RIO DE JANEIRO: The man who masterminded the daring 1983 theft of the World Cup trophy has died in obscurity, the Brazilian newspaper O Globo reported here on Sunday.
Career criminal Sergio Peralta organised the raid which took place at the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) in 1983.
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