Where would European football be without the Brazilians?
A top club can hardly exist without some magic skills from the country with the record number of World Cup wins.
And that was a good enough reason for French sport portal ‘sambafoot.com’ to launch an internet poll to find the continent's best Brazilians.
There was a surprising result - the best exponent of the Samba beat is not one of the world famous stars like Kaka, Ronaldinho, Robinho or Pato.
Instead it's Luis Fabiano (29)!
Nearly 21 per cent of the votes went to the international striker who plays for Sevilla FC, where he has scored eight goals in ten La Liga games this season.
The list of the top 20 show that the best Brazilian players are in Spain and Italy. Three stars from the Bundesliga also belong with the best in the opinion of the voters...
Highest was Wolfsburg’s Grafite (30) at fifth place with 4.86 per cent of the vote. The well-built forward didn't have a great first half of the season but is still in credit with fans following his heroics in 2008/09, where he scored 28 goals in leading the team to their first title.
Werder Bremen centre back Naldo (27) came ninth (3.14 per cent) for his sturdy defending and ability to score goals, with eight already this season in all competitions.
After a strong first half of the season, the old master Zé Roberto (35) - now at Hamburg - squeezed onto the list in 19th (0.73 per cent).
Who are the best Brazilians in Europe? Click through the above gallery of world-class players...
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