Brazil Football Star : Roberto Carlos
Roberto Carlos da Silva, better known as
Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian football coach and former player.
Standing at only 168 centimeters (5'6") he is known for his powerful
free kicks.
He
also held the unofficial world record for the hardest shot in football.
By many he is regarded as the best left back of
all-time.
Club Career
Roberto Carlos was born on the
10th of April 1973 in Garça, São Paulo.
He
began his career as a professional footballer at the Brazilian clubs
Palmeiras and União São João.
In 1995 he
went to Europe to Inter Milan, but there he was not used in his actual
position at left back. In 1996 he moved to Real
Madrid.
With Real Madrid, Roberto Carlos managed to win the UEFA Champions League three times (1998,
2000 and 2002), the subsequent Club World
Cup in 2002 and the League title four times (1997, 2001, 2003
and 2007).
For the 2007/08 season, he
moved to Fenerbahçe SK in the Turkish Süper Lig, where he signed a
two—year contract with an option
for another year. At Fenerbahçe he earned 4 million euros annually.
He extended
his contract with Fenerbahce in
September 2008 to early August 2010, as he drew the option for a further
year, but during the winter
break this contract was terminated. Carlos returned to his native
Brazil, where he played for SC
Corinthians.
In February 2011, Roberto
Carlos moved to Russian club, FK Anzhi Makhachkala. On the 1st of August
2012, Carlos gave a press conference in which he officially announced
the end of his playing career.
International Career
Between 1992 and 2006, Roberto
Carlos played for the Brazilian national team.
During the 2002 World Cup, which ended with the title win for
Brazil, he was one of the top performers of the Brazilian national
team. He was elected to the All-Star team by
FIFA.
Two days after the departure of
the Brazilian team in the 2006 World Cup in Germany against France, he announced his
retirement.
In total he played 125
international matches and scored
eleven goals.
Along with Cafu, he is one
of two players to appear in six international finals (Copa America
1995, 1997 and 1999 Confederations Cup 1997 and World Cup 1998 and
2002), of which he was able to win four.
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