#5 Nilton Santos
Before Marcelo and Roberto Carlos became well known as ravaging Brazilian left-backs adding to assaults, there was a Nilton Santos who was one of the principal full-backs to push forward in help of assaults for his group during the 1950s.
A changed over forward, Nilton Santos is viewed as one of the best protectors ever of diversion and was a piece of the Brazilian squads in four continuous World Cups somewhere in the range of 1950 and 1962 (he neglected to show up at the 1950 release), winning the Jules Rimet Trophy in 1958 and 1962.
The late Nilton Santos (he passed on in November 2013 matured 88, couple of months to the initiation of the 2014 World Cup in his local Brazil) spent the aggregate of his club profession with Botafogo, showing up and won six titles with the place where he grew up club.
‘The Encyclopedia’ as he was called because of his broad learning of games reexamined the fullback job and frequently added to assaults with his pass down the wing and scored a vital goal in the 1958 World Cup against Austria subsequent to spilling over the field before releasing a shot into the Austrian goal.
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He likewise affected Brazilian football history by being a tutor to Botafogo colleague Garrincha who was the star of Brazil’s World Cup triumph in 1962, helping guide the immensely capable yet disorderly Garrincha on the correct way.
Capable at both shielding and assaulting, Nilton won 75 caps for Brazil somewhere in the range of 1949 and 1962, scoring three goals and was casted a ballot in the 1958 World Cup All-Star Team and additionally the World Team of the twentieth Century in 1998 and was incorporated into Pele’s FIFA 100 Greatest living players ever in 2004. He is likewise an individual from Brazil’s Football Museum Hall of Fame.
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