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Drauzio Varella, MD, (b. January 1, 1943 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian physician, educator, scientist and noted medical science popularizer in the press and TV, as well as best-selling author. In addition to medicine, Varella is noted as a public commentator on issues such as prison conditions, social welfare, government, literature and his professed atheism and skepticism.

Varella came from a family of Portuguese and Spanish descent from São Paulo. He studied medicine at the Medical School of the University of São Paulo. While a student, he was one of the founders of a pre-med preparatory course with João Carlos di Genio and other colleagues, and where he taught chemistry for several years. This course later became the larger private educational system in Brazil, the Universidade Paulista and the Sistema Objetivo. Varella has won the prestigious Prêmio Jabuti literary award.

Medical career[link]

After graduation, he specialized in infectious diseases with Prof. Vicente Amato Neto, at the University of São Paulo and at the Hospital do Servidor Público de São Paulo. This work led him to develop an interest in immunology and in the last 20 years he worked at the Hospital do Câncer of São Paulo, specializing in oncology.

As a medical professor, he works at Universidade Paulista, but has taught also in several other institutions in Brazil and abroad, such as the New York Memorial Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Karolinska Institute, University of Hiroshima and the National Cancer Institute of Japan. One of his main fields of works has been AIDS, specially the treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma. He has had an active role in prevention and educational campaigns about AIDS, being the first one to have a radio program on the subject. From 1989 to 2001 he volunteered to work as an unpaid physician in one of the largest jails of Brazil, the Carandiru, in order to tackle the fearsome AIDS epidemics raging among male inmates. As a result of this experience, he wrote a best-seller book describing the harrowing life of the inmates, which later became a movie picture (Carandiru, directed by Hector Babenco), both winning accolades from the public and specialised national and international critics.

As the chairman of a cancer research institute at UNIP, Dr. Varella presently heads a research program on the potential of Brazilian Amazon medicinal plants for treating neoplasms and antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This research is supported by the São Paulo Research Support Foundation.

Science writing[link]

Dr. Varella is also very active in the public understanding of science, particularly in the medical area. He writes columns for the largest Brazilian newspapers and was invited by the powerful Globo TV Network to host a series of programs on the human body, the brain, first aid, smoking, pregnancy, obesity and others, which were exhibited at the Fantástico show on Sundays. He is also the producer and host of a TV talk show on medicine and health, which runs on several TV channels.

For his work as a writer, Dr. Varella received several prizes and awards, among them the Prêmio Jabuti from the Brazilian Book Chamber, the International Book Fair of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, and The Book Biennal of Rio de Janeiro (2001).

He has also written fiction for adults and children and often a vocal supporter of scientific skepticism.

Works[link]

• AIDS Hoje. In 3 volumes, in collaboration with Antonio Fernando Varella and Narciso Escaleira.
• Estação Carandiru, Companhia das Letras.
• Macacos, Publifolha ("Folha Explica" series)
• Nas ruas do Brás. Companhia das Letrinhas (children's book)
• De braços para o alto. Companhia das Letrinhas (children's book)
• Florestas do Rio Negro. With Alexandre Adalardo de Oliveira and Douglas C. Daly
• Maré - Vida na Favela
• Casa das Palavras, with Paola Berenstein, Ivaldo Bertazzo and Pedro Seiblitz (images).
• Por um fio. Companhia das Letras, 2004.

External links[link]

• Professional website. (in Portuguese).
• more info (English)

Ricardo Gomes

Personal information
Full name	Ricardo Gomes Raimundo
Date of birth	(1964-12-13) 13 December 1964 (age 47)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Vasco Gama (coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1982–1988	Fluminense	201	(11)
1988–1991	Benfica	83	(19)
1991–1995	Paris Saint-Germain	115	(11)
1995–1996	Benfica	17	(4)
National team
1984–1994	Brazil	45	(4)
Teams managed
1996–1998	Paris Saint-Germain
1999	Sport Recife
1999–2000	Vitória
2001	Guarani
2001	Coritiba
2002	Juventude
2002–2004	Brazil Olympic
2004	Fluminense
2004	Flamengo
2005–2007	Bordeaux
2007–2009	Monaco
2009–2010	São Paulo
2011–	Vasco Gama
Honours Competitor for  Brazil Men’s Football Silver Seoul 1988 Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Ricardo Gomes Raimundo, known as Gomes (born 13 December 1964), is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a central defender, and the current coach of CR Vasco da Gama.

In a 14-year professional career, he played for Fluminense (six years), Benfica (four) and Paris Saint-Germain (four). Subsequently, he went on to have a lengthy managerial career, in both his country and France.

Gomes played for Brazil during the 80's/90's, representing the nation at the 1990 World Cup and in two Copa América tournaments.

Club career[link]

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Gomes started playing professionally with Fluminense Football Club. With the club, he won three consecutive state leagues, adding the 1984 Série A.

