The shirt that Brazil wore for the majority of their matches in the 1990 World Cup in Italy, was a shirt they had worn since 1988; made by Brazil’s own Topper. It was similar to the team’s previous few shirts, with a traditional yellow base, and a green collar and sleeve trim. Topper had reverted to a traditional collar that became very popular in the 1990’s. The badge was placed slightly lower than the manufacturer’s logo, and features three stars, as they had won just three World Cups when the shirt was made.

The next shirt to be worn by Brazil’s samba stars was to be made by Umbro. Draped across the whole body of the shirt are several Umbro logos, with CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) inside; with a larger version of the logo on the right sleeve. The collar is again green and of a similar style, although is made from a much softer material with a yellow stripe. They also changed the badge this time, coming up with a new, modern-looking version.

The shirt to follow was only worn for one season, and also made by Umbro, but had the letters written in bold instead of the brand logo. There is a thin green line on the trim of either sleeve, and no change was made to the colour of the collar. There is also a small red Umbro logo on the bottom right of the shirt, and three faint Brazil badges on top of each other going from right to left and top to bottom. The shirt was changed before the 1994 World Cup finals, though.

The Brazil shirt worn from the 1994 World Cup in USA until 1997 was revolutionary. It kept the green lines on the trims of the sleeves, and the collar consisted of two thick yellow and green stripes. It kept the idea of the three large Brazil badges on the front of the shirt, but this time there were four, and they were outlined in bright red. The badge is embroidered, and the three stars were changed to four following Brazil’s World Cup win in ’94. This was perhaps the most memorable Brazil shirt in the 1990’s.

The shirt released in 1998 was the first made by Nike, and it symbolised the start of a new modern style of football shirts. A lot more subtle, it featured two green stripes stretching down each shoulder, one thin and one thick, with a green round-neck collar. The shirt was worn in the 1998 World Cup final defeat to France, and lasted two years.