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Football in Rio de Janeiro has deep roots — the earliest documented player in this dataset was born in 1880. In total, 1194 players from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, appear on Wikidata. The most notable include Ronaldo, Romário and Marcelo Vieira. Among them are 1171 male and 23 female players. Documented players span more than 128 years, from 1880 to 2008.
