... was my first shirt number in the game, but has no particular importance for me today. Another one has all the more, though ...
... is now my short number and enormously important for me. The twelfth month is December - the month my daughter Izabelly, my pride and joy, was born in. This number is meant to always remind me of her, it's my trademark.
... point nine kilometres per hour was how fast the free kick travelled which I hammered into the net for Sporting against Naval 1º de Maio two minutes from time. Many people have asked me if the ball really travelled that fast. I can't tell for sure, I have to trust the media. But I'm very proud of this achievement nonetheless!
The 86 has a special significance for me, because I saw the light of day for the first time in Fortaleza on May 11, 1986. That means I'm one year younger than my brother Raffael. Was it just a coincidence that the World Cup in Mexico began exactly twenty days later and that Sócrates played in that tournament, a great legend at Corinthians, my first club?
