Roberto Taylor dos Santos Moraes (born 4 February 1963), better known as Betão, is a Brazilian former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Born in

Pelotas Pelotas () is a Brazilian city and Municipalities of Brazil, municipality (''município''), the fourth Largest cities in Rio Grande do Sul by population, most populous in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, after Porto Alegre, Caxias do Su ...

, Betão began his career at EC Pelotas, and later played for

SC Internacional Sport Club Internacional (), commonly known as Internacional, Inter de Porto Alegre, a cidade do Grêmio or simply Inter, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre. They play in the Série A, the first division of the ...

. In 1982 he had his first spell at

Sport Recife Sport Club do Recife (), commonly known as Sport Recife or simply Sport, is a Brazilian sports club, located in Recife, Pernambuco. Founded in 1905, the club currently competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the top tier of football i ...

, a team for which he became an idol and in 1987 when he won the Brazilian championship. He also had spells at Santos, Guarani, Portuguesa, and

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, among other teams, until he ended his career in 1996 at Itumbiara EC.

International career

Betão played for the Brazil under-20 team in 1981, being runner-up in South American Championship and champion of the

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. In 1983 he played two friendly matches with the main Brazil team, against

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and

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Personal life

After retiring, Betão worked in football schools and selling sports equipment.

Honours

;Internacional *

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho (English: Gaúcho Championship), officially named as Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Série A and commonly known as the Gauchão or the Gauchão Ipiranga (company), Ipiranga for sponsorship reasons, is the top-flight profess ...

: 1981 ;Sport Recife * Campeonato Brasileiro:

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Campeonato Pernambucano The Campeonato Pernambucano is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. It is run by the Pernambuco Football Federation (FPF). History The first edition of the Campeonato Pernambucano was played i ...

: 1982, 1988 ;Brazil U20 *

: 1981

References

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