Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), a lot of usually acknowledged merely as Roberto Carlos, could be a Brazilian retired skilled athlete. He started his career in Brazil as a forward however spent most of his career as a left back and has been represented because of the “most offensive-minded left-back within the history of the game”.[3] Carlos is additionally wide thought of one amongst the most effective left backs in history.[4][5]
At club level, he joined Real Spanish capital in 1996 wherever he spent eleven extremely sure-fire seasons, taking part in 584 matches altogether competitions and grading seventy-one goals. At Real, he won four La Liga titles and therefore the UEFA Champions League 3 times. In Gregorian calendar month 2013, he was named by Marca as a member of the “Best Foreign Eleven in Real Madrid’s History”.[6] In August 2012, he declared his retirement from soccer at the age of thirty-nine.[7]
Roberto Carlos started taking part in for the Brazil national team in 1992. He vies in 3 World Cups, serving to the team reach the ultimate in 1998 in France, and win the 2002 tournament in Korea/Japan. He was named within the FIFA tourney All-Star Team in 1998 and 2002. With one hundred twenty-five caps he has created the second most appearances for his national team.[8]
Roberto Carlos took up management and was named because of the head coach of Sivasspor within the Turkish Süper Lig in June 2013.[9] He resigned as head coach in December 2014.[10] In July 2015, he was appointed a player/manager of Indian Super League club urban center Dynamos.[11]
He was nicknamed El Hombre Bala (“The Bullet Man”) thanks to his powerful bending free kicks, that are measured at over 105 miles per hour (169 km/h).[12] he’s additionally acknowledged for his stamina, running speed, technical skills, crossing ability,[13][14] long throw-ins and 24-inch (61 cm) thighs.[12] In 1997, he was a competitor within the FIFA World Player of the Year. He was chosen on the FIFA world cup Dream Team, and in 2004 was named by Pelé within the FIFA 100 list of the world’s greatest living players.[15][16]
