Dunga has picked 22 players for the friendly international against Portugal on November 19th 2008 in the newly built Estádio Walmir Campelo Bezerra in Brasilia ... Click to continue reading...

AC Milan teenage striker Alexandre Pato's girlfriend is Stephany Brito, or Sthefany Fernandes de Brito. Is a Brazilian model and actress. She appeared in Playboy magazine after turning 18 years old. Click to continue reading...

Goal.com conducted a survey on who's the top young players in Series A. Alexandre Pato (AC Milan) 31.68% Sebastian Giovinco (Juventus) 31.68% Mario Balotelli (Inter) 10.89% Mauro Zarate (Lazio) 7.92% Marek Hamsik (Napoli) 5.94% Jeremy Menez (Roma) 3.96% Paolo De Ceglie (Juventus) 2.97% Stevan Jovetic (Fiorentina) 1. Click to continue reading...

Another home fixture, another lamentable performance from Brazil, and yet another 0-0 in their own backyard ... Click to continue reading...

Brazil go into their World Cup qualifying game against Colombia in the Maracanã on Wednesday night knowing that they have not lost to their northern neighbours since 1991 ... Click to continue reading...

Coach Dunga has yet to decide who will replace Adriano up front for Brazil's game against Colombia on 15th October in the Maracanã ... Click to continue reading...

Getty Images/Picapp.com 19 year old Alexandre Pato scored in the 49th in their last weekend's match against Lazio. It was AC Milan's first win of the season after three games. Pato has now a total of 10 goals in 21 matches for AC Milan. A decent stats for a budding striker. This wonder kid will go places. Click to continue reading...

You know it's funny: it seems that whenever AC Milan are in trouble, all they need to lift their spirits is a little Lazio "rejuvenation cure". Just around the same time last year, the Rossoneri had just played an abysmal UEFA Champions League match against Celtic Glasgow (in which Dida infamously faked being mortally hit [. Click to continue reading...

Calling all Milanista, I got it wrong and admit it but what's more important is understanding why.  The key to today's victory was manager Ancelotti getting back to basics. Take a look at the starting XI, leaving Ronaldinho and Andriy Shevchenko on the bench was the right move.  Ancelotti would instead go with young Pato and Marco Borriello and a Pirlo-less midfield that supported the front [. Click to continue reading...

Italian teams made 4 out of 4 in the UEFA Cup Thursday night. Indeed, in the round just before the Group Stage all four Serie A sides in action recorded first-leg victories, some welcome news after the difficulties Roma and Fiorentina encountered in the Champions League. Uefa.com reports. Partial video highlights here. Click to continue reading...

It was an outstanding performance for Italian football in the first round of UEFA Cup action, as all four Serie A clubs registered first-leg victory.  AC Milan adjusting to a non-Champions League season are full steam ahead winning 3 - 1 over FC Zürich.  This triumph couldn't have come at a better time for Rossoneri manager [. Click to continue reading...

Sergio Aguero confirmed his status as one of the world's greatest talents when he sent Argentina through to the Olympic final in a 3-0 triumph at the expense of Brazil. Dunga's team were uninspiring for much of the semi-final but the convincing defeat ended their hopes of landing their maiden gold medal in the men's football at the Olympics. Click to continue reading...

Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Kaka, Sneijder, Pirlo, Torres, Fabregas and Ferdinand may be the best players in the world today. They have scored 42 goals, beat 50 players a game, be the current holder of the aforementioned award or magically create clean sheets. None of them though, are as talented as the ex Barcelona reserve who scraped together a paltry nine goals last year. Click to continue reading...

Brazil's Olympic squad take on Cameroon in the quarter-finals on Saturday 16th August ... Click to continue reading...

0 - 1 Anderson 4'
0 - 2 Alexandre Pato 34'
0 - 3 Ronaldinho 55'
0 - 4 Ronaldinho (Rig.) 61'
0 - 5 Rafael Sobis 90'+5



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Brazil got the win they needed in their opener in the Beijing Olympics but it wasn't pretty ... Click to continue reading...

Brazil get their campaign to win the Gold medal underway on Thursday when they take on Belgium in the Olympic stadium in Shenyang ... Click to continue reading...

With the memory of the Euro 08 tournament behind us, soccer fans have another tournament to look forward to this summer, the 2008 Olympic games in China! First off let me say this: Soccer is in a different position then other sports in the Olympics. For many sports such as swimming or track and field, the Olympics is the ultimate tournament and test for the athletes to see who is the best. Click to continue reading...

If Brazil win the Olympic football title next month, Singapore can take a little credit. Samba stars Alexandre Pato and Anderson took time out yesterday to praise the Republic for a job well done. They said their training stint here will go a long way towards ending Brazil's Olympic jinx. Said AC Milan's Pato: 'For sure, we can [. Click to continue reading...

