Equivalent flats in less expensive Zona Sul neighbourhoods like Santa Teresa, Flamengo and Botafogo are about half that.

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Ceregatti initially joined Ancona and then signed for Milan, with Botafogo not compensated for those formative years of training as per FIFA's rules.

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Shortly after the two foreigners boarded the van, the three attackers forced out all but the two tourists in the Botafogo neighborhood, Mr. Braga said.

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The flamboyant Garrincha, who spent the vast majority of his career with Rio de Janeiro-based Botafogo, died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1983 aged 49.

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In one of the cases Teixeira posts about, he claims AC Milan owes Botafogo FC of Ribeirao Preto compensation involving its training of the player Sergio Ceregatti.

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For the first chunk of his career he was playing full-time for Botafogo while going to medical school at the University of Sao Paulo's campus in Ribeirao Preto.

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