Carlos Roberto de Oliveira, known as Roberto Dinamite, was a Brazilian footballer and politician.
18 Facts About Roberto Dinamite
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Roberto Dinamite was born in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state.
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At the national level, Roberto Dinamite played in the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cups and the 1972 Olympic Games.
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Roberto Dinamite was president of Vasco da Gama from 2008 to 2014.
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Roberto Dinamite was developed at Vasco da Gama youth squad.
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Roberto Dinamite is one of the most famous Vasco da Gama players, and is the club's greatest goal scorer.
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Roberto Dinamite scored 698 goals wearing the club's shirt and 864 goals in all his career.
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Roberto Dinamite was nicknamed Roberto Dinamite by the journalist Aparicio Pires, of Jornal dos Sports newspaper, after scoring a spectacular goal in his debut for the professional team, on 25 November 1971, against Internacional, at Maracana stadium.
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Roberto Dinamite helped Vasco da Gama win the 1974 Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A and the 1977 Campeonato Carioca before moving to Barcelona in 1979.
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Roberto Dinamite retired on 24 March 1993, when he was 39 years old.
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Roberto Dinamite earned 47 caps with the Brazil national team, between September 1975 and June 1984, scoring 25 goals, including matches against combined teams, and clubs.
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Roberto Dinamite played 38 matches against national teams, and scored 20 goals, and the nine other matches were against combined teams, and clubs, scoring five goals in those matches.
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Roberto Dinamite was a reserve player in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, scoring three goals.
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Roberto Dinamite was reserve player for Serginho in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, and was called by Tele Santana after Careca got injured.
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Roberto Dinamite played five Brazil Olympic team matches, all of them in 1972.
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Roberto Dinamite was a candidate to Vasco da Gama presidency in 2003 and in 2006.
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Roberto Dinamite was elected president of Vasco da Gama on 21 June 2008.
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Roberto Dinamite died of intestinal cancer in Rio de Janeiro on 8 January 2023, at the age of 68, after fighting against the disease since 2021.