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<?php $json = '{ "player_id" : 125, "player_name" : "J\u00c3\u0083\u00c2\u00balio C\u00c3...", "player_country" : "35", "player_country_name" : "Brazil", "player_team" : "Brasil", "player_role" : "Goalkeeper", "player_price" : 0, "substitute" : 0, "captain" : 1, "vice_captain" : 0 }'; $arr = json_decode($json); print_r($arr);

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