Brazil 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for Brazil in the 1980s — 124 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Cláudio Taffarel racked up the most caps of anyone here — 104 in all. Romário leads the scoring with 55. The squad breaks down as 16 goalkeepers, 37 defenders, 44 midfielders and 27 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romário | FW | 70 | 55 | 93 |
| Zico | MF | 71 | 48 | 93 |
| Bebeto | FW | 75 | 39 | 93 |
| Aldair | DF | 83 | 4 | 93 |
| Careca | FW | 64 | 30 | 93 |
| Cláudio Taffarel | GK | 104 | — | 92 |
| Émerson Leão | GK | 80 | — | 92 |
| Dunga | MF | 91 | 6 | 92 |
| Raí | MF | 49 | 17 | 91 |
| Sócrates | MF/FW | 60 | 22 | 90 |
| Branco | DF | 72 | 9 | 90 |
| Zinho | MF | 57 | 7 | 90 |
| Júnior | DF | 69 | 6 | 90 |
| Toninho Cerezo | MF | 57 | 5 | 89 |
| Jorginho | DF | 64 | 3 | 89 |
| Roberto Dinamite | FW | 38 | 20 | 88 |
| Dirceu | MF | 44 | 7 | 88 |
| Edino Nazareth Filho | DF | 59 | 3 | 88 |
| José Oscar Bernardi | DF | 59 | 2 | 88 |
| Valdo | MF | 45 | 4 | 87 |
| José Reinaldo de Lima | FW | 37 | 14 | 87 |
| Müller | FW | 56 | 12 | 86 |
| Alemão | MF | 39 | 6 | 86 |
| Ricardo Gomes | DF | 45 | 11 | 85 |
| Waldir Peres | GK | 39 | — | 85 |
| Amaral | DF | 40 | 0 | 84 |
| Paulo Isidoro | MF | 36 | 3 | 84 |
| Carlos Roberto Gallo | GK | 37 | — | 83 |
| Éder Aleixo | FW | 52 | 8 | 83 |
| Ricardo Rocha | DF | 38 | 0 | 83 |
| Paulo Roberto Falcão | MF | 28 | 6 | 83 |
| Neto | MF | 26 | 7 | 82 |
| Paulo Silas | MF | 34 | 1 | 82 |
| Luizinho | DF | 34 | 2 | 82 |
| João Batista da Silva | MF | 38 | 0 | 81 |
| Carlos Mozer | DF | 32 | 0 | 81 |
| Serginho Chulapa | FW | 20 | 8 | 81 |
| Mazinho | MF | 35 | 0 | 80 |
| Walter Casagrande | FW | 19 | 8 | 80 |
| André Cruz | DF | 31 | 1 | 80 |
| Geovani Silva | MF | 23 | 5 | 80 |
| Renato Gaúcho | MF/FW | 41 | 5 | 80 |
| Tita | FW | 32 | 6 | 79 |
| Renato | MF | 22 | 3 | 78 |
| José Leandro Ferreira | DF | 27 | 2 | 78 |
| Zé Sérgio | FW | 25 | 5 | 78 |
| Luís Henrique Dias | GK | 17 | — | 77 |
| Mauro Galvão | DF | 24 | 0 | 77 |
| João Paulo | MF/FW | 17 | 4 | 76 |
| Nelinho | DF | 21 | 6 | 75 |
| Jorginho Putinatti | MF | 16 | 2 | 75 |
| Édson Boaro | DF | 19 | 0 | 74 |
| Luiz Carlos Winck | DF | 19 | 2 | 74 |
| Mário José dos Reis Emiliano | MF | 15 | 1 | 73 |
| Charles Fabian Figueiredo Santos | FW | 9 | 3 | 73 |
| Edevaldo de Freitas | DF | 18 | 1 | 73 |
| Getúlio | DF | 18 | 1 | 73 |
| Bismarck Barreto Faria | MF | 13 | 1 | 72 |
| Nélson Luís Kerchner | DF | 17 | 1 | 72 |
| Gilmar Rinaldi | GK | 9 | — | 72 |
| Josimar | DF | 16 | 2 | 72 |
| Andrade | MF | 11 | 1 | 70 |
| Sérgio Araújo | FW | 10 | 1 | 70 |
| Elzo Coelho | MF | 11 | 0 | 70 |
| William Douglas Humia Menezes | MF | 11 | 0 | 70 |
