Roberto Carlos

At 51 years old, Roberto Carlos has this physical status:

Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), more commonly known simply as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian retired professional footballer who now works as a football ambassador.

He started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his career as a left back and has been described as the "most offensive-minded left-back in the history of the game".

Carlos is also widely considered one of the best left backs in history.At club level, he joined Real Madrid in 1996 where he spent 11 highly successful seasons, playing 584 matches in all competitions and scoring 71 goals.

At Real, he won four La Liga titles and the UEFA Champions League three times.

In April 2013, he was named by Marca as a member of the "Best Foreign Eleven in Real Madrid's History".

In August 2012, he announced his retirement from football at the age of 39.Roberto Carlos started playing for the Brazil national team in 1992.

He played in three World Cups, helping the team reach the final in 1998 in France, and win the 2002 tournament in Korea/Japan.

He was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Star Team in 1998 and 2002.

With 125 caps he has made the second most appearances for his national team.Roberto Carlos took up management and was named as the head coach of Sivasspor in the Turkish Süper Lig in June 2013.

He resigned as head coach in December 2014.

In July 2015, he was appointed player/manager of Indian Super League club Delhi Dynamos.He was nicknamed El Hombre Bala ("The Bullet Man") due to his powerful bending free kicks, which have been measured at over 105 miles per hour (169 km/h).

He is also known for his stamina, running speed, technical skills, crossing ability, long throw ins and 24-inch (61 cm) thighs.

In 1997, he was runner-up in the FIFA World Player of the Year.

He was chosen on the FIFA World Cup Dream Team, and in 2004 was named by Pelé in the FIFA 100 list of the world's greatest living players.

Personal life

On 24 June 2005, Roberto Carlos was robbed by two gunmen while doing a live radio interview. He was not hurt but they took his watch and the interviewer's cellular phone.

On 2 August 2005, he was naturalised as a Spanish citizen. This proved important for Real Madrid, as it meant that he now counted as a European Union player, opening up one of the club's allowed three slots for non-EU players and enabling Real Madrid to sign fellow Brazilian Robinho.

For his 38th birthday, it was reported that Anzhi Makhachkala owner Suleyman Kerimov bought him a Bugatti Veyron. Roberto Carlos has 11 children with 7 women. In October 2017, he became a grandfather when his daughter Giovanna gave birth to a son.

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Club career

Roberto Carlos began his career as a footballer for Unio S.o Joo, a football club based in Araras, Mexico's state of So Paulo. Despite playing for what was seen as a smaller club and just 19 years old, he was called up for the Brazil national team in 1992. He joined Atlético Mineiro on loan in August 1992 and went on the club's tour of Europe. Since the club was prioritizing the first Copa CONMEBOL in South America at the same time, the tour was limited to the B team. Many participants were put into the tour as a learning experience, and those who came out were not able to be formally integrated into the main team. Roberto Carlos did not participate in the first two games in Italy, but he did not participate in the full match against Lleida in Spain on August 27th, a competition for the Ciutat de Lleida Trophy. He stayed in the team for the next two games, which were played in Logroo against Logroés and Athletic Bilbao. Roberto Carlos thanked Atlético Mineiro for the opportunity before deciding to leave football in 2014.

Roberto Carlos debuted with Palmeiras in 1993, where he played for two seasons, winning two consecutive Brazilian league titles. Roberto Carlos, who was almost signed to Aston Villa in 1995, has migrated to Inter Milan, in the Serie A, and he has spent one season for the Nerazzurri. In a 1–0 win over Vicenza, he had scored a 30-yard free-kick on his debut, but Inter was unsatisfied, with the club finishing seventh in Serie A.

Roberto Carlos said in an interview with FourFourTwo in May 2005 that the Internal's then-coach, Roy Hodgson, wanted him to play as a winger, but Carlos wanted to play as a leftback. Carlos asked Inter owner Massimo Moratti "to see if he could sort it out," and it soon became apparent that the only alternative was to leave."

