{"id":32252,"date":"2017-01-18T08:31:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T08:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32252"},"modified":"2017-01-18T08:31:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T08:31:23","slug":"rivaldo-agrees-to-join-barcelona-legends-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32252","title":{"rendered":"Rivaldo agrees to join Barcelona &#8220;Legends&#8221; project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-32251\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Rivaldo2.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"341\" alt=\"Rivaldo2\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Rivaldo2.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Rivaldo2-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Rivaldo2-150x98.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Rio de Janeiro: Former FIFA World Player of the Year <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/1944-rivaldo\"><strong>Rivaldo<\/strong><\/a> said he has agreed to act as a global ambassador for his former club, Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>The 44-year-old Brazilian discussed his role with Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu during a visit to Camp Nou on Tuesday, reports Xinhua news agency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am always happy to be back at the Camp Nou,&#8221; Rivaldo was quoted as saying by the Brazilian news service Uol Esporte.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on their official website, Barcelona said Rivaldo had been offered the chance to be a part of the FCB Legends squad, which will play friendlies around the world to promote the club&#8217;s brand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I made history in my five years (here). The club is always in my heart. I told the president that I am available for the club and that I can play. I feel good. I train every day and I&#8217;ll be ready for matches that Barcelona play around the world,&#8221; Rivaldo said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"football-news\/international\/43624-demichelis-is-malaga-s-new-player-till-season-end\">Demichelis is Malaga&#8217;s new player till season-end<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rivaldo, a World Cup winner with Brazil in 2002, represented Barcelona from 1997 to 2002. He won two La Liga championships, a European Super Cup, a Copa del Rey and was voted FIFA World Player of the Year in 1999.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-32251\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Rivaldo2.jpg\" width=\"520\" height=\"341\" alt=\"Rivaldo2\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Rivaldo2.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Rivaldo2-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Rivaldo2-150x98.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Rio de Janeiro: Former FIFA World Player of the Year <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/1944-rivaldo\"><strong>Rivaldo<\/strong><\/a> said he has agreed to act as a global ambassador for his former club, Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>The 44-year-old Brazilian discussed his role with Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu during a visit to Camp Nou on Tuesday, reports Xinhua news agency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am always happy to be back at the Camp Nou,&#8221; Rivaldo was quoted as saying by the Brazilian news service Uol Esporte.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1958,20651,12975,20652,466,20653,18538],"class_list":["post-32252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-football-news","tag-barcelona","tag-fifa-world-player","tag-football-news","tag-global-ambassador","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-josep-maria-bartomeu","tag-rivaldo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rivaldo agrees to join Barcelona &quot;Legends&quot; project - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=32252\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rivaldo agrees to join Barcelona &quot;Legends&quot; project - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Rio de Janeiro: Former FIFA World Player of the Year Rivaldo said he has agreed to act as a global ambassador for his former club, Barcelona. 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