MAYCON became the latest Brazilian to join the A-League when he signed with Melbourne Heart yesterday. Every club except Central Coast Mariners and Perth Glory currently has at least one Brazilian on their books and there's been a long list of Samba stars in the A-League over the years. Now au.fourfourtwo.com presents its list of the top 10 Brazilians to play in the competition so far.
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Henrique (Brisbane Roar)
The 'Slippery Fish' is a bit of a cult figure at Brisbane Roar and his performance in the 2010-11 A-League Grand Final wouldn't have done his status any harm. Henrique scored Roar's first goal in extra-time to pull it back to 2-1, before netting the winning spotkick in the penalty shootout. He also led the celebrations too.
The pint-sized right winger is a bagful of tricks with a touch of speed, hence the nickname, and while he missed a large part of Roar's successful 2010-11 campaign he turned out to be their joker in the pack during the finals series, in particular the Grand Final where he made the perfect impact. The former Feyenoord man is also still young and hungry too.
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