Close-up with the Brazilians.... Alexandre Pato (AC Milan) Ronaldinho (AC Milan) Diego (Werder Bremen) Jo (Manchester City) Anderson (Manchester United) Breno (Bayern Munich) Click to continue reading...

Deciding to go with countrymen Kaka and Alexandre Pato versus Elano and Jo, Ronaldinho has signed with A.C. Milan upon completion of a physical.  His contract runs through 2011.  Barcelona noted that the San Siro outfit will pay $33.4 million for the Brazilian playmaker.  Obviously, A.C. Milan felt that the transfer fee was needed to [. Click to continue reading...

Brazil have never won Olympic gold in soccer. Perhaps they might change that this year.

Here's the squad Dunga has named to try to take home the prize. It's not a bad roster, though I think Ronaldinho is less than fit.

Goalkeepers: Diego (Almeria, ESP), Renan (Internacional)

Defenders: Marcelo (Real Madrid, ESP), Ilsinho (Shakhtar Donetsk, UKR), Rafinha (Schalke 04, GER), Thiago Silva (Fluminense), Alex Silva (Sao Paulo), Breno (Bayern Munich, GER). Click to continue reading...

18 players have been called up by coach Dunga for the upcoming Olympic games in Beijing ... Click to continue reading...

Unfortunately for fans of the Azzurri, Italy´s EURO 2008 campaign is now little more than a distant and shabby memory. While the nation licks its wounds, our resident Italian football correspondant Henry N. consoles himself by taking one last look back at the 2007/2008 Serie A campaign and compiling his Team of the Season: GK: Sebastian FREY (Fiorentina) Click to continue reading...

The man who has made it a mission to bleach Brazil of the memories of the Tele Santana era and has some success doing it his way with his system of prizing workman like players and sound technical skills over artistry and attacking play is having a hard time motivating Brazil in the World Cup qualifiers.

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Bad news for Arsenal as they prepare to take on the mighty AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night. AC Milan have confirmed that their 18-year old Brazilian striker Alexandre Pato has recovered from the knock that he sustained at the weekend during Milan's 1-1 draw with Lazio in the Italian Serie A [. Click to continue reading...

Football phenomenon Alexandre Pato has become the much talk about player in Serie A since his goal in his first Milan debut against Napoli in a 5-2 home victory on January 13, 2008. But, what is so special about him?

Well, firstly, Pato has taken Pele's record as younger scorer in the history of official FIFA competitions.

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AC Milan beat Genoa last night, 2-0 with both goals coming from wonder kid, Pato. The 18 year old placed a well cushioned header in the back of the net for his first goal and the second was pure class. Displaying his incredible pace, he left his marker for dead and although the first shot was [...] Click to continue reading...

STARBUCKS FC: No, I'm not talking about the possibility of Seattle's expansion squad being named after the biggest coffee chain in the country. I am, however, implying that Starbucks is looking into (and take this with a Daily Mail grain of salt) an EPL club to invest in. Who may that be you ask? Who [. Click to continue reading...

Alexandre Pato is barely 18 years of age but he is already being touted as the Savior of AC Milan this season. The Brazilian international youth team player was signed by the Italian giants in the summer for £15.4million from Internacional but couldn't assimilate the player till now since Italian football regulations bar non-EU players [. Click to continue reading...

Just a quick post about another new up and coming star. Brazil's hero of the under-17s south american cup. His name is Lulinha and he currently plays for Corinthians in Brazil. He's also attracted the attention of Chelsea with a couple of scouts sent to watch him in league action impressed with what they saw! [...] Click to continue reading...

It seems that Milan have finally got their Duck. The duck I mean is Alexandre Pato from Inter (Inter of Brazil). Pato means Duck in Portuguese and Alexandre was given this nickname as he is from a place near Pato Branco (white duck) in Brazil. It's funny that he played for a team named after Inter Milan but ended up with AC Milan, oh well, all the best to him! Click to continue reading...

It seems that Milan have finally got their Duck. The duck I mean is Alexandre Pato from Inter (Inter of Brazil). Pato means Duck in Portuguese and Alexandre was given this nickname as he is from a place near Pato Branco (white duck) in Brazil. It's funny that he played for a team named after Inter Milan but ended up with AC Milan, oh well, all the best to him! Click to continue reading...

And it finally happened, to nobody's surprise. The most recent young talent from Brazil is yet again sold to Europe. Alexandre 'The Duck' Pato, from Internacional, was sold to Italy's AC Milan for US$ 20 million, after the club paid his buyout clause. With the transfer, Pato will no longer play for Inter. Meanwhile, the rossoneri hope Pato can live up to the expectations created around him since the end of last year. Click to continue reading...

Internacional fans surely missed Alexandre Pato. The young star, who was away with the Brazilian Under-20 team for most of the past month, returned to Inter's starting eleven in top form this Wednesday, at the Beira-Rio Stadium, in Porto Alegre. With two goals and one assist, Pato helped dismantle Corinthians in the second half of a game Inter won 3-0. Click to continue reading...