Cafu

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC):

Brazilian World Cup star Cafu is expected to visit here next month, as part of a sports exchange project called Windows to the World.

The AC Milan defender is set to arrive on November 14, a visit that is being facilitated by the University of the Southern Caribbean for their football extravaganza.

The extravaganza is part of a larger programme called Windows to the World which is a three-part project that focuses on sport exchanges between T&T and Latin America.

Cafus's visit was announced by Stephen Pilgrim, USC's vice-president, at a media briefing held at the T&T Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, on Wednesday.

The 37-year-old is the most capped Brazilian player of all time and is the winner of two World Cup titles, after Brazil won the FIFA event in 1994 and 2002.

In addition to Cafu, a Brazilian Under-21 team will also visit here as part of a student exchange project, which is being supported by the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs to the sum of more than TT $435 100 (US $69 616).

Main focus

The month-long activity is an exchange between the USC and UNISA, a sister university in Brazil.

The UNISA's Under-21 football team will also participate in the round-robin tournament which will see teams from the University of the West Indies, University of T&T and a T&T Under-21 team competing.

As a patron to the UNISA school, Cafu will captain the Brazilian team and while the matches may be considered the main focus, the Brazilian Football extravaganza will also feature a coaching clinic, seminars on football as a business and youth in sport, and a gala dinner in Cafu's honour.

According to Pilgrim, plans are also being put in place to have Cafu and former West Indies batting legend Brian Lara, tour schools in the north and south Trinidad as well as Tobago.