Gaúcho Facts for Kids

Luís Carlos Tóffoli, often called Gaúcho, was a Brazilian football player and coach. He was born on March 7, 1964, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, and passed away on March 17, 2016.

Gaúcho started his football journey in the youth teams of Flamengo, a famous club in Rio de Janeiro. In 1984, he began his professional career playing for Grêmio. The next year, he moved to Atlético Clube Goianiense.

In 1990, Gaúcho returned to his former youth club, Flamengo, signing a three-year contract. This was a very successful time for him. He helped Flamengo win the Copa do Brasil in 1990, the Rio State Championship in 1991, and the Brazilian Série A in 1992. During these years, he played 198 matches and scored an impressive 98 goals.

After his contract with Flamengo ended, he joined Lecce, an Italian team. However, he only played five games there and soon left. He then signed with Boca Juniors in Argentina, but he couldn't find the same success he had at Flamengo.

Gaúcho sadly died on March 17, 2016, due to prostate cancer.

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Gaucho from Argentina, photographed in Peru, 1868
The earliest depiction (before 1820) of an Uruguayan gaucho
Gaucho soldiers of Juan Manuel de Rosas, sketched by the French artist Durand-Brager, 1846
Some gauchos flaunted their alpaca sash decorations
Black gauchos were commonplace in the Brazil-Uruguay borderlands, though rarely publicised. An exception, early 20th century photograph.
Gaucho reenactment, San Antonio de Areco
A Semana Farroupilha parade
A modern rider does sortija
Gauchos drinking mate and playing the guitar in the Argentine Pampas
Segundo Ramírez, who inspired Ricardo Güiraldes to write Don Segundo Sombra
A person in gaucho clothing.
Argentine Pampas gauchos training for the Esgrima Criolla.
Un alto en el campo (1861) by Prilidiano Pueyrredón.
La Posta de San Luis by Juan León Pallière (1858).
Two gauchos in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1880.
Folklore dance: Zamba, Argentina. Gaucho.
Emperor Pedro II of Brazil in typical Gaúcho outfit.
Gauchos in Corrientes province, Argentina.
A Gaucho payador.
Brazilian gaúcho with typical clothing at the 2006 Farroupilha Parade.
Argentine gauchos in the city of Salta.
Gauchos in the Federalist Revolution (1893 to 1895).
Riograndenses dancing in full gaúcho outfit (2012)
Gaúchos with Criollo horses in Brazil, 2007
Statue Gaucho Oriental created by Federico Escalada in 1935 and gifted by Uruguay to the people of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

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