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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Mario Jardel, Thiago Alves, Hermes Franca, Wilson Gouveia, Jorge Gurgel, Marcus Aurelio, Ed Lincoln, Willamy Freire, Diego Saraiva, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Francisco France, Antonio Mendes, Jose de Alencar, Tasso Jereissati, Dudu Cearense, Gustavo Barroso, Jonatas Domingos, Joao Soares da Mota Neto, Selmir dos Santos Bezerra, Alberto Nepomuceno, Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araujo, George Leandro Abreu de Lima, Helder Camara, Raffael Caetano de Araujo, Ariclenes da Silva Ferreira, Davi Jose Silva do Nascimento, Moroni Bing Torgan, Rachel de Queiroz, Shelda Bede, Joeano, Mauricio Peixoto, Edigle Quaresma Farias, Casimiro Montenegro Filho, Francisco Erandir da Silva Feitosa, Douglas da Costa Souza, Marcio Araujo, Franco Neto, Joyce Cavalcante, Luizianne Lins, Fernando Luis Gomes Guilherme, Joao Inacio Junior, Karim Ainouz, Paulo Eduardo Andrade Ponte, Armando Falcao. Excerpt: Mario Jardel de Almeida Ribeiro (born 18 September 1973) is a Brazilian professional footballer. Jardel was most noted for his positioning on the field and "being at the right place, at the right time." With this exceptional positioning ability, Jardel was able to become one of Europe's most prolific strikers during his time at FC Porto, Galatasaray, and Sporting CP. Jardel played first for Vasco da Gama, but moved in 1995 to Gremio, where he won the 1995 Copa Libertadores. In 1996, he was linked to several teams, and after failing to transfer to Benfica and Rangers (due to the strict British rules involving non-EU players), he signed with Portuguese side FC Porto, where with help from players such as Zlatko Zahovi, Sergio Conceicao, and Ljubinko Drulovi, he was the top goalscorer in Europe for three years (1998-99, 1999-00, 2001-02), with a goal average of slightly over one goal per match (130 goals in 125 games, avg: 1.04). Although ...