Con artist footballer ‘bonked 1000 women’ – despite never playing the game
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Womaniser con artist Carlos Henrique Raposo earned the title of "the greatest footballer to never play" after he scammed his way to a 26-year long career.
The Brazilian, who went by the nickname Kaiser supposedly due to his resemblance to Germany legend Franz "Kaiser" Beckenbauer, signed for a whole host of top clubs throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s – yet he never made a professional appearance.
Armed with a forged CV and the gift of the gab, he managed to seduce his way into earning contracts time and time again. But Kaiser never wanted to play for the team.
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His exploits were instead motivated by infiltrating the elite circles of the real stars of Brazilian football so he could spend his life partying – and in bed.
“Every night I would be in nightclubs until the early hours of the morning, from Monday to Monday," he told The Sun in 2018. "I was never in a fit state to train or play in the morning.
“I made sure I was seen with the greatest Brazilian footballers. Just being a football player made me a magnet for women. I was addicted to sex, like Michael Douglas. I would sleep with at least three women a day.”
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In fact, after using fake videos of his "best goals", bribing fans to sing his name, and persuading journalists to interview him, Kaiser would do anything to avoid stepping out onto the pitch.
He used every trick in the book including paying a youth team player to injure him and asking a dentist friend to write a fake sick note. He even pretended his grandmother had died on a number of occasions.
After joining Bangu, a small club owned by an infamous Rio de Janeiro criminal, Kaiser had to get creative with his ruses. The gangster chairmen personally requested he be substituted on when the side losing 2-0.
So as he went to warm up, Kaiser hopped the barriers and punched a fan, earning himself a red card. He told the furious owner the supporters had been abusing him and he was defending his honour – which landed Kaiser a contract extension.
While he had nowhere the talent of Brazil's international stars, he managed to befriend them with his charm. They wouldn't snitch on his antics as he'd always be there to help them out, often with women.
“He was always willing to do favours for a player,” said Carlos Alberto Torres, who captained Brazil to World Cup glory in 1970.
Legendary striker Bebeto, who was a part of the ‘94 World Cup-winning squad, recalled: “His chat was so good that if you let him open his mouth, that would be it. He’d charm you. You couldn’t avoid it."
Renato Gaucho, who Kaiser would pretend to be to woo the ladies, was another of his good friends, and it was he who labelled him "the greatest footballer never to play football".
That became the name of a 2018 documentary about his crazy life story, which has since mellowed since he hung up his boots. Now 59, Kaiser works as a fitness trainer – and only has female clients, of course.
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