'Carlos Henrique Kaiser' Football’s Greatest Lia |
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Devrozex
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He is the greatest con-man in the history of football. Using charm and trickery as his weapons, he deceived major clubs into giving him a contract. His name? Carlos Henrique Kaiser – the Brazilian man who “wanted to be a footballer without having to play football.”
Millions of boys share the dream of becoming a professional footballer. Most of them give up once they realize they lack the talent needed to succeed. Carlos Henrique Kaiser didn’t give up. Like Leonardo DiCaprio’s character in Catch Me If You Can, Kaiser used his ability to make friends, his daring and his wit to accomplish something unimaginable. He built a 20-year-career as a striker – despite never scoring a goal. So for the next month, he would run laps around the pitch at day, and frequent Rio’s party scene at night, relying on his status as professional footballer to impress women. Once the first month had passed, Kaiser would make his appearance on the training pitch. Now part two of his plan kicked into action. “I would have someone pass me a ball, and kick it far away”, he stated in an interview with Globo. “Then I’d grap my hamstrings in agony and spent the next 20 days in the medical department. There were no MRI scanners in those days, so they had to believe me.”
Most coaches and doctors just considered Kaiser unlucky. But some saw through the facade. While at Botafogo in the early 90′s, Kaiser ofted carried around an early, and huge, mobile phone. He used it to hold extensive telephone conversations in English with, apparently, interested clubs from foreign countries. It was easy to fool his fellow players, since none of them spoke Engish. But the team doctor did. He quickly realized that Kaiser’s English didn’t make any sense. One day while the con-man was taking a shower, the doctor went to check out Kaiser’s phone – and discovered it was a toy phone. Kaiser (left) with two Brazilian football stars of the 80′s: Renato and Renato Gaucho After such incidents, Kaiser simply moved to another club, where he would repeat his successful formula. Aside from Botafogo, he had stints at several other major Brazilian clubs: Flamengo, Vasco, Palmeiras and Fluminense, to name a few. Starting a fight “I noticed that the fans were insulting their own teamś players. So I climbed into the fence and launched verbal assaults against the fans.” Kaiser received a red card. Club president Castor de Andrade was furious and demanded an explanation. Kaiser knew what to say. “Before you say anything, listen. God gave me a father, who passed away. But he gave me another”, pointing to De Adrade. “And I’ll never allow anyone to say my father is a thief. But the fans were saying exactly that. That’s why I intervened.” De Andrade awarded Kaiser with a six-month extension. His biggest challenge yet Kaiser didn’t want to disappoint them, so pulling his old trick – collapsing into agony after his first touch of the ball – wasn’t an option. Instead, to the delight of the fans, he started kicking balls into the crowd. And continued doing so, until there were no balls left. The coach had no other choice than doing 90 minutes of physical exercise, which Kaiser actually excelled at. Ultimately, he stayed several years at Ajaccio, which featured in France’s Ligue 2, managing twenty short substitute performances. He finally returned to Rio and ended his impressive career, during which the fabled striker had scored zero goals. Edited by Devrozex - 21 Nov 2013 at 11:35am |
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Title of the article should read 'Football's Greatest Liar', but for some reason it is not allowing 'Liar' in the title, even when I reduce the number of letters in the title. |
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great article on him in fourfourtwo a while back (maybe this is the same one??)
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Wow, never heard this story before, what a legend
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Fookin legend
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What a guy
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Great Story, maybe this is how Conor Sammon became a footballer
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Good story and there may be a grain of truth in their somewhere i.e. Hes from Brazil and Botafogo are a football club. A hanger-on who facilitated things for players and officials and is good at telling fibs.
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Steve Amsterdam
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Some neck alright!
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Devrozex
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Might well be - one of the lads just sent the story round in an email so not sure where it originates.
His wikipedia page - although its in Portuguese - is hilarious - look at this 'career' history:
They should really make a film about this dude I think - the story is perfect!
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"O Forrest Gump do Futebol Brasileiro." |
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Lucky John Barnes rejected him and spent €5m on Raphael Scheidt instead..........
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Feckin lunatic
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I'd love to have heard his english conversations on his toy phone
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Brilliant
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Kinda sad that con men like Carlos would be found out in the modern world.
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The good old days of the ordinary decent criminal
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haha this guy sounds like me i like him
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