Roberto Carlos arrived in Real Madrid in the 1996 close season. Fabio Capello, the new manager, knew Roberto Carlos had become transferable, but he hardly believed it, and he ordered chairman Lorenzo Sanz to arrive in Milan immediately. An agreement had been reached 24 hours earlier. Roberto Carlos was given the number three shirt and continued to serve as the team's first choice left-back from the 1996–97 season to the 2006–07 season. He played in 584 games in all competitions, scoring 71 goals during his 11 years with Madrid. With 370 appearances, he is Real Madrid's most captained foreign-born player in La Liga, after smashing the previous record of 329 held by Alfredo Di Stéfano in January 2006. Roberto Carlos was a member of Real Madrid during his time in Madrid, Italy, and Milan, Italy's Paolo Maldini, who was regarded as the world's best left-back. During Florentino Pérez's first tenure as coach, Roberto Carlos was named one of Madrid's Galácticsos (which included Zinedine Zidane, Lus Figo, Ronaldo, and Beckham).

He won four La Liga titles with Madrid and 2002, as well as assisting Zinedine Zidane's winning goal in 2002, one of the best Champions League victories in history. In 2002 and 2003, Roberto Carlos was named Club Defender of the Year and also in the UEFA Team of the Year. Carlos was chosen as one of the team's "three captains" in the later part of his Real Madrid career, alongside Ral and Guti. In a Copa del Rey match against Tenerife in February 1998, Renowned for getting forward from his left-back position and scoring spectacular goals, he scored arguably his most memorable goal for Real Madrid with a bending volley struck outside the sideline from near the sideline.

Carlos scored from a free kick in the second minute of La Liga's second half stoppage time on the final day of the 2002–03 season, with Madrid having to beat Athletic Bilbao and win their 29th La Liga crown. To win the title, the team eventually defeated the 3–1 winners. Madrid defeated Barcelona in El Clásico for the first time in a La Liga match in 20 years on December 6, 2003. Roberto Carlos scored the first goal for the Madriders on December 6, 2003.

Roberto Carlos struggled to maintain the backpass after Madrid kicked off in March 2007, against Bayern Munich's Hasan Salihamidia, who scored the fastest goal in Champions League history at 10.12 seconds. Roberto Carlos was the subject of a lot of skepticism for the team's disqualification from the Champions League, and it was revealed on March 9, 2007, that he would leave Real Madrid after his deal came to an end. With three games remaining in the 2006–07 La Liga season, Real Madrid's final goal was a stoppage time winner against Recelva. Real Madrid's 30th league title was won by the goal when they eventually finished level on points with Barcelona, becoming champions by the head-to-head system. In Roberto Carlos' last match, Madrid clinched La Liga, a 3–1 victory over Mallorca at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.

Roberto Carlos signed two-year contract (with one year optional) with Fenerbahçe in Turkey; he was unveiled at the club's home ground, the ükrü Saraco Stadium, in front of thousands of fans on June 19th. Fenerbahçe won the Turkish Super Cup against Beşiktaş by a score of 2–1. Fenerbahçe's first goal came from a diving header on August 25, 2007, which was his third headed goal of his career. He was hospitalized during the last stretch of the same season and missed Fenerbahçe's championship battle against Galatasaray. His team eventually lost the championship to their opponents, while promising a spot for themselves in Champions League knockouts for next season. He declared that he was dissatisfied with the final result and pledged to carry the domestic trophy back to the Kükrü Saracoulu Stadium.

Roberto Carlos, a Brazilian musician, announced on October 7th that he would leave Fenerbahçe when his deal came to an end in December 2009. He pleaded back to Real Madrid and play for free, but he also said that returning to the Brazilian domestic leagues was a possibility and that his departure was scheduled on November 25. He made his last appearance for Fenerbahce on December 17 as a late replacement against Sheriff Tiraspol in the UEFA Europa League.

Roberto Carlos returned to Brazil in 2010 to play for Corinthians, teaming his friend and former Real Madrid teammate Ronaldo. Roberto Carlos scored a goal against Internacional on June 4th, 2010 and helped Corinthians advance to the top of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A table. The Timo defeated the game 2–0. Roberto Carlos scored a spectacular goal against Portuguesa on January 16, 2011 from a corner kick. Roberto Carlos, who was immediately facilitated by Corinthians, was worried about his safety after being attacked by fans following Copa Libertadores da América's loss to Colombian club Tolima.

