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Ricardo Rogério de Brito, better known by his nickname Alemão (born November 22, 1961), is a former Brazilian football player who played as a defensive midfielder. He was born in Lavras, Minas Gerais. His nickname means German in the Portuguese language. A tenacious and physical player, Alemão was a strong, consistenty and versatile midfielder, who excelled as a defensive midfielder due to his tactical intelligence and his ability to read the game.
Alemão, sometimes Alemao ( Portuguese meaning German) may refer to:
- Alemão, real name "Ricardo Rogério de Brito", (born 1961) Brazilian footballer
- Carlos Adriano de Jesus Soares, (1984–2007) Brazilian footballer better known as "Alemão"
- Everson Arantes de Oliveira, (born 1982) Brazilian footballer better known as "Alemão"
- Paulo Jorge Sousa Vieira (born 1982), Portuguese footballer better known as "Alemão"
- Rodolfo Adorno Kumbrevicius de Oliveira (born 1981), Brazilian footballer better known as "Alemão"
- Alemão (footballer born 1989)
- Churchill Alemao (born 1949), Goan Catholic politician from India.
- Complexo do Alemão, slum district in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Alemão (film), a 2014 film
Carlos Adriano de Jesus Soares (10 April 1984 – 8 July 2007), better known as Alemão, was a Brazilian football player. He died in 2007 due to a car accident in Nova Iguaçu.
José Carlos Tofolo Júnior, commonly known as Alemão (born 2 March 1989), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward.
Alemão is a 2014 Brazilian action- drama film directed by José Eduardo Belmonte starring Antônio Fagundes, Cauã Reymond, Caio Blat, Gabriel Braga Nunes, Marcello Melo Jr. and Milhem Cortaz.
The story presented in the film takes place a few days before the invasion of the Complexo do Alemão by the military police, which occurred on November 26, 2010.