Joubert Araújo Martins, or simply Beto (born 7 January 1975, in

Cuiabá Cuiabá () is the capital city and the largest city of the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is located near the geographical centre of South America and also forms the metropolitan area of Mato Grosso, along with the neighbouring town of Várz ...

) is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a

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. During his career, he played for several Brazilian clubs such as

Botafogo Botafogo (local/standard alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a beachfront neighborhood (''bairro'') in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of M ...

, Grêmio,

Flamengo Clube de Regatas do Flamengo (; ), more commonly referred to as simply Flamengo, is a Brazilian multi sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Gávea. It was founded and named after the Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, Flamengo n ...

Fluminense Fluminense Football Club () is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest football club in the state since its foundation in 1902. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, th ...

and

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. Infamous for partying, he was nicknamed Beto

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by rivals. Beto made a very promising beginning to his career with

, and debut on the Brazil national team in 1995, when they won at an away homefriendly against

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, in

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, 1–0. He would play for the national team on 13 occasions, and was a member of the squad that won the

1999 Copa América The 1999 Copa América was a football tournament held in Paraguay, from 29 June to 18 July. It was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body. In order to bring the number of competing teams to twelve, CONMEBOL invited CONCAC ...

, in

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. Beto was on

Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas (; ''Botafogo Football and Rowing'') is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighborhood of Botafogo, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Although it competes in a number of different sports, Botafogo is mostly known ...

when they won the 1995 Brazilian national championship, and was on

when they won the

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state championship three consecutive seasons (1999 to 2001). With Flamengo, he became a fan-favourite, for his tenacity that was well demonstrated in the 2000 and 2001 finals against

Career statistics

Club

International

Performances in Major International Tournaments

Honours

Club

* Brazilian League:

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*Guanabara Cup: 1999 * Rio de Janeiro state championship: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

International

;Brazil *Pre-Olympic Tournament: 1996 *

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1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

References

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at netvasco.com.br {{DEFAULTSORT:Beto 1975 births Living people Footballers from Cuiabá Brazilian men's footballers Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazil men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Japan Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players SSC Napoli players Grêmio FBPA players CR Flamengo footballers São Paulo FC players Fluminense FC players CR Vasco da Gama players Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo players Sanfrecce Hiroshima players Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players J1 League players J2 League players Serie A players Brasiliense FC players 1995 Copa América players 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 1999 Copa América players 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup players Copa América–winning players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Japan