Casa Grande (カーザ・グランデ, kāza gurande) is the giant defender of Brazil. He wears the number "4" jersey.
Description[]
Casa Grande first appeared on World Youth Hen ch.62 "Betting for the place of best in the world!". Both Casa Grande and Alberto have a solid defense in front of Brazil's goal.
Biography[]
Battle of World Youth arc[]
Preparations for the World Youth
Casa Grande is the center back of Brazil. At some point after the end of first round of the Asian preliminaries, in Brazil, Brazil Youth crush Uruguay Youth 10-0 in a test match.
Casa Grande
Brazil easily win all 3 matches in the group stage of the World Youth. In the quarterfinals, they faced Uruguay, who they have beaten 10-0 earlier, again. Despite Uruguay's improvements, Brazil still win with a great difference, 6-0. They then proceed to beat Germany 5-0 in the semifinals, advancing to the finals with 30 goals scored, no goals taken, and their ace Carlos Santana achieving a hat-trick in every match. The team lose to Japan in the final, however.
Rising Sun arc[]
Grande is part of Olympic Brazil. The team has a strengthening match against Belgium, and they swiftly crush the opponent, with their two aces, Santana and Natureza achieving a hat-trick each.
To be added as series progresses
Trivia[]
- He bears some resemblance to the All South America Jr. Youth keeper Gonzales from the 4th Captain Tsubasa Movie.
- His name is a reference to the former Brazilian footballer Walter Casagrande.