L�cio - Brazilian professional footballer, photo wallpapers, Galawallpapers.com: L�cio, full name Lucimar da Silva Ferreira, (born May 8, 1978 in Bras�lia) is a Brazilian football (soccer) defender, a 2002 World Cup winner with the Brazilian national team. He is widely considered as Brazil's best central defender, and a key member of the Brazillian squad's defence. Frequently makes runs into the opponent's half, something which is rarely done by central defenders. In quarterfinal match against England, Lucio made a mistake that allowed Michael Owen to score the opening goal. Scolari defended him, stating that Lucio made no other mistakes. In the final against Germany, Lucio bore the full brunt of a free-kick, but managed to stay on his feet to complete playing all 630 minutes of the tournament. He was one of three players to do so (goalkeeper Marcos and defender Cafu were the others).
On the club level, L�cio played for Internacional Porto Alegre (1997-2000), Bayer Leverkusen (2000-2004), and Bayern Munich (2004-).