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Roberto Carlos



(Born in 1973)

He played in the Brazilian clubs′ Unio San Juan "and" Palmeiras ", the Italian club Inter Milan. Since 1996, the club Real Madrid (Spain). Since 1995, advocates for the national team of Brazil.

Fans of Real Madrid CF and the Brazilian national team in every game expect from Roberto Carlos of his company passes to the left, beautiful feint and gun attacks on goal, often relay goals. Often, after the flanking aisles, always creating urgency, goals slaughter and its partners.

His miracle-naked, scored leverkuzenskogo Bayer′s final match in the European Champions League in 2002, Zidane, Roberto Carlos is required: like a hurricane that tore at his left side and against the defender, in an incredible way izvernuvshis, hung the ball in penalty, and he fell exactly on the leg Zizou, who inject it into the "nine".

And this despite the fact that, formally, Roberto Carlos plays on the left back spot and is responsible for the safety of their own gate. But the rapid and fantastically hard-working Brazilian time to everywhere and, it seems, never tires. For "Real", he became one of the most valuable acquisitions and the first soccer team of Brazil, wearing a T-shirt of the famous Club of Madrid.

Its Role spearhead and a lot of clogging defender Roberto Carlos has found another in his first club Unio San Juan suburb of Sao Paulo.

Photo: Roberto Carlos
Photo: "Roberto Carlos"
Himself as Roberto Carlos football breeders have found in the small town of Garza four hundred kilometers from Sao Paulo. The family was poor, Roberto and his three sisters were placed in one room. Toy for children were few, but at a very early age, Roberto started their own soccer ball, presented by her father, and, like all Brazilian boys, he from morning till night drove him to a vacant lot.

Even in the age of fourteen, Roberto Carlos played for the basic command "Unio" - first in the center of the field, but then the coach decided to take him to the protection, while at the same time to rapid incursions by alien gate. Coaches experiment was very successful, and on-site left-back Roberto Carlos was playing then and in all their other clubs.

At sixteen, Roberto made his debut in the youth national team of Brazil his age category. In eighteen - in the Olympic team. Two years later, he invited "Palmeiras" - club, a far more eminent than the "Unio. In his first match with "Sao Paulo" twenty left-back cast stadium in amazement, a powerful blow plunging the ball into the goal. Since torsida "Palmeiras" repeatedly applauded his Gholam, choked with a variety of distances. At the gates of the club Gremio, for example, one Roberto scored the ball, breaking suddenly goalkeeper from 35 meters.

Unfortunately, at the 1994 World Cup, when Brazil′s national team became the champion by winning the final match against Italy in a penalty series, Roberto Carlos did not get - on the spot while playing left-back Branco.

Photo: Roberto Carlos
Photo: "Roberto Carlos"
But a year later, together with the national team, Roberto participated in Copa America - Cup South American continent. And although the national team of Brazil in the final team lost Uruguay (ironically, also in a series of a penalty), Roberto Carlos, having played brilliantly all the matches in the twenty-two years has become a true soccer star.

Like many Brazilian players, he went on a football career in Europe. True, Inter Milan Brazilian spent only one season, scoring five goals, but did not find mutual understanding with partners. But in Real Madrid, where he appeared in 1996, Talent, Roberto Carlos opened fully.

Already in its third match for "Royal Club" left-back after a powerful blow to the rapid passage sent the ball into the goal Real Betis. Newspapers then enthusiastically wrote that the ball is sent to Roberto Carlos, was flying at a speed of 140 kilometers per hour, and that the Brazilian stometrovku runs in less than eleven seconds. Very soon, the Brazilian was one of the most popular players, Real Madrid. Also love the fans, he won not only a brilliant game on the field, courage and a thirst for victory, but continued gentle and benevolent, open and cheerful character.

Over the years spent at Real Madrid, Roberto Carlos has won everything he can to win the footballer, who plays for a European club.

Photo: Roberto Carlos
Photo: "Roberto Carlos"
He has three victories in the European Champions League - in 1998, 2000 and 2002. The two won the Intercontinental Cup - in 1998 and 2002. European Super Cup, won in 2002, not to mention the fact that together with "Real", he became the champion of the country three times and twice won the UEFA Cup.

In the national team of Brazil, Roberto Carlos, after the failure of 1995, has twice won the South American championship. But the World Cup 1998, held in France, he had no luck. Brazilians reached the final, where the hosts lost the championship - the French 0:3. Already in the first half two goals in the gate against Brazil scored Zinedine Zidane, who in the future to become a partner Roberto Carlos in the club Real Madrid. " The whole world is spared picture, where after the match, Roberto killed with air and exhausted sitting on the grass along with other players, Brazilians.

But at the next World Cup team in 2002 Brazil became the champion for the fifth time, and Roberto Carlos - in the first. At the championship, he remained true to himself, scoring a goal - opened the scoring in the match of group tournament with the national team of China, won by the Brazilians with a score of 4:0.

Wonder goals he continued to score regularly and after the World Cup.

Photo: Roberto Carlos
Photo: "Roberto Carlos"
Remember, for example, his goal in the first group round of the UEFA Champions League 2003-2004 in the match against Olympique de Marseille - Roberto Carlos in the summer at the ball and drove it into the "nine" after the overhang of David Beckham.

By the 2006 World Cup, Roberto Carlos was thirty three years. For the football player of his class, this time for football maturity and wisdom. What is he going to do after his playing career, while Roberto Carlos has not declared. But we know that at home, in Brazil, he plans to open several children′s football schools, where future stars, which are always in abundance gave rise to the Brazilian land, could do for free.

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