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Cláudio Adão
Cláudio Adalberto Adão, or simply Cláudio Adão (born in Volta Redonda, 2 July 1955), is a former Brazilian Association football, football player. A gifted Forward (association football)#Striker, forward, Adão was the top-scorer of almost every championship he's played. His first professional club was Santos FC, where he arrived in 1972. When Pelé left Santos in 1974, the club predicted a brilliant future ahead for Adão as Pelé's natural replacement. But they couldn't predict Adão would suffer a serious injury that would leave him off of the pitch for several months. Physicians believed Adão's career to be prematurely ended when CR Flamengo, Flamengo's coach (sport), coach, Cláudio Coutinho (who was himself a physical fitness expert) asked his club to sign Adão. Santos let Adão go and, at Flamengo, he underwent intensive physical therapy. The results were fantastic and Adão quickly became an idol. Not only at Flamengo, but in every other club he has played for unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Volta Redonda
Volta Redonda () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro state of Brazil with an area of 182.81 km2, located from 350m to 707m above the sea level (22°31'23" S, 44°06'15" W) and with a population of 273,988 inhabitants (estimated in 2020). The area around the city has nearly 700,000 km2. Its name (which is Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''Round Turn'') is due to the round shape of a curve in the Paraíba do Sul river around which the city was built. Situated in Volta Redonda is Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN), Brazil's second largest steel producer. Today its economy, despite still being based on Industrial sector, industry, is quite diverse, and largely focused on the areas of services and trade. Due to this, Volta Redonda is worldly known as ''Cidade do Aço'' (which is Portuguese language, Portuguese for ''Steel City''). The city borders with the municipalities of Barra Mansa (north, northwest, west and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |