Garrincha
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Manuel Francisco dos Santos, nicknamed Mané Garrincha, best known as simply Garrincha, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a right winger. He is widely regarded as one of the greates
Garrincha playing for Brazil at the 1962 FIFA World Cup
Garrincha playing for Botafogo in a 2–0 win against Barcelona for Copa Iberoamericana, friendly tournament in 1964 at Buenos Aires
Garrincha crosses the ball to Vavá in the 1958 FIFA World Cup Final.
Garrincha (left) during the World Cup 1962
Elza Soares
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Elza da Conceição Soares, known professionally as Elza Soares, was a Brazilian samba singer. In 1999, she was named Singer of the Millennium along with Tina Turner by BBC Radio.
Garrincha
…married twice, first to Nair Marques in 1952 (they separated in 1965), a factory worker from Pau Grande with whom he had eight daughters, and second to Elza Soares, a samba singer whom he married in an unofficial ceremony in March 1966. Soares had also been married previously. The couple separated in 1977, when…
Soares in 1971
Soares in 2010
Soares in 2020
Soares in 1964