Roberto Carlos

Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha born 10 April 1973 commonly known as Roberto Carlos is a Brazilian former 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 offensiveminded leftback in the history of the game Carlos is also widely considered one of the greatest left backs in history and was also known as a free kick specialist throughout his careerhis bending shots have measured at over 105 miles per hour 169 kmh In 1997 he was runnerup 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 worlds greatest living players 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 Marca named him in their Best Foreign Eleven in Real Madrids 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 KoreaJapan He was named in the FIFA World Cup AllStar Team in 1998 and 2002 With 125 caps he has made the second most appearances for his national team Carlos took up management and was named as the manager of Sivasspor in the Turkish Süper Lig in June 2013 He resigned as head coach in December 2014 From January to June 2015 he was manager of Akhisarspor In July 2015 Carlos was appointed playermanager of Indian Super League club Delhi Dynamos From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia