Best Gremio Players of All Time

Gremio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, commonly known as Gremio (a Portuguese word that can mean "guild", "society", "community", or "fraternity" in English) is a Brazilian professional football club centered in Porto Alegre, the capital of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul.

The club competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, the highest tier of the Brazilian football league system, as well as the Campeonato Gaucho, the top state league in Rio Grande do Sul. The club was established in 1903 by European immigrants Andy Fairbank of England and Paul Cochlin of Germany.

The Arena do Gremio is the club's home ground, having relocated there in 2013 after playing at the Estadio Olimpico Monumental since 1954. Gremio also won the Intercontinental Cup in 1983, after defeating Hamburger SV (2–1).

Also, Gremio is the Brazilian club that most won the Copa CONMEBOL Libertadores de América (3), alongside Sao Paulo (3) and Santos (3). Gremio was ranked first in the CBF club rankings in 2017 and is the third most valuable football club in the Americas, according to Forbes, with an approximate value of $295.5 million.

Gremio and Internacional have a fierce rivalry that is generally regarded as the most heated in Brazil and one of the most intense in the world. Grenal matches are played between the two teams.

Best Gremio Players of All Time You Should Know About

Here is Sportmob’s list of the best Gremio players in the history of the club.

Eurico Lara

Eurico Lara (Uruguaiana, 24 January 1897 – Porto Alegre, 6 November 1935) was a goalkeeper for the Brazilian football team and one of the

Best Gremio Players of All Time.

Born in 1897, he began his football career with the Army of Uruguaiana. It was said at the time that there was an archer in the border town whose team never lost when he played.

It didn't take long for news of the athlete to get the attention of Gremista officials, who dispatched scouts to the area right away.

Eurico Lara was moved from his homeland to a corporation in the capital thanks to powerful people within Gremio, despite having little experience in playing football in Porto Alegre.

Lara arrived as an army lieutenant and joined the revolutionary forces that wrote a significant chapter in the country's history in 1930.

Without taking off his uniform, he arrived at Gremio in 1920, resulting in the City of Porto Alegre Championship.

Two years later, in addition to defending the Army squad that won the championship among the armed groups, he began to develop his reputation as a goalkeeper in the in the world.

After prominently defending the squad from Rio Grande do Sul in the Preparatory Tournament aimed at the selection of the Brazilian team that would contest in the South American.

Despite the fact that the home team won 4-2, the southern goalkeeper was greeted by a crowd who poured onto the pitch to cheer him on.

Atilio Ancheta

Atilio Genaro Ancheta Weigel (born July 19, 1948) is a retired Uruguayan footballer who represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

He played defender for Gremio Football Porto-Alegrense for the majority of his career, featuring in 164 Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A matches, being one of the Best Gremio Players of All Time.

The Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A, or simply Brasileirao, is a Brazilian professional football league for men's teams.

It is the country's main football competition and is located at the top of the Brazilian football league system.

With the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie B, it is contested by 20 clubs and operates on a promotion and relegation system.

Brazil has a comparatively limited history of national football competitions due to historical peculiarities and the country's broad geographical scale.

Taca Brasil was founded in 1959 as a result of developments in civil aviation and air transport, as well as the need to choose a Brazilian representative for the first edition of the Copa Libertadores.

The Torneio Rio-Sao Paulo was extended to include teams from other states in 1967, resulting in the Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, which was also regarded as a national tournament.

In 1989, the first Campeonato Brasileiro of that name was held. Previously, only the seasons after 1971 were considered Campeonato Brasileiro.

In total, 156 clubs have competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro since 1959.

Seventeen clubs have won the Brazilian football championship, with twelve of them winning the title multiple times.

Paulo Isidoro

Paulo Isidoro, full name Paulo Isidoro de Jesus, is a Brazilian former association footballer who played as an offensive midfielder.

He was born on August 3, 1953, in Belo Horizonte. Being one of the

Best Gremio Players of All Time

, he was awarded the Bola de Ouro in 1981.

The Bola de Ouro (Golden Ball) is a Brazilian sports magazine's annual award given to the best player in the Campeonato Brasileiro since 1973.

Each match of the competition is watched by a group of sports journalists, who rate players on a scale of one to ten based on their performance.

The Bola de Prata (Silver Ball) is awarded to the players with the best average rating in each position at the end of the season, and the Bola de Ouro is awarded to the player with the best overall average rating.

The awards were first handed out in 1973, but the magazine had been evaluating players since the 1970 Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A.

Dirceu Lopes, the 1971 winner, received the award in the 2013 edition.

Placar has also begun to grant a Bola de Prata to the competition's highest goalscorer since the 1975 edition.

