RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian World Cup winner Rivaldo has often been considered one of modern football's great enigmas, shunning publicity in the same degree as players such as Ronaldo attract it.
But his decision on Saturday to walk out on Brazilian champions Cruzeiro out of solidarity with fired coach Vanderley Luxemburgo suggests that the 1999 World Player of the Year may have finally lost his appetite for the game.
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