footballers elected to parliament in elections this weekend.
Romario, who was a deputy in the lower house, was elected Senator for
Rio de Janeiro with 63 per cent of the vote.
The 48-year-old has consistently spoken out against corruption in
Brazilian football and is part of the Brazilian Socialist Party.
Bebeto, his strike partner when Brazil won the World Cup in 1994, was
re-elected as a state deputy.
Andres Sanchez, the former president of Sao Paulo club Corinthians,
was elected to the lower house for the Workers' Party.
Romario had a playing career that spanned almost 25 years and played
for clubs such as PSV, Barcelona, Vasco da Gama and Flamengo.
Bebeto, who played for the same two Rio de Janeiro based clubs, went
into politics in 2010 as a representative of the Democratic Labour
Party.
No comments:
Post a Comment