Editing Roberto Carlos (section)

{{Short description|Brazilian footballer (born 1973)}}
{{other people}}
{{Portuguese name|da Silva|Rocha}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| image = LS3 1288 (53332367864) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Roberto Carlos in 2023
| full_name = Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha<ref name="wf">{{Worldfootball.net|roberto-carlos}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1973|04|10}}
| birth_place = [[Garça]], [[São Paulo]], Brazil
| height = 1.68 m<ref name="wf"/>
| position = [[Left-back]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 1988–1991
| youthclubs1 = [[União São João Esporte Clube|União São João]]
| years1 = 1991–1993
| clubs1 = [[União São João Esporte Clube|União São João]]
| caps1 = 21
| goals1 = 3
| years2 = 1992–1993
| clubs2 = → [[Clube Atlético Mineiro|Atlético Mineiro]] (loan)
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1993–1995
| clubs3 = [[Palmeiras]]
| caps3 = 44
| goals3 = 3
| years4 = 1995–1996
| clubs4 = [[Inter Milan]]
| caps4 = 30
| goals4 = 5
| years5 = 1996–2007
| clubs5 = [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]]
| caps5 = 372
| goals5 = 48
| years6 = 2007–2009
| clubs6 = [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football)|Fenerbahçe]]
| caps6 = 65
| goals6 = 6
| years7 = 2010–2011
| clubs7 = [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]]
| caps7 = 35
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2011–2012
| clubs8 = [[FC Anzhi Makhachkala|Anzhi Makhachkala]]
| caps8 = 25
| goals8 = 4
| years9 = 2015–2016
| clubs9 = [[Delhi Dynamos FC|Delhi Dynamos]]
| caps9 = 3
| goals9 = 0
| totalcaps = 593
| totalgoals = 69
| nationalyears1 = 1996
| nationalteam1 = [[Brazil national under-23 football team|Brazil U23]]
| nationalcaps1 = 6
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1992–2006
| nationalteam2 = [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]
| nationalcaps2 = 125
| nationalgoals2 = 10
| manageryears1 = 2012
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Anzhi Makhachkala|Anzhi Makhachkala]] (coach)
| manageryears2 = 2013–2014
| managerclubs2 = [[Sivasspor]]
| manageryears3 = 2015
| managerclubs3 = [[Akhisar Belediyespor|Akhisarspor]]
| manageryears4 = 2015
| managerclubs4 = [[Odisha FC|Delhi Dynamos]]
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[Association football|Football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|BRA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 Korea/Japan]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 France]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup|1997 Saudi Arabia]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1999 FIFA Confederations Cup|1999 Mexico]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Copa América]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1997 Copa América|1997 Bolivia]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[1999 Copa América|1999 Paraguay]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1995 Copa América|1995 Uruguay]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]]|[[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA U-20 World Cup|FIFA U–20 World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1991 FIFA World Youth Championship|1991 Portugal]]|}}
}} 
'''Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha''' (born 10 April 1973), often known as '''Roberto Carlos''' and sometimes '''''RC3'''''{{refn|group=note|name=name|An [[abbreviation]] of his initials and common shirt number.<ref name ="The Beautiful Game 1" /><ref name ="The Beautiful Game 2" />}}, is a Brazilian former professional [[association football|footballer]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newsroom.airasia.com/news/2018/3/23/roberto-carlos-is-airasias-new-global-ambassador|title=Roberto Carlos is AirAsia's new global ambassador|website=AirAsia Newsroom|date=23 March 2018 }}</ref> He has been described as the "most offensive-minded left-back in the history of the game",<ref name="Most Bonito">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/04/sports/playmagazine/04brazil.html?pagewanted=2|title=Most Bonito|date=4 June 2006|work=The New York Times}}</ref> and one of the greatest full-backs in history.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014313/http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/222/542/7/ "Roberto Carlos: Brazil have a great chance"]. ''[[FIFA]].com''. 28 November 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=4 March 2004 |title=Pele's list of the greatest |publisher=BBC Sport |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3533891.stm |access-date=15 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=6 greatest full-backs of all time |publisher=SportsKeeda |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/6-greatest-full-backs-time-maldini-roberto-carlos |access-date=29 April 2023}}</ref> In 1997, he was runner-up in the [[FIFA World Player of the Year]]. He is primarily known for his long career at [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] and constant presence in the Brazilian national team.

He started his career in Brazil as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] but spent most of his career as a [[left-back]]. At club level, Roberto Carlos joined [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] from [[Inter Milan]] in 1996 to spend 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, ''[[Marca (newspaper)|Marca]]'' named him in their "Best Foreign Eleven in [[History of Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid's History]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.marca.com/2013/04/11/en/football/real_madrid/1365709938.html|title=The best foreign eleven in Real Madrid's history|date=12 April 2013|publisher=Marca.com}}</ref> He is one of the few players to have made over [[List of men's footballers with the most official appearances|1,100 professional career appearances]] at club and international level.

Roberto Carlos made his debut for the [[Brazil national football team|Brazil national team]] in 1992. He played in three [[FIFA World Cup|World Cups]], helping the team reach [[1998 FIFA World Cup Final|the final]] in [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]] in France, and win the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 tournament]] in South Korea and Japan. He was named in the [[FIFA World Cup All-Star Team]] in 1998 and 2002. With Brazil he is especially known for a bending 40-yard free kick against [[France national football team|France]] in the inaugural match of [[Tournoi de France (1997)|Tournoi de France 1997]]. With 125 caps he has made the [[Brazil national football team#Most capped players|fourth-most appearances for his national team]].<ref>[https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/braz-recintlp.html "Appearances for Brazil National Team"]. Rsssf.com. Retrieved 12 June 2018</ref> He was chosen on the [[FIFA World Cup Dream Team]] in a 2002 [[FIFA]] poll.

He took up management and was named as the manager of [[Sivasspor]] in the Turkish [[Süper Lig]] in June 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/story/1467826/roberto-carlos-named-sivasspor-boss |title=Roberto Carlos named Sivasspor boss |publisher=ESPN |date=4 June 2013 |access-date=24 December 2014 }}</ref> He resigned as head coach in December 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/brazils-roberto-carlos-quits-turkeys-sivasspor-145528668--sow.html? |title=Brazil's Roberto Carlos quits Turkey's Sivasspor |publisher=Yahoo! Sports |date=21 December 2014 |access-date=24 December 2014 }}</ref> From January to June 2015, he was manager of [[Akhisar Belediyespor|Akhisarspor]]. Although he announced his retirement from playing at the age of 39 in 2012,<ref name="retire">[https://web.archive.org/web/20140606214131/http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/167/446/5/index.html "Roberto Carlos retirement confirmed"]. FIFA. Retrieved 2 June 2014</ref> he briefly came out of retirement in 2015 when he was appointed player/manager of [[Indian Super League]] club [[Delhi Dynamos FC|Delhi Dynamos]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/33466552 |title=Roberto Carlos: Former Brazil left-back named Delhi player-manager |publisher=BBC Sport |date=9 July 2015}}</ref>