Rivaldo, better of the 1999 world-wide champion and soccer player world with Brazil in 2002, has terminated east Saturday its contract with the Cruzeiro, a day after the directors dismissed trainer Vanderlei Luxembourg.
The ex- player of the Spanish clubs Sport of Corunna and Barcelona, and Italian Milan, "terminated his contract in a friendly way", informed the spokesman into the present champion of Brazilian soccer, Valdir Barbosa.
Rivaldo was the bet in 2003 of Luxembourg, but neither the end nor the technician had luck in the first parties of the season.
Luxembourg, that this Friday during a meeting, threatened to the directors its resignation and immediately it amended his position, received next the dismissal voice, a decision that took from surprise to the sport press.
The short passage of Rivaldo by the Cruzeiro was dissapointing, according to directors and fans.
Rivaldo, with physical and technical problems
The player of the state of Pernambuco, that almost spent a year without playing in Milan, his last European club, demonstrated to his return to Brazil physical and technical problems.
Rivaldo was booed in several parties and hardly marked two goals in official parties with the Cruzeiro.
Of his dissapointing performances the Brazilian selector talked about today, Carlos Alberto Parrreira, in a television program.
"It hoped that its return (to Brazil) would provide a technical and physical improvement to him. I know that Rivaldo spent long time in Europe and that the adaptation is difficult, but it worries me that it is not in good phase ", said to Parreira to the program" Sand ", of the channel" Sport TV ".