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He was the best defender of the world, won UEFA Champions League, and now he signed for an amateur team

At some point, specifically when he was key in a top team that lifted UEFA Champions League, he was considered the best in the world in his position. But at the end of his career, he joined an amateur side for fun.

By Fredi Roman

At some point, specifically when he was key in a top team that lifted UEFA Champions League, he was considered the best in the world in his position. But at the end of his career, he joined an amateur side for fun.
At some point, specifically when he was key in a top team that lifted UEFA Champions League, he was considered the best in the world in his position. But at the end of his career, he joined an amateur side for fun.
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His team won it all in the season of his life. Got a treble with him at his peak, and his performances were so good that not only was considered the best at his position, he also made Jose Mourinho move a legend who played in the same place to the other side. And in that year, played a World Cup and scored a goal that defied physics' laws.

Now, he joined a little club from Italy, the amateur Sona ASD that plays at Serie D, the top non professional division. This team is struggling in the last places of the table, but he is confident he can revert the situation and make his teammates have a couple of cool stories to tell.

This player is Maicon. A legend of the right-back position, who scored one of the goals for Inter when they knocked out FC Barcelona in UEFA Champions League semifinals in 2010, and later beating Bayern Munich in the final and winning the tournament. He won 11 titles with Inter in six years.

Maicon's career started at Cruzeiro. He later played for Monaco, Inter, Manchester City and Roma in Europe, to come back to Brazil and play for Avai, Cruciuma and Vila Nova. As a downside, he played the 90 minutes in the historic 7-1 defeat Brazil suffered versus Germany in the semifinals of the 2014 World Cup, which Brazil hosted.


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