Former Brazilian player sending down large strip (4)
I believe the answer is:
peel
'strip' is the definition.
(peeling is a kind of stripping)
'former brazilian player sending down large' is the wordplay.
'former brazilian player sending down' becomes 'pee' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'large' becomes 'L' (eg in clothes sizes).
'pee'+'l'='PEEL'
(Other definitions for peel that I've seen before include "island" , "See 4 and 22" , "PM once; remove skin" , "Young swimmer" , "Take skin off fruit" .)