can you give me some player facts?

Question

i would appreciate some facts about Roberto Carlos? thanks!

Answer 1

Date of birth: 10 April 1973
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 70 kg
Position: Defender
Current Club: Real Madrid (ESP)
Int'l Goals: 11 (as of 13-Jun-2006)
Int'l Caps: 121 (as of 13-Jun-2006)
First Int'l Cap: Brazil v. USA (26-Feb-1992)

Club History
1991-1992 União São João
1993-1995 Palmeiras
1995-1996 Internazionale (ITA)
Since 1996 Real Madrid (ESP)

Profile
With his cannon-like left-foot strike and incredible lung capacity, Roberto Carlos is a physical phenomenon, capable of spending the entire game tearing up the flank to support the attack without neglecting his defensive duties. There can be little doubt that the flying left-back is one of Brazil’s greatest-ever players.
Roberto Carlos da Silva was born on 10 April 1973 in the town of Garcas, situated inland of Sao Paulo, on a coffee plantation. The youngster was given his first ball at the age of three, and just five years later he was already playing men’s football in his father’s team. In 1981, having moved to Cordeiropolis with his family, Roberto Carlos was invited to join city side Jogos Abertos do Interior.

His professional career began in 1988 for Uniao Sao Joao de Araras, where he would spend four years in their second-team, having swiftly come up through the youth ranks. In 1990, Roberto Carlos was selected for Brazil’s junior side, under the watchful eye of Ernesto Paulo, and was part of the team that took second place at the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1991. He was also involved in the Brazil side that failed to qualify for the Olympic Games in Barcelona 1992.

On the back of his performances for the Seleção, he made the left-back role in the Uniao first-team his own in 1992, before being sold to Palmeiras that same year.

Italian move
Roberto Carlos’s quest for honours would begin in earnest at O Verdão (The Greens), where he helped his side to two Brazilian titles, two Paulista championships and one Rio-Sao Paulo Cup. In 1995, the full-back earned a transfer to big-spending Serie A side Inter Milan, although he would be on the move again less than a year later as Spanish giants Real Madrid secured for his signature. In a trophy-laden spell at the Bernabeu, where he still plays, Roberto Carlos has won three UEFA Champions League titles (1998, 2000 and 2002) and two Toyota Intercontinental Cups (1998 and 2002), among a host of other honours.

His debut for the full Brazilian national team came in 1993 under Carlos Alberto Parreira, but the young defender missed out on a place at USA 94, where the Auriverde claimed their fourth FIFA World Cup™ crown. Things were quite different four years later, as the left-back played a starring role alongside Ronaldo and Rivaldo at France 98.

Having survived the backlash that followed the final defeat on French soil, Roberto Carlos remained the undisputed number one in his position at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea/Japan, playing a key role in Brazil’s fifth FIFA World Cup win.

Roberto Carlos’s career has also been replete with individual awards. In 1997 he was voted the second-best player in the world by FIFA, and a year later he won the eighth edition of the EFE Trophy, awarded by the Spanish news agency to the Ibero-American player of the year.

The samba star’s fabled left-foot has left an indelible mark on football history. Capable of thunderous attempts on goal reaching speeds of more than 110 km/h, one particular free-kick will live long in the memory. During an international tournament in France in 1997, Carlos let fly with a set-piece from well outside the box, which proceeded to curve like a boomerang before nestling in the back of Fabien Barthez’s net. This feat provoked such universal amazement that it became the subject of investigation by scientists across the globe.

Answer 2

6 ROBERTO CARLOS

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Date of birth: 10 April 1973
Height: 168 cm
Weight: 70 kg
Position: Defender
Current Club: Real Madrid (ESP)
Int'l Goals: 11 (as of 13-Jun-2006)
Int'l Caps: 122 (as of 13-Jun-2006)
First Int'l Cap: Brazil v. USA (26-Feb-1992)

With his cannon-like left-foot strike and incredible lung capacity, Roberto Carlos is a physical phenomenon, capable of spending the entire game tearing up the flank to support the attack without neglecting his defensive duties. There can be little doubt that the flying left-back is one of Brazil’s greatest-ever players.
Roberto Carlos da Silva was born on 10 April 1973 in the town of Garcas, situated inland of Sao Paulo, on a coffee plantation. The youngster was given his first ball at the age of three, and just five years later he was already playing men’s football in his father’s team. In 1981, having moved to Cordeiropolis with his family, Roberto Carlos was invited to join city side Jogos Abertos do Interior.

His professional career began in 1988 for Uniao Sao Joao de Araras, where he would spend four years in their second-team, having swiftly come up through the youth ranks. In 1990, Roberto Carlos was selected for Brazil’s junior side, under the watchful eye of Ernesto Paulo, and was part of the team that took second place at the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1991. He was also involved in the Brazil side that failed to qualify for the Olympic Games in Barcelona 1992.

On the back of his performances for the Seleção, he made the left-back role in the Uniao first-team his own in 1992, before being sold to Palmeiras that same year.

Answer 3

He is a left back for both Real Madrid and Brazil...He is vertically challenge but makes it up in his super speed and blistering shots...If i'm not wrong he is 31 this year....That all i can gather for now....