Person

Cafu

b. 1970

Brazilian association football player

Born
7 Jun 1970 · São Paulo

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 64 years
  1. 7 Jun 1970BornBorn in São Paulo
  2. 1990 – 2006TeamBrazil men's national football team
  3. 1990 – 1994TeamSão Paulo FC
  4. 1994Took part1994 FIFA World Cup
  5. 1995TeamEsporte Clube Juventude
  6. 1995TeamReal Zaragoza
  7. 1995 – 1997TeamSociedade Esportiva Palmeiras
  8. 1997 – 2003TeamAS Roma
  9. 1998Took part1998 FIFA World Cup
  10. 2002Took part2002 FIFA World Cup
  11. 2003 – 2008TeamAC Milan
  12. 2006Took part2006 FIFA World Cup
  13. 2020AwardBallon d'Or Dream Team

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1970 – today).

  1. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  2. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  5. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  6. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  7. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  8. 1985Schengen Agreement
  9. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  10. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  11. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  13. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  14. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  15. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  16. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  17. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  18. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  19. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  20. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  21. 20112011 Norway attacks
  22. 2011Libyan civil war
  23. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  24. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  25. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  26. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  27. 2015Paris Agreement
  28. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  29. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  30. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  31. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  32. 2023Gaza war
  33. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  34. 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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