Chelsea veteran Brazilian defender Chiago Silva is linked to the Brazilian national team for most World Cup appearances
[골닷컴] Reporter Park Moon-soo = Chiago Silva, veteran defender of the Brazilian Chelsea national team, has been rub shoulders with the legends of the samba body.
Brazil manager Chichi announced the 26 players for the “Qatar 2022 World Cup” through an official press conference on the morning of the 8th (Korean time).
Among them, Silva Chiago will be on the World Cup scene as the second oldest member of the national team. Shiuba, born in 1984, is currently 38 years old. Even counting in Korean age, she is 39 years old.
For reference, Dani Alves is the best Brazilian national at the Qatar World Cup. In the case of Auves, he was born in 1983. In contrast to Alves as a candidate, it is very likely that Silva will play as the main defender for the Brazilian national team in this World Cup in Qatar.
It’s not all. With the participation of the Qatar World Cup Samba Corps, Silva is expected to participate in the World Cup finals for four consecutive tournaments as a member of the Brazilian national team.
Brazil is the country with the most world titles. There were so many champions. Qualifying for the World Cup final itself was also difficult. Thus, the record for most appearances by a player at the World Cup in Brazil is 4 tournaments.
With the exception of Silva, there have been seven Brazilian national team players who have played four World Cups so far. Representative players were Pele, Ronaldo and Cafu.
Cafu holds the record for most World Cup appearances among Brazilian national team players. In the case of Kafu, starting with the 1994 World Cup in the United States and ending with the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Kafu participated in four consecutive World Cup finals and played a total of 20 games. Notably, Kafu played from the 1994 World Cup in the United States to the 2002 World Cup in Korea and Japan. He is said to be the only player to have reached the World Cup final three times in a row. The next player is Emperor Ronaldo. Ronaldo appeared in 19 games.
In Silva’s case, he has so far played 11 games out of a total of three World Cups. It all started with the World Cup in South Africa. Having shown his best qualities after moving to AC Milan in the 2009/10 season, Silva was called up to coach Dunga and served as the Brazilian national team’s third central defender. At the time, the Brazilian national team had a strong central defensive line between Lúcio and Joao. Silva’s first World Cup appearance in South Africa was zero.
Since the 2014 World Cup in Brazil he plays regularly. However, in the quarter-finals against Colombia, he was booked and missed the semi-final against Germany. Unfortunately, in this match, Brazil lost a whopping 1-7. At the World Cup in Russia he teamed up with Miranda. He played full time all season, but the elimination of Brazil in the quarter-finals added to his disappointment.
The Qatar World Cup is Silva’s fourth World Cup. Only for the number of appearances he is lower than the first team of the national team. There is no championship cup. Instead, he announced that he was still healthy with his steadfast abilities of him despite his age of him. Thanks to this, there is a high probability that he will become a starting central defender for the Brazilian national team for three consecutive tournaments.
Indeed, it remains to be seen whether Silva will be able to achieve the beauty of Yujong in his final World Cup leg.
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