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After winning the 2000 Minas Gerais State Championship, Lincoln and his Atlético teammates honoured a promise by dying their hair blond.
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Lincoln was given his first break as a professional with Atlético-MG by coach Carlos Alberto Silva.
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Lincoln scored the winning goal against rivals Cruzeiro that saw Atlético crowned as Minas Gerais State Champions in 1999.
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In 1997, Lincoln won South America’s Conmebol Cup with Atlético Mineiro.
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Lincoln won the Intertoto Cup with Schalke in the 2003/04 season.
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In the 2004/05 season, while playing for Schalke, Lincoln was voted Best Player of the First Half of the German Championship.
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Lincoln's favourite film is The Shawshank Redemption.
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Lincoln played his first game as a professional for Atlético Mineiro in 1997, when he was just 18.
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Lincoln’s real Christian name is Cássio. ‘Lincoln’ is actually the last part of his full surname.
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When he arrived in Turkey, Galatasaray fans nicknamed Lincoln ‘The New Hagi’.
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In 2007, Galatasaray paid 4.5 million Euros to sign Lincoln from Schalke.
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During his three seasons with Schalke, Lincoln twice helped the club to claim the runners-up spot in the Bundesliga.
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Lincoln was a member of the Atlético Mineiro team that finished second in the Brazilian Championship in 1999, after losing the final game to Corinthians.
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Before moving to German club Schalke 04, Lincoln spent three seasons with their Bundesliga rivals Kaiserslautern.
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Although he played for the Under-20 Brazilian National Team, Lincoln has never represented his country at senior level.