Falcao, Toninho Cerezo, Zico, Roberto Costa, and Cesar Sampaio are the players with the most Bola de Ouro awards, each having won the award twice.

Between June 1977 and July 1983, he was capped 41 times by the

, and he appeared in four of the team's five matches at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, all as a replacement (usually for Serginho Chulapa).

Everaldo

Everaldo Marques da Silva, also known as Everaldo, was a Brazilian football (soccer) player who lived from September 11, 1944, in Porto Alegre, to October 28, 1974, in Santa Cruz do Sul.

He played for Gremio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense and the Brazilian national team as a defender.

In 1970, he won the FIFA World Cup. In 1970, a golden star was added to Gremio's flag as a tribute to him.

He was killed in a traffic accident in Santa Cruz do Sul.

Everaldo is widely regarded as one of the

and one of the Best Gremio Players of All Time.

The Left-back started with Gremio in 1957 and progressed through the youth divisions.

He was loaned to Juventude de Caxias do Sul in 1964, returning two years later to Olimpico Munumental.

For the first time in 1967, he was called to defend the Brazilian team.

The Brazilian won the Rio Branco Cup in Uruguay, securing a place in the squad that, in 1969, would participate in the Qualifiers that would culminate in the third championship in Mexico in 1970.

In July 1972, he received the Belfort Duarte Prize, which is given to loyal defensive players, in addition to all the other awards he has received.

He was suspended for a year after punching referee Jose Faville Neto during a match, three months later.

Emerson Ferreira da Rosa

Emerson Ferreira da Rosa (born 4 April 1976), better known by his nickname Emerson, is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played defensive midfield.

Between 1997 and 2006, he appeared in 73 games for the Brazilian national team, scoring six goals.

He has represented Brazil in two FIFA World Cups (1998, 2006; he was injured in the 2002 FIFA World Cup), two Copa America editions (1999, 2001), and three Confederations Cups (1999, 2003, 2005), winning the 1999 Copa America and the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup and reaching the 1998 World Cup Final.

He is one of the

Best Gremio Players of All Time.

Emerson, a seasoned footballer known as the Puma for his strong yet graceful ball-winning style of play, has won several titles while playing for two Brazilian clubs, Gremio and Santos, as well as many European clubs in Germany, Italy, and Spain, including Bayer Leverkusen, Roma, Juventus,

, and Milan.

The midfielder holds Italian, German, and Qatari passports in addition to his Brazilian passport.

Emerson rose to prominence in his native Brazil, where he won two state championships, two Brazilian Cups, one Brazilian Championship, and one Copa Libertadores while playing for Gremio.

He then moved to Europe to play for

in Germany.

The Brazilian was relocated to Bayer Leverkusen in 1997.

He made his debut against Schalke 04 on August 1, 1997. In the 1997–98 Bundesliga season, Leverkusen finished seventh.

Following that, he finished second in the Bundesliga twice in a row, both times behind champions Bayern Munich.

Emerson was indeed one of the Gremio Greatest All-Time Footballers.

Mario Jardel

Mario Jardel de Almeida Ribeiro (born September 18, 1973) is a retired Brazilian football forward and one of the Best Gremio Players of All Time.

He was best known for his field positioning and heading ability. He was a legend for Gremio, having been a key member of the team that won the Copa Libertadores in 1995.

During his time at Porto,

, and Sporting CP, he was able to become one of Europe's most prolific strikers, scoring 206 goals in 274 games.

Jardel had a series of short and ineffective stints at clubs in England, Italy, Spain, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Argentina, and Australia after leaving Sporting CP in 2003 at the age of 29.

After that, he played for a number of smaller Brazilian clubs before retiring in 2011.

The forward debuted for the Brazilian national team in 1996, making a total of ten appearances and earning a place in the 2001 Copa America.

He began his career with Vasco da Gama before moving to Gremio in 1995, where he won the 1995 Copa Libertadores, proving himself as one of the

Gremio Greatest All-Time Footballers.

The Brazilian wonder was linked with several teams in 1996, and after failing to sign with Benfica and Rangers (due to strict British rules involving non-EU players), he signed with

.

There, with the help of players like Zlatko Zahovic, Sergio Conceicao, and Ljubinko Drulovic, he was Europe's top goalscorer for three years (1998–99, 1999–00, 2001–02), with a goal average of slightly over one goal per match (130 goals in 125 matches for an average of 1.04 per match).

Renato Gaucho

Renato Portaluppi (born September 9, 1962), better known by his nickname Renato Gaucho, is a Brazilian football coach and former right-winger. He is one of the Gremio Greatest All-Time Footballers.

