Brazilian's Soccer Shirt Collection Gets Guinness World Record
2024-07-01
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1Guinness World Records recently recognized a 41-year-old Brazilian man for having the world's largest collection of soccer shirts.
2Cassio Brandão has collected 6,101 shirts since 2000.
3His collection includes rare Pelé jerseys and a 1998 World Cup shirt signed by Brazilian star Ronaldo.
4"They are more than just 6,101 pieces of fabric; they are 6,101 stories that help us tell a bit of the history of soccer," Brandão told Reuters.
5Soccer is known as football in much of the world.
6Brandão keeps the shirts at Alambrado Soccer & Culture, a collectors club he founded, in São Paulo.
7The club brings together 60 people who trade stories and jerseys.
8He wore white gloves as he showed the shirts to visitors.
9Brandão's collection includes the shirt worn by Pelé when the Brazilian player met Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in 1968.
10She was the guest of honor at a game played at Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã stadium during an official visit to Brazil.
11Pelé is the star at Alambrado.
12The club is filled with Pelé's signed shirts and pictures.
13The Brazilian soccer player died in December 2022.
14"Some shirts can go up to 40,000 reais, but a Pelé shirt is priceless," Brandão said.
15Forty thousand reais are worth about $7,200.
16Brandão also displayed a 1994 Brazil jacket worn by seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton at last year's São Paulo Grand Prix.
17The British driver, an honorary Brazilian citizen, borrowed the jacket to wear at the event.
18A large part of Brandão's collection is dedicated to his local club Corinthians.
19It includes jerseys from Ronaldo's time with the club and shirts worn by his favorite player Socrates.
20"Each shirt contains a story," Brandão said.
21"Stories of wins, losses, and overcoming. Stories that document a bit of the world's greatest sport."
22I'm Mario Ritter, Jr.
1Guinness World Records recently recognized a 41-year-old Brazilian man for having the world's largest collection of soccer shirts. 2Cassio Brandão has collected 6,101 shirts since 2000. His collection includes rare Pelé jerseys and a 1998 World Cup shirt signed by Brazilian star Ronaldo. 3"They are more than just 6,101 pieces of fabric; they are 6,101 stories that help us tell a bit of the history of soccer," Brandão told Reuters. Soccer is known as football in much of the world. 4Brandão keeps the shirts at Alambrado Soccer & Culture, a collectors club he founded, in São Paulo. The club brings together 60 people who trade stories and jerseys. He wore white gloves as he showed the shirts to visitors. 5Brandão's collection includes the shirt worn by Pelé when the Brazilian player met Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in 1968. She was the guest of honor at a game played at Rio de Janeiro's Maracanã stadium during an official visit to Brazil. 6Pelé is the star at Alambrado. The club is filled with Pelé's signed shirts and pictures. The Brazilian soccer player died in December 2022. 7"Some shirts can go up to 40,000 reais, but a Pelé shirt is priceless," Brandão said. Forty thousand reais are worth about $7,200. 8Brandão also displayed a 1994 Brazil jacket worn by seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton at last year's São Paulo Grand Prix. The British driver, an honorary Brazilian citizen, borrowed the jacket to wear at the event. 9A large part of Brandão's collection is dedicated to his local club Corinthians. It includes jerseys from Ronaldo's time with the club and shirts worn by his favorite player Socrates. 10"Each shirt contains a story," Brandão said. "Stories of wins, losses, and overcoming. Stories that document a bit of the world's greatest sport." 11I'm Mario Ritter, Jr. 12Leonardo Basassatto and Amanda Perobelli reported this story for Reuters. Hai Do adapted it for VOA Learning English. 13_____________________________________________ 14Words in This Story 15jersey -n. a shirt worn for sports that has the markings of a sports team or club 16fabric -n. cloth of some kind 17club -n. an organized group that plans activities often centered on sports or a hobby 18display -v. to show for others to see 19dedicated -adj. done in honor of a person