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Legendary Brazil captain, Carlos Alberto dies at 72

By Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah
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Captain of Brazil's 1970 World Cup-winning side, Carlos Alberto has died aged 72.

According to the BBC, Alberto who played as a right-back and was capped 53 times by Brazil, died in Rio de Janeiro after a heart attack.

The legendary defender iss remembered for scoring one of the greatest goals in World Cup history in the 1970 final against Italy, rounding off a fine team move with a powerful low drive.

 In his club career, Alberto won domestic titles with Fluminense and Santos, for whom he made more than 400 appearances, before ending his playing career in North America with New York Cosmos.

After retiring, he went into coaching managing 15 sides including Flamengo, with whom he won the 1983 Brazilian Championship, and the Azerbaijani national team where he finished his coaching career in 2005. 

In 2004, Alberto was named as one of the FIFA 100 for the greatest living.

He told the BBC that leading a team containing legends Pele, Jairzinho, Tostao and Rivelino to the World Cup was “the best moment of my career”.


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