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commentator here says that Robinho is the first player since Bebeto, 12 years ago, who scores for the Brazilian national team while playing for a Brazilian club (and even then, Robinho is loaned out from City).

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commentator here says that Robinho is the first player since Bebeto, 12 years ago, who scores for the Brazilian national team while playing for a Brazilian club (and even then, Robinho is loaned out from City).

That's probably true, last time Brazil had a decent amount of home-based players was in 2002, but they were mostly defensive players (Gilberto Silva and Kléberson) or bench warmers (like Kaká).

Unfortunately Brazil-based players are under-represented in the current team... :thdn:

Robinho was also the first Santos player to score in a WC in 40 years.

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Since Pelé??

Yes, Santos had really bad times after Pelé retired, so that's not really a surprise, even if Brazil fielded a full Brazil-based team.

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