My Sports Idol, Rogério Ceni...

My sports idol is Rogério Ceni, he is the São Paulo Futebol Clube’s goalkeeper and , in my opinion he is the best goalkeeper in Brazil and one of the best in the world.
He is 1.88 meters tall, 85 kilos of weigh and he is 33 years old, he was born in 22nd January 1973 in the city of Pato Branco in the state of Parana.
















In so many years of career he played only in two teams: S.P.F.C. (São Paulo Futebol Clube) and Sinop, in Mato Grosso state. Before he became a professional goalkeeper, he played in the midfield , but one day, his team’s goalkeeper got hurt and he had to play in that position. He did so well that he became a world champion in 2002 as member of the Brazilian national team.
Till 1996 he was the second goalkeeper of Sao Paulo’s team, when Zetti, other awesome keeper had to leave the team, so Rogerio got the position.
Since then, he has played incredible matches and won lots of titles: three “paulista” championship, one Rio-Sao Paulo tournament, one South American Cup, one “Libertadores da America” and one Interclubs World Championship.
















But there is an incredible gift he’s got and that is what makes him so special and better than other goalkeepers: he is one of the best free-kickers. in the world! He scored his first goal 10 years ago and he hasn’t stopped yet. Till now, Rogerio has scored almost 70 goals! No keeper has ever done that before. He is the only keeper that scored a goal in the Interclubs World Championship and helped Sao Paulo on it’s way to win lots and lots of titles, not just making awesome saves, but also scoring many goals. And that’s why I like him so much.


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Renato Fratin
Higher 1
Teacher Virgínia

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch