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For Brazil, Maicon was the successor to the legendary Cafu. He was the undisputed starter at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. It was there that he scored one of the most memorable goals of the tournament against North Korea—a goal that encapsulated his entire style.

In the 2010 Champions League semi-final against the reigning champions Barcelona, Maicon produced the defining moment of his career. With Inter down to ten men and under immense pressure, Maicon received the ball on the right flank. He drove forward, exchanged a lightning one-two with Wesley Sneijder, and blasted the ball past Victor Valdés at the near post. Maicon

Most modern lists place Maicon just outside the top 5 right-backs (behind Cafu, Lahm, Alves, Carlos Alberto, and Thuram). But in terms of peak performance (2009–2010), Maicon is in the conversation for the greatest single-season right-back of all time. For Brazil, Maicon was the successor to the legendary Cafu

He returned to Italy with Roma in 2013. Here, he had a renaissance of sorts. Under Rudi Garcia, Maicon scored a stunning solo goal against Fiorentina (dribbling from the halfway line) and helped Roma to a club-record 85 points in 2013–14. He was slower, but wiser. In the 2010 Champions League semi-final against the