Overview
- He says that at 21 and newly married in Madrid he spent nights trying to finish Crash Bandicoot, lost sleep and focus, and saw his form dip.
- He recalls arriving to training with dark circles as stress and late-night snacking led to weight gain in the only stretch he felt out of shape.
- He returned to Brazil on a six-month loan to Flamengo in 1998 to reorganize routines, then sustained 14 years in Europe with Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Hamburg and Al-Gharafa.
- He describes missing Brazil’s 2002 World Cup squad as a trauma, saying he did not watch the tournament and treated it as a period of mourning before starting at the 2006 World Cup.
- Coverage also notes his decorated career, including four German league titles, plus 1,051 club matches with 103 goals and 49 assists, and 84 Brazil caps with six goals.