11 - Vitor Borba Ferreira Rivaldo

[vegitot]

Must be because we have so many new age fans, but whenever Barca legends are mentioned you always hear Ronaldinho and not much of Rivaldo.

Well, I thought Rivaldo was just as good. Less spectacular but certainly more effective.

Rivaldo was spectacular too. He was better goal scorer than Dinho but Dinho was better playmaker.

He's below dinho
Dinho came at a low point and brought joy back to the fans, but rivaldo is a baller.

Barca just has too many great players in attack.

How we haven't won more, just goes to show how terrible management at the club has been in our history and why I will forever ride with Laporta.

Dinho came at a low point but also in a new era. Great transfers and young talents from Masia came through. Rivaldo played in a very complicated period.

In Turkey mostly, I'd say. Acting in football is bad rep of course, but take Busquets' infamous peekaboo vs. Inter Milan. It's not the end of the world.

Rivaldo's decline I attribute to Van Gaal's return to Barca in 2002. I still remember the shock how LVG got rid off him.

That dive made him lose World Cup Golden Ball. Rivaldo only became Brazil legend after 2002 world cup. Before that, despite winning Copa America and reaching 1998 WC final for his country, he wasn't liked by Brazil fans. Main criticism for Rivaldo was that he could be really selfish on the pitch. He could pass the ball well but tend to take shot from difficult position even his teammates were in better position.

 

[Windhook]

Main criticism for Rivaldo was that he could be really selfish on the pitch. He could pass the ball well but tend to take shot from difficult position even his teammates were in better position.

I read a while ago that Rivaldo was displeased with the position he was played at under Van Gaal. Limited his abilities, he said. Not a team player, as you said and likely the reason Van Gaal wanted him out of the club.