Gaúcho Facts for Kids

Luís Carlos Tóffoli, usually nicknamed Gaúcho (7 March 1964 – 17 March 2016), was a Brazilian football player and manager. He was born in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul.

After spending his youth years at Rio de Janeiro club Flamengo, he began his professional career in 1984 at Grêmio. The following year he transferred to Atlético Goianiense.

In 1990, he returned to his youth club, signing a three-year deal with Flamengo. There he won the 1990 Copa do Brasil, the 1991 Rio State Championship and the 1992 Série A. During this period he played 198 matches and scored 98 goals. At the end of his contract he joined Italian Serie A side Lecce, where he failed to make a breakthrough with only five games played. He left the club halfway through the season and signed with Boca Juniors, where once again he failed to repeat his good performances.

Gaúcho died of prostate cancer on 17 March 2016.

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Gaucho from Argentina, photographed in Peru, 1868
The earliest depiction (before 1820) of an Uruguayan gaucho
Gaucho soldiers of Juan Manuel de Rosas, sketched by the French artist Durand-Brager, 1846
Some gauchos flaunted their alpaca sash decorations
Black gauchos were commonplace in the Brazil-Uruguay borderlands, though rarely publicised. An exception, early 20th century photograph.
Gaucho reenactment, San Antonio de Areco
A Semana Farroupilha parade
A modern rider does sortija
Gauchos drinking mate and playing the guitar in the Argentine Pampas
Segundo Ramírez, who inspired Ricardo Güiraldes to write Don Segundo Sombra
A person in gaucho clothing.
Argentine Pampas gauchos training for the Esgrima Criolla.
Un alto en el campo (1861) by Prilidiano Pueyrredón.
La Posta de San Luis by Juan León Pallière (1858).
Two gauchos in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1880.
Folklore dance: Zamba, Argentina. Gaucho.
Emperor Pedro II of Brazil in typical Gaúcho outfit.
Gauchos in Corrientes province, Argentina.
A Gaucho payador.
Brazilian gaúcho with typical clothing at the 2006 Farroupilha Parade.
Argentine gauchos in the city of Salta.
Gauchos in the Federalist Revolution (1893 to 1895).
Riograndenses dancing in full gaúcho outfit (2012)
Gaúchos with Criollo horses in Brazil, 2007
Statue Gaucho Oriental created by Federico Escalada in 1935 and gifted by Uruguay to the people of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)

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