In the 1988 summer, he signed with S.L. Benfica of Portugal, alongside compatriot Valdo, a midfielder. Both were important elements in their debut season, as the Reds won the national championship, a feat which was again accomplished in 1991, with the defender scoring an astonishing 17 goals in both conquests combined, due to his superb aerial ability.

Both Gomes and Valdo left for Paris Saint-Germain F.C. in the 1991 summer, and both would return four years later to the Lisbon, having won a total of four titles, namely the 1993–94 first division title. In his second Benfica spell, he played sparingly, but still managed to score four times in the league, and helped the team win the domestic cup, before retiring from football in June 1996, at only 31.

Gomes immediately started coaching, with Paris SG, leaving the French side after two years, finishing second in the 1996–97 season and winning the following season's French Cup. He then returned to his country, managing seven teams until 2004, also having a spell with the Brazilian Olympic team.

In the following four seasons, Gomes worked again in France, first with FC Girondins de Bordeaux^[1] then AS Monaco FC, leaving his post at the latter in late May 2009,^[2] with the team eventually ranking 11th.

On 20 June 2009, Gomes signed with São Paulo FC, replacing Muricy Ramalho. In early February 2011, he moved to CR Vasco da Gama, leading his hometown club to its first ever Brazilian Cup, a 3–3 aggregate win against Coritiba Football Club.

On 28 August 2011, 46-year old Gomes suffered a stroke during the match between Flamengo and Vasco da Gama. He was taken to hospital in an ambulance with the game still playing,^[3][4] and was diagnosed with a life-threatening brain hemorrhage that required emergency head surgery.^[5]

International career[link]

During one decade, Gomes won 45 caps for Brazil.^[6] He appeared for the nation at two Copa América tournaments, winning the 1989 edition played on home soil, and was present at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, where he played all the matches and minutes until being sent off in the 85th minute of the round of 16 0–1 loss against Argentina.^[7]

Gomes was also selected – again as captain – to the 1994 World Cup, but had to be removed from the squad in the very last hour, due to injury. Additionally, he was part of the team that won the silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Managerial stats[link]

Nat	Team	From	To	Record
				P	W	D	L	Win %
	São Paulo	2009	2010	&1000000000000007300000073	&1000000000000003800000038	&1000000000000001500000015	&1000000000000002000000020	&1000000000000005204999952.05
Total				73	38	15	20	52.05

As of 6 August 2010

References[link]

External links[link]

• Profile at Zerozero
• Stats at ForaDeJogo (Portuguese)
• Ricardo Gomes at National-Football-Teams.com
• PlayerHistory profile

Ricardo Gomes international tournaments v t e Brazil squad – 1987 Copa América 1 Carlos 2 Josimar 3 Geraldao 4 Ricardo Rocha 5 Douglas 6 Nelsinho 7 Müller 8 Raí 9 Careca 10 Edu Marangon 11 Valdo 12 Zé Carlos 13 Jorginho 14 Ricardo Gomes 15 Júlio César 16 Dunga 17 Edú 18 Paulo Silas 19 Romário 20 Mirandinha 21 Joao Paulo 22 Regis Coach: Carlos Alberto Silva v t e Brazil squad – 1988 Olympic Silver Medalists 1 Taffarel 2 Jorginho 3 Batista 4 Ricardo Gomes 5 Ademir 6 Mazinho 7 Valdo 8 Geovani 9 Edmar 10 Careca 11 Romário 12 Zé Carlos 13 André Cruz 14 Winck 15 Aloísio 16 Milton 17 Neto 18 João Paulo 19 Andrade 20 Bebeto Coach: Carlos Alberto Silva v t e Brazil squad – 1989 Copa América Winners (4th Title) 1 Taffarel 2 Mazinho 3 Mauro Galvao 4 André Cruz 5 Branco 6 Ricardo Gomes 7 Bebeto 8 Geovani 9 Valdo 10 Tita 11 Romário 12 Acácio 13 Josimar 14 Aldair 15 Alemão 16 Cristóvão 17 Dunga 18 Renato Gaúcho 19 Baltazar 20 Paulo Silas 21 Charles 22 Zé Carlos Coach: Lazaroni v t e Brazil squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Taffarel 2 Jorginho 3 Ricardo Gomes (c) 4 Dunga 5 Alemão 6 Branco 7 Bismarck 8 Valdo 9 Careca 10 Silas 11 Romário 12 Acácio 13 Mozer 14 Aldair 15 Müller 16 Bebeto 17 Renato 18 Mazinho 19 Ricardo Rocha 20 Tita 21 Mauro Galvão 22 Zé Carlos Coach: Lazaroni v t e Brazil squad – 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup Runners-up 1 Gomes 2 Maicon 3 Luisão 4 Alex 5 Adriano 6 Paulo Almeida 7 Júlio Baptista 8 Kaká (c) 9 Ewerthon 10 Diego 11 Robinho 12 Alexandre Negri 13 Coelho 14 André Bahia 15 Nilmar 16 Nádson 17 Carlos Alberto 18 Thiago Motta Coach: Ricardo Gomes