
Cafu
b. 1970
Brazilian association football player
- Born
- 7 Jun 1970 · São Paulo
Life timeline
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- 7 Jun 1970BornBorn in São Paulo
- 1990 – 2006TeamBrazil men's national football team
- 1990 – 1994TeamSão Paulo FC
- 1994Took part1994 FIFA World Cup
- 1995TeamEsporte Clube Juventude
- 1995TeamReal Zaragoza
- 1995 – 1997TeamSociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
- 1997 – 2003TeamAS Roma
- 1998Took part1998 FIFA World Cup
- 2002Took part2002 FIFA World Cup
- 2003 – 2008TeamAC Milan
- 2006Took part2006 FIFA World Cup
- 2020AwardBallon d'Or Dream Team
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1970 – today).
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
- 20262026 Iran war
Biography
Marcos Evangelista de Morais (born 7 June 1970), known as Cafu ([kaˈfu]), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Widely regarded as one of the greatest full-backs of all time, he was known for his pace and energetic attacking runs along the right flank. He is the most-capped player for the Brazil national team with 142 appearances.
At club level, Cafu won several domestic and international titles while playing in Brazil, Spain, and Italy; he is best known for his spells at São Paulo (1989–1995), Roma (1997–2003), and AC Milan (2003–08), teams with which he made history, although he also played briefly for Zaragoza, Juventude, and Palmeiras during a two-year spell from 1995 to 1997. In 1994, Cafu was crowned South American Footballer of the Year, and in 2004, was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players. He was additionally named in the FIFPro World XI in 2005, and in 2020 was included in the Ballon d'Or Dream Team.
Cafu represented his nation in four FIFA World Cups between 1994 and 2006. He was the first player in history to have appeared in three World Cup finals, followed by Lionel Messi reaching the 2014, 2022 and 2026 finals, the only player to date to reach three consecutive finals and one of only 21 players to have won the World Cup more than once, winning the 1994 and 2002 editions of the tournament, the latter as his team's captain where he lifted the World Cup trophy. He is one of only two professionals who won the World Cup in two different centuries. With Brazil, he also took part in four editions of the Copa América, winning the title twice, in 1997 and 1999; he was also a member of the national side that won the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.
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