Last match included: Brazil-Bolivia, 10 Sep 2008
NB: the match Kuwait Sports Club-Brazil (0-4, 7-10-2006) is
not included as it did not involve the Kuwaiti national
team but a club side with several non-Kuwaiti and guest
players and so was not a full A-international.
Name First/Last Caps Goals
Marcos Evangelista de Morais "CAFU" 1990-2006 * 142 5
ROBERTO CARLOS da Silva 1992-2006 * 125 11
Cláudio André Mergen TAFFAREL 1987-1998 101 0
DJALMA dos SANTOS 1952-1968 98 3
RONALDO Luís Nazário de Lima 1994-2006 * 97 62
"GILMAR" Gylmar dos Santos Neves 1953-1969 94 0
Edson Arantes do Nascimento "PELÉ" 1957-1971 92 77
Roberto RIVELINO 1965-1978 92 26
Nélson de Jesús Silva "DIDA" 1995-2006 * 91 0
Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri "DUNGA" 1982-1998 91 6
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira "RONALDINHO" 1999-2008 * 84 32
José Roberto da Silva Jr. "ZÉ ROBERTO" 1995-2006 * 84 6
ALDAIR Nascimento dos Santos 1989-2000 81 3
Jair Ventura Filho "JAIRZINHO" 1963-1982 81 33
Émerson LEÃO 1970-1986 80 0
José Roberto Gama de Oliveira "BEBETO" 1985-1998 75 39
NÍLTON dos SANTOS 1949-1962 75 3
"RIVALDO" Vito Borba Ferreira 1993-2003 * 74 34
EMERSON Ferreira da Rosa 1997-2006 * 73 6
Carlos Ibraim Vaz Leal "BRANCO" 1985-1994 72 9
Lucimar da Silva Ferreira "LÚCIO" 2000-2008 * 72 3
Arthur Antunes Coimbra "ZICO" 1971-1989 72 52
GÉRSON de Oliveira Nunes 1961-1972 70 14
Leovegildo Lins da Gama JÚNIOR 1979-1992 70 6
ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria 1987-2005 * 70 55
Waldir Pereira "DIDI" 1952-1962 68 20
GILBERTO Aparecido da SILVA 2001-2008 * 66 3
JUAN Silvera dos Santos 2001-2008 * 65 4
Jorge de Amorim Campos "JORGINHO" 1987-1996 64 3
DENÍLSON de Oliveira 1996-2003 * 61 9
Antônio de Oliveira Filho "CARECA" 1982-1993 60 29
José OSCAR Bernardi 1978-1986 60 2
SÓCRATES B.S.Souza Vieira de Oliveira 1979-1986 60 22
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite "KAKÁ" 2002-2007 * 59 22
MAURO da Silva 1991-2001 58 0
PAULO CÉSAR Lima 1967-1977 58 8
Antônio Carlos TONINHO CEREZO 1977-1985 58 5
Robson de Souza "ROBINHO" 2003-2008 * 57 14
Luís Antônio Corrêa da Costa "MÜLLER" 1986-1998 56 12
LEONARDO Nascimento de Araújo 1990-2001 55 7
Crisan César de Oliveira Filho "ZINHO" 1989-1997 55 7
Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade "TOSTãO" 1966-1972 54 32
CARLOS ALBERTO Torres 1964-1977 53 8
Thomaz Soares da Silva "ZIZINHO" 1942-1957 53 30
ÉDER Aleixo de Assis 1979-1986 52 9
Hideraldo Luiz BELLINI 1957-1966 51 0
Wilson da Silva PIAZZA 1967-1976 51 0
Manoel Francisco dos Santos "GARRINCHA" 1955-1966 50 12
Oswaldo Giroldo Jr. "JUNINHO PAULISTA" 1995-2002 * 50 5
RAÍ Souza Vieira de Oliveira 1987-1998 49 15
Alexsandro de Souza "ALEX" 1998-2005 * 48 12
José Vitor ROQUE JÚNIOR 1999-2005 * 48 2
Carlos CÉSAR SAMPAIO Santos 1990-2000 47 6
José Maia Rodrigues Alves "ZÉ MARIA" 1968-1978 47 0
Edino Nazareth Filho "EDINHO" 1977-1982 46 3
José Ely Miranda "ZITO" 1955-1963 46 3
Hércules BRITO Ruas 1964-1972 45 0
FLÁVIO da CONCEIÇÃO 1995-2000 45 4
RICARDO GOMES Raymundo 1984-1990 45 4
VALDO Cãndido Filho 1987-1993 45 4
ADRIANO Leite Ribeiro 2000-2008 * 41 25
Jonas Eduardo Américo "EDU" 1966-1974 41 8
Renato Portaluppi "RENATO GAÚCHO" 1983-1993 41 5
João Justino AMARAL dos Santos 1975-1980 40 0
Antonio A. Ribeiro Reis "JUNINHO PERNAMB." 1999-2006 * 40 6
MÁRCIO Roberto dos SANTOS 1990-1997 40 5
ADEMIR Marques de Menezes 1945-1953 39 32
EDMÍLSON José Gomes Moraes 2000-2007 * 39 1
JAIR Rosa Pinto 1940-1956 39 22
MAICON Douglas Sisenando 2003-2008 * 39 3
Marcos André Batista Santos "VAMPETA" 1998-2002 39 2
João BATISTA da Silva 1978-1983 38 0
