Brazil fan wears only team colours for 20 years

A football-mad Brazil fan claims to have worn only green, yellow, white and blue for the past 20 years in honour of his national team.

brazil.jpg
For the past 20 years, Brazil fan Nelson Paviotti has dressed only in the colours of his national team.

Mr Paviotti claims he promised to only wear green, yellow, white and blue if Brazil won the 1994 World Cup.

After the victory, he held true to his word and now boasts a house decorated with Brazil memorabilia and two cars painted to match.

Mr Paviotti said he enjoyed promoting his country.

"I feel like a patriot who loves his Brazil that loves his land that loves his people that is full of hope for a greater future for Brazil, a future more delightful, more promising, a future with a better life," he said.

And he is looking forward to the upcoming World Cup.

"The world will be focused on Brazil. The whole world will be focused on Brazil. This will give us the ability to communicate many messages, independent of whether we win the World Cup or not, it's going to show that we are here, what the true Brazil is, just when the World Cup and football is uniting the people."


Share

1 min read

Published

Updated

Source: Reuters, SBS


Share this with family and friends


Get SBS News daily and direct to your Inbox

Sign up now for the latest news from Australia and around the world direct to your inbox.

By subscribing, you agree to SBS’s terms of service and privacy policy including receiving email updates from SBS.

Download our apps
SBS News
SBS Audio
SBS On Demand

Listen to our podcasts
An overview of the day's top stories from SBS News
Interviews and feature reports from SBS News
Your daily ten minute finance and business news wrap with SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Gonçalves.
A daily five minute news wrap for English learners and people with disability
Get the latest with our News podcasts on your favourite podcast apps.

Watch on SBS
SBS World News

SBS World News

Take a global view with Australia's most comprehensive world news service
Watch the latest news videos from Australia and across the world