46th Bola de Ouro – Awarding the Year’s Best!

The 2015 Brasileirão has come to a close, and with it, ’tis the season of giving – time to recognize, and honor those who deserve to be awarded for giving us quite a football season this year. The 46th edition of the Bola de Prata/Bola de Ouro awards, organized by Placar; the nation’s leading football magazine ever since the “Golden…

Market Value of Top 4 Brasileirão Teams vs European Teams

The Brazilian champions of 2015, Corinthians have a Total Market Team Value (TMTV) equivalent to about the same as Dutch powerhouse, Ajax of Amsterdam. But still lower than all but 3 out of a total 20 Premier League sides, the most prestigious league in the world. Now of course this doesn’t mean for instance, that…

Up & Coming Brazilian Talent From 2014 (pt. I)

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2012 Brasileirão – Round 23 – Views & Happenings

What to say of a round where all but the unexpected took place? Where in a typical Engenhão Stadium where fans have dubbed it the “Enchenão” (never full) due to extremely low attendance rates, we witnessed just the opposite (18,348 spectators). There, an on-a-roll Botafogo headed by Dutchmen & captain, Clarence Seedorf struggled to beat…

What Each Team Wants for Christmas This Year!

It’s been quite a year for Brazilian football…good for some, bad for others. But we must not rule out the wishing spirit the season brings upon us – and here are some of Brasileirão’s finest Christmas wishes for 2012: In Porto Alegre… Internacional wants the fourth Brazilian championship, because the famous “TRI” (1975, 1976, 1976)…