It doesn't matter if it's sooner or later: having an opportunity in football, making the best of it and maintaining a good game requires great effort and determination. Nilmar, who is now 25, started early and faced situations that almost brought his career to an early end. But he never gave up... At 15 he decided to leave his home town of Bandeirantes (Paraná state) to live alone in Porto Alegre (RS), where he started his career in the youth leagues of one of the great Brazilian teams. At 22, the forward had already played in Europe and returned to Brazil to play for Corinthians. I ...