Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Dida shine babban mai tsaron gidan Brazil na farko da aka san shi da sunan barkwanci, sabanin al'adar zuwa ko dai sunansa na farko ko na karshe. Ya fara wakiltar "Seleção" a matakin 'yan kasa da shekaru 20 a matsayin zabin farko a gasar cin kofin matasa ta duniya ta 1993, inda ya ci gaba da ci hudu a cikin wasanni shida kuma ya ci kwallaye biyu kawai yayin da Brazil ta yi nasara. Bayan da aka dakatar da Taffarel a wasanni biyu na farko na Copa América na 1995
saboda cin zarafin rigar, Dida ya sami damarsa na farko ga manyan 'yan wasa a shekara 21 a cikin 1<unk>0 na Ecuador, kuma ya fara a Brazil 2<unk>0 nasara a kan Peru.