: Who's the best Brazilian player in the history, Pelé or Garrincha? p.s. Congratulations, Gregoriak. Once more.
If one looks at the stats, he isn't really that special. But he did much more than fill up a stat sheet, i agree.
He was a vital part of Brazil's 1958 and 1962 World Cup wins. The Old Lady Hertha, the statistics don't make a difference. Whenever he touched the ball, something magical would always happen. The greatest right-winger of all-time.
Nah, I want a fake stat... I mean, a stat for every head fake and hip jiggle that he had. PS. As most of you know, FIFA WC'06 site has Garrincha's highlight compilation. Ah, poor Boris "Joao" Kuznetzov.
http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/p/cp/bra/garrincha.html The video link is on top (or click on the "TV screen" sign)
ONE of the Greatest Players that ever lived. Even GREATER than Pele. He showed Brasil how to win in 1958 after Brasil had lost the final at home in 1950 & were embarrassed in 1954. He told the rest of the players that the Russians are human & they bleed just like you & me. In 1962 he single handedly won the World Cup by himself in Chile. Also let's not forget that with Pele & Garrincha on the same pitch THEY NEVER LOST A MATCH!!!
Probably not Thats scary that him and Pele never lost a match together...has to be some sort of record.
Are you implying that the Soviets were like robots or monsters? I'm not saying that you're wrong, I just want to know what you think of them.
Times of cold war. The soviets were supposed to present to the world the Scientific Football. That's why Garrincha said that.
In those days the Soviets were the physical and forceful type of team with a strong team ethic but the Cold War did give the indication that the USSR weren't like conventional players and that the Soviets seemed to be too serious in their approach. I think the element of science was stronger when Lobanovsky was coaching Dynamo Kiev in the 1970s. They were a stylish team but there was still an influence of science in Lobanovsky's methods.