BRASIL70 LEGACY

As a TRIBUTE to Players For Peace Ambassador Carlos Alberto Torres and his 1970 World Cup Champions Brasilian squad, the GOL ILUMINADO FOUNDATION announced the BRASIL70 Players For Peace LEGACY initiative during the SoccerEx Global Convention in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil - on November 23, 2010

"Capitao do Tri" - Carlos Alberto Torres, Felix
Photo Credit: Steve Leighton

Roberto Rivellino, Carlos Alberto Torres, Paulo Cesar 

Photo Credit: Steve Leighton

The LEGACY Lives On

BRASIL70 Legacy Project Managing Director Steve Leighton
with Capitao do Tri - Carlos Alberto Torres at his home in Rio

The LEGACY of the Greatest Team of Football History will be certain to live on for generations to come, thanks to the vision and determination of Carlos Alberto Torres - Captain of BRASIL70 and Founding Ambassador of  Players For Peace 

JULES RIMET TROPHY - A PIECE OF HISTORY

The Jules Rimet Trophy has a very special significance to the Football World and also to the greatest team in Football History, the 1970 World Cup Champions, Brasil. Not only was this the last time that this trophy was used to honor the Champions, but it was presented to Brasil permanently, after they won the World Cup Championship for the third time. The original Jules Rimet Trophy was subsequently stolen shortly after the 1970 World Cup Finals in Mexico and was never recovered. The Jules Rimet Trophy was also a beautiful piece of art. Elegant and truly unique, it was the most sought after piece of historical hardware, ever. Carlos Alberto Torres is the last Captain to hoist the original Jules Rimet Trophy.

Carlos Alberto Torres is the Captain of this wonderful Brasil side that captured the hearts and imagination of football fans worldwide. He is Pele’s Captain. In Brasil, Carlos Alberto is a National Treasure known affectionately as “Capitao do Tri”, which translates to “Captain of the Third”. Who can forget the magnificent fourth goal that Carlos Alberto scored in the World Cup Final Match against Italy, voted as the greatest goal of all times. It’s the highlight footage most often used, to represent the intensity and majesty of the World Cup Championships and its glorious history.

Players For Peace

The GOL ILUMINADO FOUNDATION a Federal Registered 501(c)(3) Not For Profit - works as a Goodwill Organization in support of the United Nations Sport for Development and Peace program, which is a dynamic and powerful platform that was created by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, with the objective to utilize SPORT as the conduit and mechanism to implement educational initiatives for children in need and at risk.

At United Nations Headquarters New York with Secretary General Kofi Annan, Ambassador Heraldo Munoz and fellow Ambassadors Carlos Alberto Torres, Eric Wynalda and Teofilo Cubillas Photo Credit: Steve Leighton

Players For Peace is a movement that works as an organized Commitment of Goodwill, working on concrete LEGACY projects through the GOL ILUMINADO FOUNDATION - to help bring awareness and support for the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 56/75 on "Building a Peaceful and Better World through Sport and the Olympic Ideal", as well as to bring awareness to the UN Millennium Development Goals Program.

Deco, Roberto Assis, Ronaldinho
Futebol pe la Paz - Porto AlegrePhoto Credit: Steve Leighton

"The sporting community has the power to advance humanity and to help ensure that all children everywhere have access to health care, education, protection and equality" (3 Times South American Player of The Year) 'Elias Figueroa' - Chairman of the GOL ILUMINADO FOUNDATION and Players For Peace

Elias Figueroa has a unique perspective on Brasilian Futebol. He is the only 3 Times South American Player Of The Year winning these honors while playing for SC Internacional in Porto Alegre. Internacional won the Brasilian Championship for the first time in 1975 when Figueroa scored the legendary “GOL ILUMINADO”. Elias Figueroa was voted the Greatest “Non-Brasilian” to ever play in Brasilian Futebol and was inducted into the Maracana “Walk Of Fame” in 2005.

10 Year Mission

Edson Arantes do Nascimento -'Pele' with Elias Figueroa

‘Don Elias’ will utilize his GOL ILUMINADO FOUNDATION and his Players For Peace movement to pay homage to the Greatest Team in Football History and to his friends, Carlos Alberto Torres and Pele. On the 40^th Anniversary of the 1970 World Cup Champions achievement, Players For Peace will memorialize the Legacy of Carlos Alberto and his team-mates by launching a 10 Year Mission that will implement 20 Players For Peace BRASIL70 Education Through Sport Legacy Centers throughout the world.

“My mission is to utilize my GOL ILUMINADO FOUNDATION to engrave the Legacy of the Greatest Captain and the Greatest Team in History. Carlos Alberto Torres is a special friend. He will help change the lives of children, for generations to come”. Our unique partnerships with World Leaders, Governments and Global Brands - will ensure that we accomplish our objectives.

LEGENDS of FOOTBALL support the BRASIL70 LEGACY

Carlos Alberto Torres, Franz Beckenbauer, Eusebio, Elias Figueroa
SoccerEx 09 - Johannesburg, South Africa - December 1, 2009
Photo Credit: Steve Leighton