Legendary Football Player Cafu to Visit Qatar

Legendary Football player Mr. Marcos Evangelista de Moraes - Cafu is visiting Qatar on invitation of Goodwill Ambassador and Director of Middle East Office of IIMSAM- Dr. Naseer Homoud. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) April 18, 2011 - A press statement from Dr. Naseer Homoud- Goodwill Ambassador and Director of Middle East office for the Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina against Malnutrition (IIMSAM) apprised about upcoming visit of famous former Brazilian football star Cafu arriving Doha on April 18, 2011. Cafu would be accompanied by Ms. Ana Gonçalves, MD of Footwise and the founder of the Brazilian World Cup Champions Association and other delegates from the Footwise- which is a is a special production company that brings together a production team of the leading experts in sports, political sciences, history, curatorship, marketing, design and education from different cultures united by a desire to create the best and at the forefront, Cafu is its Goodwill Ambassador, the press note stated.

Marcos Evangelista de Moraes better known as Cafu is a former Brazilian footballer who is widely regarded as one of the greatest right-backs ever. He was given this nickname due to his speed up and down the right flank which was reminiscent of Cafuringa, a Brazilian forward from the decade of seventies. Cafu was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers in March 2004. He is best known for his tireless overlapping runs.

Cafu is the most-capped Brazilian player of all time with 143, including 21 World Cup finals appearances. He has won two World Cups in 1994 and 2002, and is one of the few players that have participated in four consecutive tournaments, as well as being the second player, after Lothar Matthaeus from 1982-1990; to participate in three consecutive WC final matches. They are the only two players to have appeared in 3 consecutive WC Final matches. He earned his first cap in a friendly against Spain on 12 September 1990, and played sparingly for Brazil in the early 90s, making the 1994 World Cup roster as a substitute. After that, Cafu was soon a regular in the starting eleven as Brazil won the Copa América in 1997 and 1999, and reached the 1998 FIFA World Cup final and finally winning it in 2002.

The delegation is arriving Doha on April 17 and will stay till 19th and would discuss several possibilities to work for supporting FIFA World Cup-2022 Qatar with cooperation of Qatar based company The Wall, of which Dr. Homoud is the CEO. "We are currently in negotiations with Footwise for finalizing our joint programmes for supporting Qatar FIFA-2022 world cup and in this respect, the visit of Cafu with high level delegation of Footwise is materialized", said Dr. Naseer Homoud.

During this trip Cafu is expected to meet some high level dignitaries of Qatar including President of Qatar Football Association His Excellency Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Bin Ahmad Al Thani and others, informed Dr. Homoud. Speaking on the schedule Dr. Homoud mentioned that Cafu would also visit Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence and Al-Sadd Sports Club to get an insight of Qatar's sports infrastructure. "Cafu has showed interests with working with us jointly for promoting the global legacy of football; he is a great player and champion both on and off the field. His goodwill works are greatly admired and I am of the firm opinion that his visit to Qatar would be a great success", said Dr. Homoud.

Dr. Homoud also explained about his company's ongoing negotiations with Footwise for working together on creating several soft infrastructures for FIFA-2022 World Cup-Qatar. "Qatar winning the rights of hosting FIFA-2022 is the greatest moment for all of us living in Qatar and it is my long cherished goal to support Qatar in this endeavor", said Dr. Homoud.

In last day (April 19th) of his visit Cafu is also expected to address a press conference with Dr. Homoud and Ms. Ana Gonçalves wherein he shall outline and brief media about his proposals, porgrammes for Qatar and for promoting legacy of football on regional and international level.

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