Hércules Brito Ruas

Brito
Brito (2008)
Personnel
Surname	Hércules Brito Ruas
birthday	August 9, 1939
place of birth	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
size	189 cm
position	Central defender
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1955-1959	CR Vasco da Gama
1960	SC Internacional
1960-1969	CR Vasco da Gama
1969-1970	CR Flamengo
1970	Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte
1971-1974	Botafogo FR
1974	Corinthians São Paulo
1974	Athletico Paranaense
1975	Le Castor FC
1975	Deportivo Galicia
1975-1988	EC Democrata
1979	River Atlético Clube
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1964-1972	Brazil	45 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Brito , full name: Hércules de Brito Ruas (born August 9, 1939 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a former Brazilian football player . He played in the defense of numerous clubs, as well as in the Brazilian national team . The peak of his career was in 1970, when Brazil won all qualifying and finals matches at the 1970 World Cup and became world champions in Mexico. Brito was part of the team and played through all the games. The man with the number 2 was also in the starting line-up in the final against Italy, which Brazil won 4-1. Between 1964 and 1972 he had played a total of 45 times for the Seleção and had also been used once during the 1966 World Cup in England.

successes

• State Championship of the State of Rio de Janeiro (4): 1956, 1963, 1964, 1965
• Torneio Rio-São Paulo : 1966
• Taça Guanabara : 1966
• Football World Cup : 1970
• Copa Roca : 1971
• Taça Independência : 1972
• Santiago de Chile Tournament: 1957
• Paris Tournament: 1957
• Theresa Herrera Cup: 1957
• Rio de Janeiro tournament of the century: 1965
• Verão tournament: 1970

Web links

• Brito records
• Brito's successes ( Memento of May 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) on sambafoot.com