| Pedro Luís Vicençote | DF | 13 | 1 | 70 |
| Márcio Rossini | DF | 13 | 1 | 70 |
| Júlio César | DF | 13 | 0 | 70 |
| Raul Plassmann | GK | 8 | — | 69 |
| Paulo Vitor | GK | 8 | — | 69 |
| Edu Marangon | MF | 9 | 1 | 69 |
| Edu Manga | MF | 10 | 0 | 68 |
| Edmar Bernardes | FW | 6 | 3 | 68 |
| Cristóvão Borges | MF | 7 | 3 | 67 |
| Acácio Cordeiro Barreto | GK | 7 | — | 67 |
| Nunes | FW | 6 | 2 | 67 |
| Baltazar | FW | 6 | 2 | 67 |
| Mário Sérgio | MF | 8 | 0 | 67 |
| Edvaldo Oliveira Chaves | MF | 7 | 0 | 66 |
| Washington César Santos | FW | 5 | 2 | 65 |
| Geraldo Dutra Pereira | DF | 8 | 0 | 65 |
| Paulo Roberto Curtis Costa | DF | 7 | 0 | 64 |
| João Leite da Silva Neto | GK | 5 | — | 63 |
| Aloísio Pires Alves | DF | 6 | 0 | 63 |
| Bernardo Fernandes da Silva | MF | 5 | 0 | 62 |
| Zenon de Souza Farias | MF | 5 | 0 | 62 |
| Henrique Valmir da Conceição | MF | 5 | 0 | 62 |
| Wladimir Rodrigues dos Santos | DF | 5 | 0 | 61 |
| Ademir Roque Kaefer | DF | 5 | 0 | 61 |
| Francisco Ernandi Lima da Silva | FW | 4 | 1 | 61 |
| Gérson da Silva | FW | 4 | 0 | 60 |
| Nílson Esidio Mora | FW | 4 | 0 | 60 |
| João Paulo de Lima Filho | FW | 4 | 0 | 60 |
| Paulo Sérgio de Oliveira Lima | GK | 3 | — | 60 |
| José Carlos da Costa Araújo | GK | 3 | — | 60 |
| Vivinho | FW | 3 | 1 | 60 |
| Juninho Fonseca | DF | 4 | 0 | 59 |
| Toninho Carlos | DF | 4 | 0 | 59 |
| Bobô | MF | 3 | 0 | 59 |
| Edivaldo Martins Fonseca | FW | 3 | 0 | 58 |
| Carlos Alberto Araújo Prestes | MF/FW | 3 | 0 | 58 |
| Reginaldo Paes Leme | GK | 2 | — | 57 |
| Antônio Rondinelli | DF | 3 | 0 | 57 |
| Adílio | MF | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| Carlos Alberto Santos | MF | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| José Sebastião Pires Neto | MF | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| Assis | FW | 2 | 0 | 55 |
| Hamilton de Souza | FW | 2 | 0 | 55 |
| Perivaldo | DF | 2 | 0 | 54 |
| Marcelo Djian | DF | 2 | 0 | 54 |
| João Marcos | GK | 1 | — | 54 |
| Roberto Costa | GK | 1 | — | 54 |
| Antônio Benedito da Silva | MF | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Gilberto Carlos Nascimento | MF | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Delei | MF | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Jorge Baidek | DF | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Robertinho | FW | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Geraldo Pereira | FW | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Márcio Pereira Monteiro | GK | — | — | 50 |
| Mendonça | MF | — | — | 49 |
| Jairzinho | MF | — | — | 49 |
| Uidemar | MF | — | — | 49 |
| Polozzi | DF | — | — | 49 |
| Leiz | DF | — | — | 49 |
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