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Brazil World Cup winner comes out of retirement aged 44
Football
- 24 March, 2022
- 07:42
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Former world's most expensive player Denilson de Oliveira has announced a sensational return to football aged 44, Report informs, citing The Sun.
Simply known as Denilson, the winger has penned a deal with Brazilian lower league side Ibis Sport Club - 12 years after initially hanging up his boots.
Denilson played 61 times for Brazil between 1996 and 2003, even lifting the World Cup in 2002.
His £21.5million move from Sao Paulo in his homeland to Spanish outfit Real Betis in 1998 made him the world's most expensive player at the time.
Denilson initially retired in 2010 after spells with Greek second-tier side Kavala and Vietnamese outfit Hai Phong.
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