Ranking Brazil's 20 Greatest Strikers of All Time | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

The master of the bicycle kick, Leonidas da Silva scored in every game he played in at both the 1934 and 1938 World Cups. But for the outbreak of war, he could have extended that record.

At club level, he was sensational. Whether it be for Botafogo, Vasco da Gama, Penarol, Flamengo or Sao Paulo, he was able to score goals for fun, and he wrote his name deep into the early history of Brazilian football.

Known as the "Black Diamond," Leonidas was a major inspiration for the generation that won Brazil's first World Cup in 1958. Sadly, the man himself had retired eight years earlier.