Brazil's World Cup heroes swap football for politics

(CNN) -- When one of Brazil's newly-elected congressmen rose to give their victory address, his speech was delivered with all the confidence of a political pro.

"The 150,000 people who believed in me can rest assured that I will become a great politician," he told Brazil's Globo TV network.

But the man elected as a federal deputy in Rio de Janeiro was anything but the stereotypical statesman. It was, in fact, Romario, one of Brazil's most feted and controversial footballing legends who helped his nation win the 1994 World Cup.