The country of football : soccer and the making of modern Brazil / Roger Kittleson.

Soccer is the world's most popular sport, and the Brazilian national team is beloved around the planet for its beautiful playing style, the jogo bonito. With the most successful national soccer team in the history of the World Cup, Brazil is the only country to have played in every competition...

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Main Author: Kittleson, Roger Alan
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Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Series:Sport in world history ; 2.
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