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Bebeto
Bebeto · Sergio Savarese from Sao Paulo City / Ipiranga, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Bebeto

b. 1964

Brazilian association football player (born 1964)

Born
16 Feb 1964 · Salvador
Part ofBrazil1649 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 71 years
  1. 16 Feb 1964BornBorn in Salvador
  2. 1983TeamBrazil national under-20 football team
  3. 1983 – 1989TeamClube de Regatas do Flamengo
  4. 1983TeamE.C. Vitória
  5. 1985 – 1998TeamBrazil men's national football team
  6. 1989 – 1991TeamCR Vasco da Gama
  7. 1990Took part1990 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1992 – 1996TeamDeportivo de A Coruña
  9. 1994Took part1994 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1996TeamClube de Regatas do Flamengo
  11. 1997TeamCruzeiro E.C.
  12. 1997TeamE.C. Vitória
  13. 1997TeamSevilla FC
  14. 1998Took part1998 FIFA World Cup
  15. 1998 – 1999TeamBotafogo F.R.
  16. 1999TeamToros Neza
  17. 2000TeamE.C. Vitória
  18. 2000TeamKashima Antlers
  19. 2001 – 2002TeamCR Vasco da Gama
  20. 2002TeamAl Ittihad FC

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1964 – today).

  1. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  3. 1968Prague Spring
  4. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  5. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  6. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  7. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  9. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  10. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  11. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  12. 1985Schengen Agreement
  13. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  14. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  15. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  16. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  17. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  18. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  19. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  20. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  21. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  22. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  23. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  24. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  25. 20112011 Norway attacks
  26. 2011Libyan civil war
  27. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  28. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  29. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  30. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  31. 2015Paris Agreement
  32. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  33. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  34. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  35. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  36. 2023Gaza war
  37. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  38. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

José Roberto Gama de Oliveira (born 16 February 1964), known as Bebeto (Brazilian Portuguese: [beˈbɛtu]), is a Brazilian former professional football player who played as a forward. He entered politics in the 2010 Brazilian general elections and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro representing the Democratic Labour Party.

With 39 goals in 75 appearances for Brazil, Bebeto is the sixth highest goalscorer for his national team. He was the top scorer for Brazil at the 1989 Copa América when they won the tournament. At the 1994 FIFA World Cup, he formed a formidable strike partnership with Romário to lead Brazil to a record fourth World Cup title. He was also a member of the Brazilian team that won the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, while he won Olympic silver and bronze medals with Brazil at the 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympic Games respectively. In 1989, Bebeto was named South American Footballer of the Year.

In January 2013 and August 2014, Bebeto was named as one of the six Ambassadors of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and Rio 2016 in Brazil, others being Ronaldo, Amarildo, Marta, Carlos Alberto Torres, Mário Zagallo.

Text from the Wikipedia article Bebeto, CC BY-SA 4.0

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