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Garrincha Ruy Castro

Garrincha By Ruy Castro

Garrincha by Ruy Castro


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Summary

Garrincha was the unlikeliest of footballers - with grotesquely deformed legs, he looked as if he could barely walk, but with a ball at his feet he had the poise of an angel. With his inventiveness, impertinence, and sheer brilliance, he was an architect of the footballing magic that we now associate with Brazil's beautiful game.

Garrincha Summary

Garrincha by Ruy Castro

The World Cup Finals, Sweden 1958. Brazil vs the fearsome USSR. In the opening three minutes - 'the greatest three minutes in the history of football' - one man wrote himself into the record books alongside the game's greatest players, men like Pele, Di Stefano, Puskas and Maradona. Brazil went on to win the cup, and, in Garrincha, a star was born. Garrincha was the unlikeliest of footballers - with grotesquely deformed legs, he looked as if he could barely walk, but with a ball at his feet he had the poise of an angel. Born Manuel dos Santos in rural Brazil in 1933, 'Little Bird' or Garrincha as he came to be known, came to football by accident, discovered at the late age of nineteen by a scout for Botafogo. He played football only for the love of it, uninterested in money, and ignoring advice about tactics. And he was as wild off the pitch as he was brilliant on it - mischievous, audacious and dripping with sex appeal, over the course of his life he fathered at least thirteen children with different women. It was his affair and subsequent marriage to the singer Elza Soares that really caught the imagination of a nation - their mouth-watering combination of football and samba made

About Ruy Castro

Ruy Castro is the Brazilian author of several biographies and collections of quotations. His book Chega de saudade was published in US as Bossa Nova - the story of the Brazilian music that seduced the world and his passionate account of life in Rio will be published by Bloomsbury the UK next year. Castro has worked for many of Brazil's top newspapers and magazines. He was born in 1948 and lives in Rio de Janeiro.

Additional information

GOR001920792
9780224064323
0224064320
Garrincha by Ruy Castro
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Vintage Publishing
20040805
432
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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