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Cafu
Brazilian football fullback and only player to appear in three FIFA World Cup finals, captaining Brazil to the 2002 title.
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Letters are counted across the whole name with spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, and diacritics excluded. "Apple Pie" is 8 letters; "Boeuf Bourguignon" is 16.
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Kaka
Brazilian attacking midfielder who won the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2007 Ballon d'Or during his AC Milan years.
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Pele
Brazilian football forward who won three FIFA World Cups and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the sport's history.
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Xavi
Spanish midfielder who won the 2010 FIFA World Cup and was central to Barcelona's tiki-taka era under coach Pep Guardiola.
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Zico
Brazilian football attacking midfielder of the 1980s, sometimes called the "White Pele" for his playmaking and free-kick technique at Flamengo.
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