Abel Braga

Abel Braga interests me far more as a survivor than as a record-setter. A towering center-back from Rio who debuted with Fluminense and made the 1978 World Cup squad, he earned just one Brazil cap, yet built a coaching life that stretched across decades into a technical-director role at Internacional. To me that longevity is the real story: staying trusted in Brazilian football, a brutally demanding culture, long after your playing days fade. I value the craftsman over the headline, and Braga reads like a man who understood the game from the soil up rather than chasing personal glory.

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Name (English)

Abel Braga

Name (Japanese)

アベウ・カルロス・ダ・シウバ・ブラガ

Reading

あべう・かるろす・だ・しうば・ぶらが

Born

September 1, 1952 (age 74)

Origin

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Height

190 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Dragon

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel%20Braga
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%99%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A6%E3%83%90%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2311308

Tags

• Rio de Janeiro
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.