Brazil Football Formation

Lineup (4-3-3)

Gilmar · Domingos da Guia · Luís Pereira · Nilton Santos · Carlos Alberto (c) · Zito · Didi · Zizinho · Pelé · Garrincha · Leônidas

Brazil's All time Greatest XI 'Folha de São Paulo's version' (1994)

Making an All-Time Brazil team is as enjoyable as it is difficult. You can’t field a team with 11 playmakers and forwards. So hard choices have to be made. We all love Sócrates, but was he better than Zico? What’s more important: Romário’s longevity or Ronaldo’s peak brilliance? What to do with the old masters Zizinho and Leonidas?

Throughout the years, there have been several attempts to make an All-Time Brazil team.

In 1994, the newspaper Folha de São Paulo came up with this formation:

It’s a formation that puts, perhaps, an excessive prime on old age. Of the 11 players, 9 were active in a World Cup from the 1950′s or earlier. It reserves central places for legends of the era before television: Zizinho, Da Guia and Leônidas. In addition, six players from the 1958 side are featured.

So, who would we choose as a Coach/Manager for this team?
My pick is Vicente Feola.

The reserves can be a choice of hundreds... Pick any good player right from the times of Ademir to the times of Kaká.