{"id":339171,"date":"2026-05-30T15:10:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T15:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/339171\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T15:10:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T15:10:31","slug":"brazilian-artisan-crafts-replica-world-cup-trophies-for-locals-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/339171\/","title":{"rendered":"Brazilian artisan crafts replica World Cup trophies for locals, stars"},"content":{"rendered":"

By EL\u00c9ONORE HUGHES<\/p>\n

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) \u2014 Brazilian soccer fan and former metallurgist Jarbas Meneghini Carlini has been combining his love for the sport with his business, making replicas of the FIFA World Cup<\/a> trophy in his workshop in western Rio de Janeiro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After watching Brazil\u2019s then-captain Dunga triumphantly lift the trophy following the team\u2019s fourth World Cup win in 1994, Carlini resolved to create his own.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey weren\u2019t for sale. So I decided to make the trophies myself. And today, I\u2019m a trophy craftsman,\u201d he said, from his workshop in Campo Grande.<\/p>\n

The 58-year-old makes the replica World Cup trophies by hand from molds and finishes them off with paint. They range in size and price from about $1 to $100.<\/p>\n

Carlini sells them to fans and tourists at the nearby Maracan\u00e3 soccer stadium<\/a>. But he has also gifted the trophies to stars including Pel\u00e9<\/a>, Jorginho and Ronaldinho and sent them across Brazil<\/a> and around the world.<\/p>\n

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Jarbas Meneghini Carlini shows off FIFA World Cup trophy replicas he made, now decorations in front of his house, in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo\/Bruna Prado)\n<\/p>\n

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Jarbas Meneghini Carlini demonstrates how he makes FIFA World Cup trophy replicas at his home in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo\/Bruna Prado)\n<\/p>\n

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Jarbas Meneghini Carlini sprays a FIFA World Cup trophy replica he made, at his home in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo\/Bruna Prado)\n<\/p>\n

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Jarbas Meneghini Carlini shows off FIFA World Cup trophy replicas he made, now decorations in front of his house, in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, May 15, 2026. (AP Photo\/Bruna Prado)\n<\/p>\n

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To explain the emotion so often evident on his clients\u2019 faces when they pose for photos with his work, Carlini points to the trophy\u2019s meaning.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone wants to be a world champion, everyone wants to be the best,\u201d Carlini said.<\/p>\n

Like the game\u2019s original most-coveted accolade, Carlini\u2019s trophies depict two stylized human figures reaching upward to support a globe. But his are made from plaster, rather than 18-carat gold.<\/p>\n

\u201cYet it brings the same sense of wonder, as if it were made of gold,\u201d Carlini said.<\/p>\n

Over the years, the artisan has branched out, and now creates replicas of the former World Cup trophy used between 1930 and 1970, the Copa Libertadores<\/a> trophy but also golden balls, gloves and boots.<\/p>\n

World Cup years are particularly good for business, Carlini said.<\/p>\n

As the country gears up to support the Sele\u00e7\u00e3o \u2014 or national team \u2014 in this year\u2019s tournament<\/a> hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico in June and July, Carlini has prepared 200 trophies, but says sales could reach 600 if Brazil were to win.<\/p>\n

South America\u2019s biggest country has won five World Cup titles, more than any other nation, but its last successful attempt dates to 2002.<\/p>\n

Brazilians are known for their joyful style of play and pulling off spectacular tricks such as a bicycle kick, said Carlini, who hopes his team will end the dry spell this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what we should use in the next World Cup to become champions: use joy, use artistry,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Follow AP\u2019s coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/latin-america<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By EL\u00c9ONORE HUGHES RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) \u2014 Brazilian soccer fan and former metallurgist Jarbas Meneghini Carlini has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[6908,139817,74,76,75,5393,139816,139815],"class_list":["post-339171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-brazil","tag-jarbas-meneghini-carlini","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-world-cup","tag-world-cup-replica-trophies","tag-world-cup-trophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}