This Monday (May 25.05th) is Massage Therapist Day. At Flamengo, the team is made up of Jorge Domingos (Jorginho), Adenir Silva (Denir), and Esmar Alves (Russo). Besides being excellent professionals, they have accumulated titles and the affection of the entire coaching staff and athletes, and have enviable resumes.

Denir, in his 34 years at the club, has already worked in four World Cups, three of them with the Brazilian National Team. Jorginho arrived a year earlier, in 1980, and in 35 years of service to Flamengo, he was part of the coaching staff that won the World Championship for Flamengo in 1981 and for Brazil in 2002. Russo arrived at Flamengo 23 years ago and competed in the Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with the Brazilian National Team in 2003.