Editing Roberto Carlos (section)

==International career==
[[File:Roberto Carlos.JPG|thumb|left|upright|Roberto Carlos in 2006 with the [[Brazil national football team|Brazil national team]]]]
Roberto Carlos amassed 125 [[Cap (sport)|caps]], scoring 11 goals for the [[Brazil national football team|Brazilian national team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/braz-recintlp.html |title=Brazil – Record International Players |work=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=1 May 2012}}</ref> He represented Brazil at three [[FIFA World Cup]]s, four [[Copa América]] tournaments, the [[1997 FIFA Confederations Cup]] and the [[Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|1996 Olympic Games]].

[[File:Banana-shape shoot-fr.svg|thumb|Roberto Carlos's 'banana shot' from 40 yards out against France in [[1997 Tournoi de France]]<ref name="Ducked">{{cite news |title=Roberto Carlos' brilliant Brazil free-kick against France remembered  |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10899358/roberto-carlos-brilliant-brazil-free-kick-against-france-remembered |access-date=17 December 2020 |agency=[[Sky Sports]]|quote=A full 40 yards from France's goal [...]. A ball-boy could be seen ducking as he braced himself for impact, but with an arcing trajectory like a banana, the ball somehow swerved back the other way, clipping the post as it whistled past the motionless Barthez and into the net.}}</ref>]]
He is especially famous for a bending 40-yard [[Direct free kick|free kick]] against France in the inaugural match of [[Tournoi de France (1997)|Tournoi de France 1997]] on 3 June 1997. The ball [[Curl (association football)|curled]] so much that the [[ball boy]] ten yards to the right ducked instinctively, thinking that the ball would hit him.<ref name="Ducked"/> Instead, it curled back on target, much to the surprise of goalkeeper [[Fabien Barthez]], who just stood in place. This particular attempt has been considered to be the greatest free kick of all time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roberto Carlos – The Greatest Free Kick Of All Time|url=http://www.greatestsportingmoments.com/roberto-carlos-the-greatest-kick-of-all-time/|website=Greatestsportingmoments.com|access-date=10 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706141326/http://www.greatestsportingmoments.com/roberto-carlos-the-greatest-kick-of-all-time/|archive-date=6 July 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37475858/physics-impossible-strike |title=Roberto Carlos' Brazil free kick in 1997: The physics behind 'impossible' strike |publisher=ESPN FC |last1=De Laurentiis |first1=Francisco |last2=Gabriel |first2=Joao |date=2 June 2017 |access-date=8 April 2020 }}</ref> In 2010, a team of French scientists produced a paper explaining the trajectory of the ball.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gill |first=Victoria |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11153466 |title=Roberto Carlos wonder goal 'no fluke', say physicists |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=2 September 2010 |access-date=1 May 2012}}</ref>

At the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 World Cup]], he played seven matches, including the [[1998 FIFA World Cup Final|final]] loss to [[France national football team|France]]. After a qualifying game for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002 World Cup]] which was held in South Korea/Japan, [[Paraguay national football team|Paraguay]] goalkeeper [[José Luis Chilavert]] spat on Roberto Carlos, an action which caused [[FIFA]] to give Chilavert a three-match suspension and forced him to watch the first game of the World Cup from the stands. Roberto Carlos played six matches in the finals, scoring a goal from a free kick against [[China national football team|China]], and was a starter in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup Final|final]] against [[Germany national football team|Germany]], with Brazil winning 2–0. After the tournament, he was also included in the [[FIFA World Cup awards#All-Star Team|World Cup All-Star Team]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup2002/hi/other_news/newsid_2071000/2071344.stm "Campbell makes the World Cup All star team"]. BBC. Retrieved 3 June 2014</ref> Roberto Carlos later referred to the 2002 World Cup winning team as a “band of brothers together”, and mentioned that the squad had a [[WhatsApp]] group and still talked regularly.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/13/blood-brothers-roberto-carlos-ronaldo-brazil-world-cup "‘Blood brothers’: Roberto Carlos on the day he saved Ronaldo’s life"]. The Guardian. Retrieved 13 Nov 2022</ref>

Roberto Carlos's next international tournament was the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]]. In July 2006, after Brazil's 1–0 defeat to France in the quarter-finals, he announced his retirement from the national team, saying, "I've stopped with the national team. It was my last game."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/brazil/5143004.stm|title=Carlos quits international scene|publisher=BBC Sport|date=3 July 2006}}</ref> He said he no longer wanted to play for Brazil because of the criticism he faced from fans and Brazilian media for his failure to mark goalscorer [[Thierry Henry]] on France's winning goal.<ref name="play">{{cite news|url=http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/worldcup/story/Roberto-Carlos-still-wants-to-play-at-WC|title=Roberto Carlos still wants to play at World Cup|date=10 January 2010|work=[[Fox Soccer]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>

Upon signing with [[Sport Club Corinthians Paulista|Corinthians]] in January 2010, Roberto Carlos told [[Rede Globo|TV Globo]] that he hoped to play at the [[2010 FIFA World Cup|2010 World Cup]] and believed his return to Brazilian football may help him return to the national team, as manager [[Dunga]] had yet to settle on a left back.<ref name="play"/> However, he was left off the 30-man provisional squad that was submitted to FIFA on 11 May 2010, along with [[Ronaldinho]] and Ronaldo.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/sportscenter/post/_/id/51078/in-case-you-missed-it-the-day-in-sports-92|title=In Case You Missed It: The Day In Sports|date=11 May 2010|publisher=[[ESPN]]}}</ref> Despite his deep desire to do so, Roberto Carlos was ultimately not named in Dunga's final squad of 23 for the Brazilian squad for the World Cup. Instead, Brazil newcomer [[Michel Bastos]] earned a spot for the left back position.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/preview?id=264067&cc=5739&ver=global|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618074454/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/preview?id=264067&cc=5739&ver=global|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 June 2010|title=Selecao seek a style change|date=15 June 2010|work=ESPN Soccernet}}</ref>