He remained on the bench as an unused substitute throughout the group stage and in the knockout matches against Chile in the round of 16 and Denmark in the quarter-finals.
His only cap came when Cafu was suspended for the semi-final against the Netherlands which Brazil won on penalties.
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He returned to the bench for the 3-0 defeat by Zinedine Zidane's France in the final and was never selected to play for Brazil again, retiring in 2005.
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