Caps Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 1 1 25/ 2/76 Montevideo Uruguay 2-1 Copa Rio Branco and Atlantico
2 1 2 27/ 2/76 Buenos Aires Argentina 2-1 Copa Roca and Atlantico
3 2 7/ 4/76 Asunción Paraguay 1-1 Copa Oswaldo Cruz and Atlantico
4 1 3 28/ 4/76 Rio de Janeiro Uruguay 2-1 Copa Atlantico
5 3 23/ 5/76 Los Angeles England 1-0 USA Bicentenary Cup
6 1 4 31/ 5/76 New Haven Italy 4-1 USA Bicentenary Cup
7 4 4/ 6/76 Guadalajara Mexico 3-0
8 1 5 9/ 6/76 Rio de Janeiro Paraguay 3-1 Copa Oswaldo Cruz and Atlantico
9 1 6 1/12/76 Rio de Janeiro Soviet Union 2-0
10 6 23/ 1/77 São Paulo Bulgaria 1-0
11 6 20/ 2/77 Bogotá Colombia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
12 1 7 9/ 3/77 Rio de Janeiro Colombia 6-0 World Cup Qualifier
13 7 8/ 6/77 Rio de Janeiro England 0-0
14 7 12/ 6/77 Rio de Janeiro West Germany 1-1
15 1 8 23/ 6/77 Rio de Janeiro Scotland 2-0
16 4 12 14/ 7/77 Cali Bolivia 8-0 World Cup Qualifier
17 12 1/ 4/78 Paris France 0-1
18 12 5/ 4/78 Hamburg West Germany 1-0
19 12 19/ 4/78 London England 1-1
20 1 13 1/ 5/78 Rio de Janeiro Peru 3-0
21 1 14 17/ 5/78 Rio de Janeiro Czechoslovakia 2-0
22 14 3/ 6/78 Mar del Plata Sweden 1-1 World Cup
23 14 7/ 6/78 Mar del Plata Spain 0-0 World Cup
24 14 11/ 6/78 Mar del Plata Austria 1-0 World Cup
25 1 15 14/ 6/78 Mendoza Peru 3-0 World Cup
26 15 18/ 6/78 Rosario Argentina 0-0 World Cup
27 15 21/ 6/78 Mendoza Poland 3-1 World Cup
28 3 18 17/ 5/79 Rio de Janeiro Paraguay 6-0
29 18 31/ 5/79 Rio de Janeiro Uruguay 5-1
30 1 19 2/ 8/79 Rio de Janeiro Argentina 2-1 Copa America
31 1 20 16/ 8/79 São Paulo Bolivia 2-0 Copa America
32 20 23/ 8/79 Buenos Aires Argentina 2-2 Copa America
33 20 15/ 6/80 Rio de Janeiro Soviet Union 1-2
34 1 21 24/ 6/80 Belo Horizonte Chile 2-1
35 1 22 29/ 6/80 São Paulo Poland 1-1
36 22 25/ 9/80 Asunción Paraguay 2-1
37 2 24 30/10/80 Goiânia Paraguay 6-0
38 1 25 8/ 2/81 Caracas Venezuela 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
39 1 26 14/ 2/81 Quito Ecuador 6-0
40 26 22/ 2/81 La Paz Bolivia 2-1 World Cup Qualifier
41 1 27 14/ 3/81 Ribeirão Preto Chile 2-1
42 3 30 22/ 3/81 Rio de Janeiro Bolivia 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
43 1 31 29/ 3/81 Goiânia Venezuela 5-0 World Cup Qualifier
44 1 32 12/ 5/81 London England 1-0
45 1 33 15/ 5/81 Paris France 3-1
46 33 19/ 5/81 Stuttgart West Germany 2-1
47 33 8/ 7/81 Salvador Spain 1-0
48 33 26/ 8/81 Santiago Chile 0-0
49 4 37 23/ 9/81 Maceió Ireland League 6-0
50 1 38 28/10/81 Porto Alegre Bulgaria 3-0
51 38 26/ 1/82 Natal East Germany 3-1
52 1 39 3/ 3/82 São Paulo Czechoslovakia 1-1
53 39 21/ 3/82 Rio de Janeiro West Germany 1-0
54 1 40 5/ 5/82 São Luís Portugal 3-1
55 1 41 19/ 5/82 Recife Switzerland 1-1
56 1 42 27/ 5/82 Uberlândia Ireland 7-0
57 42 14/ 6/82 Sevilla Soviet Union 2-1 World Cup
58 1 43 18/ 6/82 Sevilla Scotland 4-1 World Cup
59 2 45 23/ 6/82 Sevilla New Zealand 4-0 World Cup
60 1 46 2/ 7/82 Barcelona Argentina 3-1 World Cup
61 46 5/ 7/82 Barcelona Italy 2-3 World Cup
62 46 28/ 4/83 Rio de Janeiro Chile 3-2
63 46 2/ 6/85 Santa Cruz Bolivia 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
64 2 48 8/ 6/85 Porto Alegre Chile 3-1
65 1 49 16/ 6/85 Asunción Paraguay 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
66 49 23/ 6/85 Rio de Janeiro Paraguay 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
67 49 30/ 6/85 São Paulo Bolivia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
68 3 52 30/ 4/86 Recife Yugoslavia 4-2
69 52 7/ 5/86 Curitiba Chile 1-1
70 52 12/ 6/86 Guadalajara N. Ireland 3-0 World Cup
71 52 16/ 6/86 Guadalajara Poland 4-0 World Cup
72 52 21/ 6/86 Guadalajara France 1-1 (1) World Cup
(1) Brazil lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.
NB: the match against the United States (28/ 5/76; the USA team included
foreign players in the American league) is not considered a full
international and therefore not included here; the match against
the League of Ireland selection (23/ 9/81) is considered official
by the CBF and included here although it is not official for Ireland.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
72 52 17 3 173- 44 121 84.02
52 Goals in 72 Matches (0.72 per match)
Types of Goals
Friendlies 29
World Cup 5
World Cup Qualifiers 11
Copa America 2
Other Tournaments 5
Total 52
Thanks to Roberto Mamrud for corrections.
Prepared and maintained by Ricardo Pontes for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Ricardo Pontes
(rffp@terra.com.br)
Last updated: 30 Oct 2004
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1998/2004
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