Cafu with the shirt of the Brazilian national football team. Photo EPA / PAULO WHITAKER
SAN PAOLO – The former captain of the 'Selecao' world champion in 2002, Cafu, has been overwhelmed by millionaire debts and recently he would have lost five properties by decision of a Brazilian court: the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo makes it known.
The failure to cover loans and debts created by Capi Penta International Player, a company of athletic prosecutors belonging to the 49-year-old former player and his wife, Regina, would also have caused the seizure of 15 other properties of the couple.
"It's my personal problem.
I can give my property, my car, my house, I can give what I want to pay my debts, "said the former right-back of Rome and Milan, chosen as Brazil's ambassador at the next 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Cafu, an extraordinary career: he was one of the strongest fullbacks ever.
Dubbed Il Pendolino, it is considered one of the greatest right-back full-backs of all time. During his career, which began in 1989 at San Paolo and later continued between Real Zaragoza, Palmeiras, Rome and Milan, he won numerous titles both nationally and internationally, such as two Intercontinental Cups in 1992 and 1993, a Cup Winners' Cup in 1995, two UEFA Super Cups in 2003 and 2007, a Champions League in 2007 and a FIFA club World Cup in 2007.
He is the absolute record holder for the Brazilian national team, with whom he boasts a five-year captain (2002-2006), 142 appearances and 2 goals, he graduated twice world champion, in 1994 and 2002, for two times champion of America in 1997 and 1999 and for once winner of the Confederations Cup in 1997.
On an individual level, he is the only player in the history of football to have played three world championship finals consecutively. In 1994 he was named South American footballer of the year. In 2004 he was included in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living players, selected by Pelé and FIFA on the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of the federation.
In 2009 he was included in the "ideal team of the decade" by the Sun. In 2013 he was included in the strongest history training by World Soccer magazine. In 2014 he was included by the British newspaper The Guardian in the list of the 30 best footballers who "left a mark" in the history of the world championships. His name appears in both the official Hall of Fame of Rome and Milan (sources Ansa and Wikipedia).
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Source: Blitz Quotidiano