The Brazilian can play as a winger or defender. He scored two goals in a row and is the perfect twelfth man for Inzaghi. If he hadn’t been a footballer he would have studied to be an accountant
“Wooden Leg” got smart and swept away that nickname. It passed over us like a hurricane, tearing skepticism to shreds. Carlos Augusto is one of the many children raised on bread and patience. When he was a kid he kicked so badly that his friends looked down at every shot on goal. When they saw him leave they made the sign of the cross behind him. Carlos came home with a swollen face and shining eyes. His father, sitting on the couch, peered at his son out of the corner of his eye, without questions, until his son spilled the beans. “Today is my birthday, I choose the gift.” “Would it be?”. “I would like to enroll in a football school, that’s all.” Satisfied.
