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PLAYER FILE #P000051996 Best XI · Seat 2 · RBPosition: RBRetired · File sealed

1996 World Best XI · career ledger

Cafu

Name: Cafu · Player File #P00005
Creator: BallFact
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The engine on Brazil's flank: 1994 World Cup winner at 24, two consecutive Copa Américas, then the captain who lifted 2002. One hundred forty-two caps, and a curve that refused to flatten.

Ledger span: 1989 — 2007/08 · 22 seasons Scale 1–99 · attributes L3 (arc-derived) · hard data L1/L2 Signed: Bong Weng · The Registrar

Index card

The file at a glance

142

Brazil caps

2×

World Cup titles (1994/2002)

Seasons in the ledger

Peak seasons ★

The ledger

Year-by-Year Attribute Matrix · 22 seasons

★ = peak season · ⇄ = transfer season · ▽ = valley. The matrix is rendered season by season from the local database: hard data (appearances/goals/honours) is audited public record; attribute values are arc-derived (L3), anchored to verified seasons. Method in the 1996 attribute master table.

Career attribute snapshots · Scale 1–99FILE #P00005⬇ Download this dossier as CSV

Season	Age	Pos	ATT					PLAY					DEF				PHY						MEN						OVR
			FIN	HEA	DRI	OFF	LSH	PAS	CRO	SET	THR	TOU	TAC	MAR	POS	INT	PAC	ACC	STA	STR	JUM	DUR	DEC	CMP	CON	LEA	WOR	FLA	OVR
1989	20		54	49	72	68	56	72	79	54	64	70	73	70	72	70	79	78	81	63	51	79	75	73	71	67	89	75	76
1990	21		54	49	72	68	56	72	79	54	64	70	73	70	72	70	80	79	82	64	52	80	75	73	71	67	89	75	77
1991	22		55	50	73	69	57	73	80	55	65	71	74	71	73	71	82	81	84	66	54	82	76	74	72	68	90	76	78
1992	23		56	51	74	70	58	74	81	56	66	72	75	72	74	72	83	82	85	67	55	83	76	74	72	68	90	76	79
1993	24		57	52	75	71	59	75	82	57	67	73	76	73	75	73	84	83	86	68	56	84	76	74	72	68	90	76	79
1994	25		58	53	76	72	60	76	83	58	68	74	77	74	76	74	86	85	88	70	58	86	77	75	73	69	91	77	80
1994/95	25		58	53	76	72	60	76	83	58	68	74	77	74	76	74	87	86	89	71	59	87	77	75	73	69	91	77	81
1995	26		59	54	77	73	61	77	84	59	69	75	78	75	77	75	89	88	91	73	61	89	78	76	74	70	92	78	82
1995/96		RB	60	55	78	74	62	78	85	60	70	76	79	76	78	76	90	89	92	74	62	90	78	76	74	70	92	78	83
1996	27		59	54	77	73	61	77	84	59	69	75	78	75	77	75	89	88	91	73	61	89	78	76	74	70	92	78	82
1996/97	27		58	53	76	72	60	76	83	58	68	74	77	74	76	74	87	86	89	71	59	87	77	75	73	69	91	77	81
1997/98	28		58	53	76	72	60	76	83	58	68	74	77	74	76	74	86	85	88	70	58	86	77	75	73	69	91	77	80
1998/99	29		57	52	75	71	59	75	82	57	67	73	76	73	75	73	84	83	86	68	56	84	76	74	72	68	90	76	79
1999/00	30		56	51	74	70	58	74	81	56	66	72	75	72	74	72	83	82	85	67	55	83	76	74	72	68	90	76	79
2000/01	31		55	50	73	69	57	73	80	55	65	71	74	71	73	71	82	81	84	66	54	82	76	74	72	68	90	76	78
2001/02	32		54	49	72	68	56	72	79	54	64	70	73	70	72	70	80	79	82	64	52	80	75	73	71	67	89	75	77
2002/03	33		54	49	72	68	56	72	79	54	64	70	73	70	72	70	79	78	81	63	51	79	75	73	71	67	89	75	76
2003/04	34		53	48	71	67	55	71	78	53	63	69	72	69	71	69	77	76	79	61	49	77	74	72	70	66	88	74	75
2004/05	35		52	47	70	66	54	70	77	52	62	68	71	68	70	68	76	75	78	60	48	76	74	72	70	66	88	74	74
2005/06	36		51	46	69	65	53	69	76	51	61	67	70	67	69	67	75	74	77	59	47	75	74	72	70	66	88	74	73
2006/07	37		50	45	68	64	52	68	75	50	60	66	69	66	68	66	73	72	75	57	45	73	73	71	69	65	87	73	72
2007/08	38		50	45	68	64	52	68	75	50	60	66	69	66	68	66	72	71	74	56	44	72	73	71	69	65	87	73	71

How to read

Reading the ledger

Follow two lines: the OVR column — every summit and valley of the curve lives there — and DUR (durability), the only column written by injuries rather than effort. Peaks are starred, valleys marked: the curve keeps every line. That is what a ledger is.

Method

Data Standard & Confidence

L1 · HighMulti-source agreed: career years, club path, major international honours (World Cup / continental / Ballon d'Or).
L2 · MediumSingle authoritative source: the fact card above (appearances, honours timeline) — editorial selection, not cross-checked line by line.
L3 · EditorialThe attribute matrix on this page: arc-derived (linear interpolation anchored to verified seasons + slope extrapolation); algorithm in scripts/db-careers.mjs.

Sources

S1 · Local database db/ballfact.sqlite · players/player_seasons/player_attributes (full-career hard data)

S2 · BallFact 1996 attribute master table (ballfact.com/players/1996/) · 1995/96 anchor season

S3 · Transfermarkt / RSSSF · appearance and transfer records (L2 cross-check)

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