Editing Cafu (section)

==International career==
[[File:Cafu.JPG|thumb|upright=0.68|right|Cafu training with [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] before the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]]]]
Cafu is the most-[[cap (sport)|capped]] [[Brazil national football team|Brazilian]] men's player of all time with 142 appearances, including a record 20 [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] games. He has won two World Cups in [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]] and [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]], as well as being the only player to participate in three World Cup final matches.<ref name=fifa/> Cafu also held the record of winning the most matches in World Cups with 15 (along with two games Brazil won on penalties), before being surpassed by [[Germany national football team|Germany]]'s [[Miroslav Klose]] in the [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014 World Cup]].

He earned his first cap in a friendly against [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]] on 12 September 1990, and played sparingly for Brazil in the early 1990s, making the 1994 World Cup roster as a substitute. He appeared in the final against [[Italy national football team|Italy]], following an injury to [[Jorginho (footballer, born 1964)|Jorginho]] in the 22nd minute. After that, Cafu was soon a regular in the starting eleven as Brazil won the [[Copa América]] in [[1997 Copa América|1997]] and [[1999 Copa América|1999]], the [[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup]], and reached the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 World Cup]] [[1998 FIFA World Cup final|final]].
[[File:Cafu brazil.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Cafu at a [[Gillette]] promotion with Brazil in 2010]]
Brazil endured a rocky qualification for the 2002 tournament, during which Cafu came under heavy criticism from coach [[Vanderlei Luxemburgo]], who stripped him of the team captaincy after he was sent off in a qualifier against [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]]. Shortly after that, however, Luxemburgo was out of a job, and replacement [[Luiz Felipe Scolari]] made [[Emerson (footballer, born 1976)|Emerson]] his new choice for captain. However, Emerson missed the cut after he dislocated his shoulder in training, which allowed Cafu to regain the armband. After Brazil defeated Germany 2–0 in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup final|final match]] (Cafu's third consecutive World Cup final), he stood on the victory podium during the postmatch celebration and, as he raised the [[FIFA World Cup Trophy|World Cup trophy]], shouted to his wife, ''"Regina, eu te amo!"'' ("Regina, I love you!").<ref>{{cite news |title=A riot of colour, emotion and memories: the World Cup stands alone in the field of sport|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/world-cup-russia-2018-preview-lionel-messi-ronaldo-italia-90-98-england-brazil-germany-france-a8392211.html |access-date=29 September 2018|work=The Independent}}</ref> Cafu had also written "100% Jardim Irene" on his shirt as an homage to his upbringing.<ref name=fifa>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/2002korea-japan/news/behind-the-world-cup-record-cafu-2878937|title='Behind the World Cup record: Cafu|date=10 April 2017|publisher=FIFA.com|access-date=29 September 2018|language=Portuguese}}</ref> Three days after World Cup victory, Cafu spent some time in [[Bangu (neighborhood)|Bangu]] on Amanajó Street alongside former [[Bangu AC]] coach and notable fan Pombo and his cousin, a long time Cafu's friend.

Cafu and Brazil fell short of high expectations placed on the squad four years later in [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]], as Brazil meekly exited in the quarter-finals after a 1–0 defeat by [[France national football team|France]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4991616.stm|title=Brazil 0–1 France|date=July 2006 |publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=26 May 2018}}</ref> Coach [[Carlos Alberto Parreira]] was criticized for featuring fading veterans, most notably the 36-year-old Cafu and 33-year-old [[Roberto Carlos]], in the starting eleven in lieu of younger players. Cafu was one of few Brazil players who spoke to the press in the midst of a hailstorm of criticism from Brazilian fans and media alike following the team's return home.