FÉLIX Mielli Venerando 1965-1972 38 0
RICARDO Roberto Barreto ROCHA 1987-1994 38 0
RILDO Costa Menezes 1963-1969 38 1
Carlos Roberto Oliveira "ROBERTO DINAMITE" 1975-1984 38 20
ANTÕNIO CARLOS Zago 1991-2001 37 3
Júlio César BAPTISTA 2001-2008 * 37 3
CARLOS Roberto Gallo 1980-1985 37 0
EDMUNDO Alves de Souza Neto 1992-2000 37 9
Ricardo Rogério de Brito "ALEMÃO" 1983-1990 36 6
PAULO ISIDORO de Jesus 1977-1983 36 3
Iomar do Nascimento "MAZINHO" 1989-1994 35 0
ZÓZIMO Alves Calazans 1955-1962 35 1
Luiz Carlos Ferreira "LUISINHO" 1980-1983 34 2
José Macia "PEPE" 1956-1963 34 16
Paulo SILAS do Prado Pereira 1986-1992 34 1
DIEGO Ribas da Cunha 2003-2008 * 33 4
LUÍS Edmundo PEREIRA 1973-1977 33 0
Mário Jorge Lobo ZAGALLO 1958-1964 33 5
GILBERTO da Silva Melo 2003-2008 * 32 1
José Carlos Nepomuzeno MOSER 1983-1994 32 0
ANDRÉ Alves CRUZ 1988-1998 31 1
Mílton Queiroz da Paixão "TITA" 1979-1984 31 6
ORLANDO Peçanha de Carvalho 1958-1966 30 0
Note: * indicates the player is still active, at least at club level.
NB: in January 2001 (!), FIFA decided not to recognize matches against FIFA
or continental selections as full internationals, classifying them as
exhibition games, and scratched all caps and goals earned in these
matches from the records. After the French and Italian FAs refused to
follow this ruling, the Brazilian FA eventually decided to keep the
match on November 6, 1968 vs FIFA (Brazil won 2-1) in the records
as well, which is reflected in the above ranking; affected players
would be: Pelé, Rivelino (1 goal), Jairzinho, Gérson, Paulo César,
Tostão (1 goal) and Carlos Alberto.
Name First/Last Goals
Edson Arantes do Nascimento "PELÉ" 1957-1971 77
RONALDO Luís Nazário de Lima 1994-2006 * 62
ROMÁRIO de Souza Faria 1987-2005 * 55
Arthur Antunes Coimbra "ZICO" 1971-1989 52
José Roberto Gama de Oliveira "BEBETO" 1985-1998 39
RIVALDO Vito Borba Ferreira 1993-2003 * 34
Jair Ventura Filho "JAIRZINHO" 1963-1982 33
ADEMIR Marques de Menezes 1945-1953 32
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira "RONALDINHO" 1999-2007 * 32
Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade "TOSTÃO" 1966-1972 32
Thomaz Soares da Silva "ZIZINHO" 1942-1957 30
Antônio de Oliveira Filho "CARECA" 1982-1993 29
Roberto RIVELINO 1965-1978 26
ADRIANO Leite Ribeiro 2000-2008 * 25
JAIR Rosa Pinto 1940-1950 22
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite "KAKÁ" 2002-2007 * 22
SÓCRATES B.S. Souza Vieira de Oliveira 1979-1986 22
LEÔNIDAS da Silva 1932-1946 21
Carlos Roberto Oliveira "ROBERTO DINAMITE" 1975-1984 20
Waldir Pereira "DIDI" 1952-1962 20
Oswaldo da Silva "BALTAZAR" 1950-1956 16
José Macia "PEPE" 1956-1963 16
RAÍ Souza Vieira de Oliveira 1987-1998 15
Note: * indicates the player is still active, at least at club level.
NB: in January 2001 (!), FIFA decided not to recognize matches against FIFA
or continental selections as full internationals, classifying them as
exhibition games, and scratched all caps and goals earned in these
matches from the records. After the French and Italian FAs refused to
follow this ruling, the Brazilian FA eventually decided to keep the
match on November 6, 1968 vs FIFA (Brazil won 2-1) in the records
as well, which is reflected in the above ranking; affected players
would be: Rivelino (1 goal) and Tostão (1 goal).
Data checked and confirmed by Iván Soter (Brazil).
Prepared and maintained by Roberto Mamrud for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Roberto Mamrud
(robert@elsitio.net)
Last updated: 9 Oct 2008
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1998/2008
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