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Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by RafaWest: 7:26am On Aug 23, 2019 |
Interesting story about a footballer who never played a match. There is even a movie about him The story of Carlos "Kaiser" Henrique is surely one of the most unusual and at the same time one of the most interesting that has happened in the world of football. You may have never heard of him or seen him play, despite the fact he was in some of the best football clubs in the 1980s and 1990s. That is not surprising, as Carlos "Kaiser" Henrique is even now considered as one of the greatest football players to never play a single match. Carlos "Kaiser" Henrique, born on April 2nd, 1963 also known as simply Carlos Kaiser, who got his name "Kaiser" from looking very similar to Franz Beckenbauer, is a former Brazilian striker who managed to execute one of the biggest football frauds in the history of the sport. And all that without getting caught. Carlos Kaiser is now known as the "farce footballer", which means a footballer, who does not want to play football. Sounds weird, and it was. But as weird as it seems it is an interesting story of how Carlos Kaiser became the best footballer who never played football. His story begins in 1979 when he was noticed by Puebla scouts during the training session at Flamengo. Not long after he was signed by the Mexican club, where we will start our story. Carlos Kaiser had a plan. He would join a club, make sure he got injured in the first few days and remain sidelined until the contract expired, a simple plan that worked. During his career, he befriended some of the best footballers at that time and the richest people, in addition to manipulating journalist, who would all help him extend his network of recommendations, which ultimately allowed him to move between clubs easily. And this is not where it all stops. Kaiser paid youth team players to injure him during practice, bribe fans to chant his name and even had his own personal doctor who would claim Kaiser has a focal infection, just to add to his list of tricks, which would allow him to remain sidelined and not play. All of this, of course, would not work if he wasn't the kind of person he was. Kaiser was lovable by many and a good manipulator, who always got things his way. Bebeto, the famous Brazillian footballer stated: "His chat was so good that if you let him open his mouth, that would be it. He’d charm you. You couldn’t avoid it. That would be it." One of the biggest scams he executed was claiming he played with Talleres de Córdoba and Independiente, where he was a part of the squad which won both the 1984 Copa Libertadores and the 1984 Intercontinental Cup. He managed to do so by portraying himself as Carlos Enrique. However. This is just one of the lies he managed to spread, and with his manipulation and help from a journalist who would write fake stories about him, that was not that hard. Carlos Kaiser had a plan and executed it to perfection. In his 26-year long career, Kaiser "played" for a total of 10 clubs with no appearances in his record. Despite reportedly not having a lot of money, he lived a good life. He was surrounded by women and influential people, he attended the most exclusive parties and was considered one of the best footballers to ever walk the face of the earth. Without a single match in his record. How he managed to get away with it for 26 years is something that still boggles the minds of many. Despite the fact he was lying and deceiving clubs and other people, his story is an impressive one nonetheless. In fact, the story of Carlos "Kaiser" Henrique is so unordinary and so interesting, he even got a movie made about him, where he explained how he achieved his status as the best football player that never played football. Source: https://www.footballtalk.org/stories/carlos-kaiser-the-best-football-player-that-never-played-a-match/ 1 Share
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Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by RatedStar: 7:38am On Aug 23, 2019 |
The clubs seeking him out and evening signing him must be really daft. 2 Likes |
Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by daddytime(m): 7:45am On Aug 23, 2019 |
Lol |
Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by yusasiv(m): 7:56am On Aug 23, 2019 |
He is mad.. The clubs that signed him are all mad.. The journalists involved are mad.. The young players who got him injured on bribe are also mad... Everyone is mad 4 Likes |
Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by mrjaydee(m): 7:59am On Aug 23, 2019 |
yusasiv: You sef they mad.. 4 Likes |
Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by yusasiv(m): 8:00am On Aug 23, 2019 |
mrjaydee: 3 Likes |
Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by udemejack(m): 8:14am On Aug 23, 2019 |
this is awesome,local man is surprised. |
Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by Timmy301(m): 8:14am On Aug 23, 2019 |
Local Man is a crook |
Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by ruggedtimi(m): 9:11am On Aug 23, 2019 |
while i was reading through all i could imagine is the movie about him. |
Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by Kingkun69(m): 12:20pm On Aug 23, 2019 |
RatedStar:they must have been left in MORNING after realizing their mistakes |
Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by yinkacruxzy: 12:55pm On Aug 23, 2019 |
lol this guy is a bastard typically a tribe in Nigeria |
Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by Yhukay00: 1:27pm On Aug 23, 2019 |
yusasiv:we are all mad for reading this 3 Likes |
Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by olexy4real(m): 4:39pm On Aug 23, 2019 |
Thanks op for this. Nice! Am sure this will never make front page. |
Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by Chiemerie8(m): 6:36pm On Aug 23, 2019 |
Kingkun69: I saw what you did there |
Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by ADRIAN88(m): 8:24pm On Aug 23, 2019 |
Yhukay00: Guy u be confam werey |
Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by moshuur(m): 9:17pm On Aug 23, 2019 |
olexy4real:It will |
Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by princefunmmy(m): 9:37pm On Aug 23, 2019 |
Interesting |
Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by prinsam30: 12:18am On Aug 24, 2019 |
OP just tell us say na movie u dey narrate to us, bcoz this can only happen in a movie |
Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by Emilokoiyawon: 2:25am On Aug 24, 2019 |
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Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by Nobody: 3:53am On Aug 24, 2019 |
RafaWest: The Farce Footballer. I remember reading this story some time ago. I think it was on some blog or something... One of my two favourite football scams of all times. The other was the case of the Argentine footballer who had a habit of defrauding Welsh clubs off transfer fees and then disappearing into thin air. |
Re: Carlos "Kaiser" - The Best Football Player That Never Played A Match by EbukaHades10(m): 6:44am On Aug 24, 2019 |
"Wisdom" wan finish am
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