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Important piece in the title, he continued in Fluminense until 2010, being highlighted in the Vice Libertadores 2008 and Brazilian champion two years later. He played 264 games for Tricolor. In the following years, he traveled through Ceará, América-RN, Inter de Lages, Remo, Villa Nova-MG and CRB. In 2020 he agreed with Santo André and, at 36 years old, has been one of the highlights of this Paulistão.

He is not that famous left-handed Brazilian champion for the club. This was a right back and played at Fluminense until the end of 2008, having played 55 games and scored two goals. Later, he went to Náutico, Juventude, Guaratinguetá, Itumbiara, Novo Hamburgo and CSA, his last club in 2015, when he was 32 years old.

In 2007, he was already beginning to show the clutches of the “Monster” he would become. He excelled at Libertadores 2008 and played 146 games in the tricolor jersey, with 14 goals scored, before being sold to Milan, Italy. At 35, he still has a career at PSG, France and the Brazilian team.

Author of the title goal, Roger started in the final due to the absence of Luiz Alberto, who was injured in the first leg. He retired the following year for Tricolor, where he played 123 games and scored 10 goals. He continued his career as a coach and today, at 44, he heads to Bahia. Before, he went through Palmeiras, Atlético-MG, Grêmio, Novo Hamburgo and Juventude.

Revealed by Fluminense and a starter throughout the 2007 campaign, the left-back has 228 games and six goals for the club. He left Laranjeiras in late 2008 to play for São Paulo and also defended Flamengo, Atlético-MG, Botafogo and Itaboraí before retiring. At 38, after hanging up his boots, he helped schools in Magé, in the interior of Rio de Janeiro, and last year he opened a sports center in Guadalupe, a neighborhood in the north of the capital.

The experienced midfielder at the time of the conquest continued until 2009 in Fluminense, where he played 102 games. When his contract ended, he retired, but continued working with soccer. He became manager of the club for a time and currently, at 43, heads the rival Flamengo’s exploration department.

Another silver medalist, the midfielder remained at Fluminense until the end of 2008, having played 212 games and scored nine goals. Later, he moved to São Paulo and had a long career in other important Brazilian clubs, such as Santos, Palmeiras, Atlético-MG and Vitória. In 2020, he agreed with Figueirense. He is 33 years old.

He switched to German football in 2008, where he defended Hertha Berlin and Wolfsburg. He returned to Brazil in 2011, passing through São Paulo and Santos. From 2014 to 2016, he returned to Fluminense, where he had a total of 197 games and 49 goals, and was loaned to Qatar’s Al-Gharafa. After seasons in São Paulo and Grêmio, he has defended Botafogo since 2019 and is 35 years old.

Revealed at the club where he racked up 102 games and 18 goals, the midfielder was the star of the company in 2007. He returned to Europe the following year, but for a short time. He returned to Brazil and went to several clubs, such as São Paulo, Botafogo, Vasco, Grêmio, Bahia, Goiás, Figueirense and Athletico-PR. After a hiatus in 2018, he worked for Boavista in 2019, when he retired from the pitch. He is currently 35 years old and a commentator on “Fox Sports”.

After a great success from Vasco and São Paulo, the former striker arrived at Fluminense with star status and stayed only one year at the club, making 42 games and 13 goals. He returned to Goiás and then played for several smaller clubs, such as Brasiliense, Crac, Misto, Vila Nova, Pelotas, America-RJ, Aparecidense and Fernandópolis, where he played in the Fourth Division of São Paulo. Retired, the player became a real estate and technology entrepreneur in Goiânia. He is 47 years old.

The most decisive player of the campaign, the former central striker, became a starter only in the middle of the competition and scored in the quarterfinals, semifinals and finals, where he also helped. He left the club after the tournament and 46 games and 14 goals. He went through Atlético-GO, Gama, Náutico, Bursaspor from Turkey, América-RN, Madureira, Anápolis, Aparecida, Bonsucesso, Paysandu and Remo. Retired, he became an official and had been working in the sports department of Aparecida de Goiânia. He is 39 years old.

The midfielder, the first change from that final to replace Adriano Magrão, stayed at Fluminense until the end of 2008, playing 57 games and scoring a goal. Then, he went to Náutico, Grêmio Barueri, Vila Nova, Goiás, Santa Cruz and América-MG, which was his last club in 2018. He is 37 years old.

At that time he was still beginning to reveal himself to Brazilian football and, although it was a reserve, it had its importance in the campaign. In the final, he replaced Carlos Alberto. He made a name for himself in Fluminense with 174 games, 50 goals and titles. In the following years, he alternated between Brazil (influenza, flamengo and cruzeiro) and abroad (Hamburg, Al Hilal and Al Jazira). In 2020, at the age of 35, he went to Grêmio, where he played seven games and scored a goal.

The striker, who replaced Alex Dias in that final, passed in 2007 and did not do well on the first pass, but stood out on the second, between 2011 and 2012. In total, he made 85 games and 28 goals for the club. He also went through Lorient, from France, Athletico-PR, Inter, Figueirense, Atlético-MG and is currently in Goiás, at 36 years old.

The 2007 title commander narrowly lost glory to Libertadores the following year with the flu. After the vice, he saw his career rise and fall. He also trained Vasco, Bahía, Grêmio and Athletico-PR. He consolidated as a coach when he returned to Grêmio in 2016. Since then he has won a Copa do Brasil, a Libertadores, two gaucho championships and a Recopa Sul-Americana. He is 57 years old.