Cris

I have a soft spot for defenders who are remembered for character rather than goals, and Cris is a perfect case. Nicknamed Le policier, the policeman, for his commanding presence at centre-back, the Brazilian patrolled his box with an authority strikers must have hated facing. At 183 cm he was built to dominate, but it is the discipline behind the nickname that interests me. Players like him rarely make highlight reels yet quietly decide matches. His move into coaching feels natural; that kind of positional intelligence and gravity is exactly what you want passed to younger players. Unflashy, indispensable, and easy to respect.

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Name (English)

Cris

Name (Japanese)

クリスチアーノ・マルケス・ゴメス

Reading

くりすちあーの・まるけす・ごめす

Born

June 3, 1977 (age 49)

Origin

Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil

Height

183 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Snake

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cris%20(footballer%2C%20born%201977)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%81%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B1%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q299367

Tags

• São Paulo
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.