Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha

Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha was born on April 10 1973 in Garca, Sao Paulo, Brazil. He was commonly known as Roberto Carlos and was a Brazilian Soccer Player.He was also part of the Brazil National team in three World Cups, helping the team reach the final in 1998 and winning the 2002 tournament.Roberto Carlos played for Spanish club Real Madrid for 11 years, winning four leagues, three UEFA Champions Leauge trophies, and two Intercontinental Cups. He is also one of only six players to have played more than 100 matches in the Champioc League, in February of 2008. He was second to countryman Ronaldo in the 1997 FIFA World Player of the Year award and was named as one of the top 125 greatest living soccer players by Pele in March 2004. For his Club Career Roberto Carlos played at Real Madrid C.F. for 11 seasons, pplaying a total of 584 matches and scoring 71 goals in all competitions. 370 of the matches were league matches, in which he scored 46 goals from his left-back position. He famously set up Zinedine Zidane to score the winner for Real Madrid to win the Champions League in 2002. In January 2006, he set a club record for the most league matches played by a non-Spanish born player by making his 330th appearence for Real Madrid. He broke the previous mark of 329 appearances held by Alfredo di Stefano. On 9 March 2007, he announced his decision to not renew his contract with Real Madrid. But in one of the last few games of the season in the dying seconds against Recreativo di Huelva, Fernando Gago  played a beautiful pass and Roberto Carlos slotted it home. As a result, Real Madrid were on course for their 30th La Liga  championship. He was linked with a move to Chelsea in the summer of 2006.

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