 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Vampeta akaita nhabvu yake yepasi rose yeBrazil mumutambo wehushamwari neFR Yugoslavia musi wa23 Gunyana 1998. Akabva ava mutambi wenguva dzose weBrazil, achidanwa ku1999 Copa América, 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup uye 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. Aivewo muchikwata cheBrazil chakahwina mukombe weWorld Cup muna 2002, kunyangwe hazvo akangoita chimiro chimwe chete panguva yemakwikwi. Muzvose akaonekwa 39 kuBrazil pakati pe1998 ne2002, achiwana zvibodzwa zviviri. 