The current Flamengo midfielder appeared in a FIFA publication alongside footballing legends such as Xavi Hernández, Dunga, Gennaro Gattuso and Mesut Özil, all champions with their respective national teams.
With only a week before the start of Qatar 2022 the Fifa He made a landmark post on his social media, where highlighted historical players who have worn the number 8 shirt in the editions of the competition mentioned.
There are nine footballers making up the chart released by football’s governing body, in which appears the image of the national midfielder, participating in the greatest world football event with La Roja in South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014 .
The list of illustrious “8” is composed of trophy champion players What Xavi Hernandez (champion with Spain in 2010), dunga (champion with Brazil in the United States 1994), Gennaro Gattuso (champion with Italy in Germany 2006) and Mesut Ozil (champion with Germany in 2014).
Also they understand Hristo Stoitchkov (4th place with Bulgaria in 1994 and Ballon d’Or the same year), Denis Bergkamp (fourth with the Netherlands in France 1998), the English Frank Lampard and the South African Siphiwe Tshabalala .
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