Rivellino

Rivelino in 1970
Personal information
Full name	Roberto Rivellino
Date of birth	(1946-01-01) 1 January 1946 (age 78)
Place of birth	São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1962	C.A. Barcelona
1963–1964	Corinthians
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1974	Corinthians	236	(70)
1975–1978	Fluminense	45	(10)
1978–1981	Al-Hilal	57	(25)
Total		338	(105)
National team
1965–1978	Brazil	92	(26)
Teams managed
1994	Shimizu S-Pulse
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Roberto Rivellino (also Rivelino, Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁoˈbɛʁtu ʁiveˈlĩnu]; Italian: [roˈbɛrto rivelˈlino]; born 1 January 1946) is a Brazilian football pundit and retired footballer. He was one of the stars of Brazil's 1970 FIFA World Cup winning team. Rivellino currently works as a pundit for Brazilian TV Cultura. He is the son of Italian immigrants. As a footballer, Rivelino (his football name only had one L) was known for his hard shots, long-range free kicks, long balls and huge mustache. He also invented his own action: the Elástico, nowadays also called the flip-flap or aka and copied by Ronaldinho and Zlatan Ibrahimović, among others. Rivelino is often regarded to be one of the best midfielders the world has ever known. Also, many people consider him the fourth best Brazilian footballer of all time, after Pelé, Garrincha and Zico. Finally, according to many football pundits, he is considered as the best player in the history of Corinthians and Fluminense.