Roberto Carlos (footballer, born 1971)

Roberto Carlos

Personal information
Full name	Roberto Carlos dos Santos
Date of birth	(1971-01-27) 27 January 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Ocara, Brazil
Position(s)	Left Back
Team information
Current team	Maranguape (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1998	Ceará		(3)
	Ferroviário
2001	Tiradentes-CE
	Quixadá
	4 de Julho
	Potiguar Mossoró
	Atlético Cajazeiras
2002	Botafogo-PB
	Rio Branco-SP
	Atlético Goianiense
2004–2005	Horizonte
Managerial career
2004–2010	Horizonte (assistant)
2011–2014	Horizonte
2015	Itapipoca
2015	Sousa
2016–2017	Horizonte
2017	Uniclinic
2017–2018	Iguatu
2018	Caucaia
2018–2019	Iguatu
2019	Sousa
2019	Tiradentes-CE
2019–2020	Horizonte
2020–2021	Pacajus
2022	Caucaia
2022	Atlético Cearense
2023	Caucaia
2024–	Maranguape
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roberto Carlos dos Santos (born 27 January 1971), known as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian football coach and former player who played as a right back. He is the current head coach of Maranguape.

Playing career

Roberto Carlos was born in Ocara, Ceará, and began his career in 1989. He represented Ceará, Ferroviário, Tiradentes-CE, Quixadá, 4 de Julho, Potiguar de Mossoró, Atlético de Cajazeiras, Botafogo-PB, Rio Branco-SP, Atlético Goianiense. He retired from professional football in 2002, aged 31.

Managerial career

In 2004, Roberto Carlos joined Horizonte as an assistant manager, but also played for the side due to the lack of players. In 2006, he stopped playing to become a full-time assistant manager of the side, and remained in the role until February 2011, when he was named manager of the club. ^[1]

On 26 November 2014, after nearly ten years at the club, Roberto Carlos left Horizonte to take over Itapipoca. ^[2] On 5 February 2015, he was named in charge of Sousa. ^[3] He was sacked by the latter on 24 April. ^[4]

Roberto Carlos returned to Horizonte for the 2016 season, but was sacked in January 2017. ^[5] On 10 February of that year, he was appointed Uniclinic manager. ^[6]

Roberto Carlos finished the 2017 in charge of Iguatu, and won the Campeonato Cearense Série B of that year. ^[7] He left the club after the Campeonato Cearense ended, and was named manager of Caucaia on 13 April 2018. ^[8]

Roberto Carlos returned to Iguatu in June 2018, but was dismissed the following 20 January. ^[9] The following day, he returned to Sousa, ^[10] but left in March after the club's elimination in the Campeonato Paraibano. He was subsequently named in charge of Tiradentes, but was sacked on 22 May 2019. ^[11]

On 1 December 2021, Roberto Carlos returned to Caucaia. ^[12] He led the side to the second position of the 2022 Campeonato Cearense before returning to Uniclinic on 26 April 2022, with the club now named Atlético Cearense. ^[13]

Roberto Carlos was sacked on 20 July 2022, with Atlético in the last position in the third division. ^[14]

Honours

Manager

Horizonte

• Copa Fares Lopes: 2011

Iguatu

• Campeonato Cearense Série B: 2017

References

1. "De jogador a 'professor', Roberto Carlos faz história no Horizonte" [From player to 'teacher', Roberto Carlos makes history at Horizonte] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
2. "Após dez anos no Horizonte, técnico Roberto Carlos assume o Itapipoca" [After ten years at Horizonte, manager Roberto Carlos takes over Itapipoca] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
3. "Diretoria do Sousa age rápido e confirma a contratação do treinador cearense Roberto Carlos" [Sousa's board act quickly and confirm the signing of cearense manager Roberto Carlos] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Esporte do Vale. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
4. "Sousa demite técnico Roberto Carlos, efetiva auxiliar e perde dois jogadores" [Sousa sack manager Roberto Carlos, permanently appoint assistant and lose two players] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
5. "Cearense: Horizonte troca técnico 'cantor' por retranqueiro Leandro Campos" [Cearense: Horizonte change 'singer' manager by defensive Leandro Campos] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
6. "Uniclinic demite técnico Vladimir de Jesus e contrata Roberto Carlos" [Uniclinic sack manager Vladimir de Jesus and sign Roberto Carlos] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
7. "Iguatu quer fazer história em seu retorno na elite do futebol cearense" [Iguatu want to make history in their return to the elite of the cearense football] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebolês. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
8. "ESSE É O CARA! Roberto Carlos é o novo treinador do Caucaia Esporte Clube" [THIS IS THE MAN! Roberto Carlos is the new manager of Caucaia Esporte Clube]. Caucaia EC (in Brazilian Portuguese). Facebook. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
9. "Roberto Carlos está fora do Iguatu, mas já acertou com clube da Paraíba" [Roberto Carlos is out of Iguatu, but already agreed with a Paraíba club] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Badalo. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
10. "Roberto Carlos está de volta ao comando técnico do Sousa" [Roberto Carlos is back in charge of Sousa] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
11. "'Estou tentando saber o que foi', disse Roberto Carlos após ser demitido do Tiradentes" ['I am trying to know what happened', said Roberto Carlos after being sacked by Tiradentes] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Badalo. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
12. "Roberto Carlos retorna ao comando técnico do Caucaia" [Roberto Carlos returns in charge of Caucaia] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Futebol Cearense. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
13. "Roberto Carlos é novo treinador do Atlético-CE" [Roberto Carlos is the new manager of Atlético-CE] (in Brazilian Portuguese). ge. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
14. "Atlético Cearense anuncia a saída do técnico Roberto Carlos" [Atlético Cearense announce the departure of manager Roberto Carlos] (in Brazilian Portuguese). GCMais. 20 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

External links

• Official website (in Brazilian Portuguese)
• Roberto Carlos coach profile at Soccerway