Brazilian football legend Carlos Alberto Torres dead at 72

Brazilian football player Carlos Alberto Torres, the captain who led the national team to victory during the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, has died of a heart attack, according to football's governing body FIFA. He was 72 years old. (more)
Carlos Alberto died in Rio de Janeiro after suffering a heart attack, according to FIFA and Brazilian media outlets. He passed away on Tuesday morning but other details about his death were not immediately available.

Carlos Alberto, as captain of Brazil's national team during the 1970 World Cup, is widely regarded as having scored one of the greatest goals in the history of the tournament. He scored the fourth goal in the final against Italy, securing Brazil's victory with a 4-1 win.

"After a sumptuous build-up involving no fewer than eight Auriverde players, Carlos Alberto powered the sweetest of right-foot strikes into the bottom left-hand corner to seal a 4-1 win," FIFA said in a profile. "Unquestionably one of the most-repeated goals in FIFA World Cup history, the strike ensured iconic status for one of the finest right-backs the game has ever seen."

"In my home I have a huge photo of the precise instant I struck the ball. If I had to choose one moment to encapsulate my career, that would be it," Carlos Alberto told FIFA for the profile, which was published in 2008.

Carlos Alberto was one of the eleven members of the World Team of the 20th Century, a list established in 1998 to recognize the century's best football players. He was also inducted in the Brazilian Football Museum Hall of Fame.