Renato is best known for winning the World Cup as a player for Gremio in 1983, his two Copa Libertadores as a player for Gremio in 1983 and as a coach for Gremio in 2017, his 1989 Copa America as a player for Brazil, and most notably for "Rei Do Rio" (King of Rio de Janeiro).

When Brazilian national soccer was at its peak, he won the Campeonato Carioca in 1995, winning the award given by the press for being the MVP of the tournament and leading Fluminense to victory over some of the best Brazilian players of all time, including

(Flamengo), Tulio Maravilha (Botafogo), and Valdir Bigode (Vasco).

He is without a doubt one of the Best Gremio Players of All Time.

Gremio announced Renato as their new coach on August 10, 2010, two days after their previous coach Silas was fired.

He tried to have a strong start to the season, but his team lost to Goias in his debut and was kicked out of the 2010 Copa Sudamericana on the Second Stage.

Gremio finished fourth in the 2010 Brazilian League, qualifying for the 2011 Copa Libertadores.

Jose Tarciso de Souza

Jose Tarcisio de Sousa, also known as Tarciso Black Arrow (St. Gerard, 15 September 1951 – Porto Alegre, 5 December 2018), was a Brazilian footballer and politician best known for his career at Gremio, where he set numerous records for matches and goals.

He is one of the Best Gremio Players of All Time.

Tarciso started his career as a striker in America and after making a name for himself, he moved to Gremio in 1973.

He faced the dominance of

in the regional championships at the Rio Grande do Sul club until 1977 when Gremio broke it.

The Gremio striker was a member of the team's winning squad in the 1980s, earning the Brazilian Championship in 1981, the Libertadores Cup in 1983, and the Intercontinental Cup in 1983.

Between 1973 and 1986, he was the player who wore the club's shirt the most (726 times).

He is also the second-highest scorer in the history of the tricolor jersey, with 222 goals in the same time span.

Taciso is definitely one of the Top 10 Gremio footballers of all time.

With the emergence of Renato Portaluppi, who made a name for himself in 1982, he lost his right-wing title and was transferred to Goias.

He also won titles with Club Cerro Porteno and

.

Ronaldinho

Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (born March 21, 1980), also known as Ronaldinho Gaucho (or simply Ronaldinho), is a retired professional footballer from Brazil who is now a

ambassador.

He was mainly used as an attacking midfielder, but he also saw action on the wing. Ronaldinho was a Brazilian footballer who received two FIFA World Player of the Year awards and a Ballon d'Or.

The legend was widely regarded as one of the best players of his generation and is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time.

He is also considered as one of the Best Gremio Players of All Time.

Ronaldo was a global sports icon known for his technical abilities, creativity, and dribbling ability, as well as his use of tricks, feints, overhead kicks, no-look passes, and free-kick accuracy.

In 1998, Ronaldinho made his professional debut for Gremio. He transferred to

in France at the age of 20 before joining Barcelona in 2003.

He received his first FIFA World Player of the Year award in his second season with Barcelona, when they won the 2004–05 La Liga title.

The following season was one of Ronaldinho's finest, as he helped Barcelona win the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League, their first in fourteen years, as well as another La Liga title, giving him his first career double and earning him the 2005 Ballon d'Or and his second FIFA World Player of the Year.

No doubt the Brazilian genius can be considered one of the Top 10 Gremio footballers of all time.

Alcindo

Alcindo Martha de Freitas, known as alcindo (Sapucaia do Sul, March 31 of 1945 - Porto Alegre, 27 of August of 2016) was a Brazilian footballer who served as striker.

He is by far one of the

Top 10 Gremio footballers of all time.

Alcindo began his football career with the Aimore team in Sao Leopoldo. He was then a member of the

team as a youngster.

Alcindo was recruited by the red team after a game with Internacional's aspirants.

The athlete was 13 years old at the time, around 1958. He was kicked out of the red team in the late 1950s after requesting a living allowance to attend school.

He went to work with Gremio's grassroots categories shortly after that.

The striker returned to Gremio to play for the club's professionals after being loaned to Sports Club Rio Grande in 1963.

He established a strong attacking team with Joao Carlos Severiano at Tricolor.

Alcindo moved to Santos in 1972 after being invited by Carlos Alberto Torres and drawn by the opportunity to play with

.

The brilliant footballer accepted coach Mauro Ramos' invitation to play for Jalisco in Mexico in 1973.

He traveled to America while still in Mexico. He had his son, Juan Carlos, in that country, in Mexico City.

He ended his professional career in 1978, having established himself as one of the Best Gremio Players of All Time.

On August 27, 2016, he died of diabetes complications at the PUC's Sao Lucas hospital in Porto Alegre.

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