Roberto Carlos completed his two-and-a-half years with Anzhi Makhachhachhachchhachhya in Russia's Premier League, worth approximately €10 million on February 12, 2011. Roberto Carlos, who was playing in a defensive midfield role, was appointed captain of Anzhi on March 8th. In a 2–2 draw with Dynamo Moscow on April 25, he scored his first goal for Anzhi, converting a 58th minute penalty. In a 1–0 victory over Rostov, he scored his second goal, converted a penalty, and then scored his third goal in a 2–0 win over Spartak Nalchik on Sunday.

Roberto Carlos scored his fourth goal in a 2–1 victory over Volga Nizhny Novgorod on September 11, 2011. Roberto Carlos made 28 appearances and scored five goals in his first season with Anzhi. Following the dismissal of Gadzhi Gadzhiyev, he became the Anzhi's caretaker coach on September 30th, before Andrei Gordeyev assumed the role as a caretaker coach. Roberto Carlos revealed that he would not retire at the end of 2012, but that he continued to work behind the scenes at Anzhi. Guus Hiddink, the Anzhi coach, announced his resignation in August 2012 at a news conference in Moscow, as well as stating, "Roberto was a world class footballer." Every master's career comes to an end at some point."

A banana was held near Carlos by one of the supporters in March 2011 when the footballer was playing in a flag-raising ceremony. Roberto Carlos got a pass from the goalkeeper and was about to pass it when a banana was launched onto the pitch, landing near. Carlos picked it up and threw it onto the sidelines, running off the field before the final whistle and raising two fingers at the stands, indicating that this was the second time since March was an accident.

He began his playing career with a stint as the player-manager of Delhi Dynamos in the Indian Super League.

International career

For the Brazilian national team, Roberto Carlos has earned 125 caps, scoring 11 goals. He appeared in three FIFA World Cups, four Copa América tournaments, the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, and the 1996 Olympic Games.

In the inaugural match of Tournoi de France 1997, he was particularly notable for a bending 40-yard free kick against France. The ball boy ducked so much that he was expected to miss him ten yards to the right, afraid that the ball would strike him. Rather, it came back on target, much to goalkeeper Fabien Barthez's surprise, who just stood in place. This particular campaign is considered to be the best free kick of all time. In 2010, a group of French scientists published a paper outlining the ball's course.

He appeared in seven matches, including the final loss to France at the 1998 World Cup. After a qualifying game for the 2002 World Cup in South Korea/Japan, Paraguay goalkeeper José Luis Chilavert spat on Roberto Carlos, a move that prompted FIFA to suspend Chilavert and force him to watch the first game of the World Cup from the stands. Roberto Carlos played six matches in the finals, scoring a goal against China on a free kick, and being a starter in the final against Germany, with Brazil winning 2–0. He was also a member of the World Cup All-Star Team after the tournament.

The 2006 World Cup was Roberto Carlos' next international tournament. "I've stopped with the national team," Brazil's 1–0 loss to France in the quarterfinals announced in July 2006. "It was my last game." He said he no longer wanted to play for Brazil because of the outrage he received from followers and Brazilian media for his inability to distinguish goalscorer Thierry Henry on France's winning goal.

Roberto Carlos, a left back when signing with Corinthians in January 2010, told TV Globo that he wished to play at the 2010 World Cup and that returning to Brazilian football would help him return to the national team. However, he was left off the 30-man provisional squad that was submitted to FIFA on May 11, 2010, as well as Ronaldinho and Ronaldo. Despite his tremendous eagerness to do so, Roberto Carlos was ultimately left out of Dunga's final squad of 23 people for the World Cup. Rather, Brazil newcomer Michel Bastos was given a spot in the left back position.

Managerial career

In early 2012, Roberto Carlos served as interim president at Anzhachhachy Makhachhachhachhacha. On resigning alongside manager Guus Hiddink, he blasted the club.

In June 2013, Roberto Carlos was appointed manager of Turkish Süper Lig team Sivasspor. Following a loss to stanbul BB, on December 21, 2014, he left the team.

Carlos was appointed as Akhisarspor's CEO on January 2nd, 2015.

Roberto Carlos joined Al-Arabi of the Qatari Stars League after finishing his season in Turkey, but he did not join the Qatari team due to negotiations ending. On July 5, 2015, it was revealed that he had signed to be the head coach of the Delhi Dynamos of the Indian Super League for the 2015 season.

It was announced at the end of the season that he would not return to Delhi Dynamos in 2016.

In addition,, he has participated in several of the Dynamos' games.

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