Paulo Roberto de Freitas, best known as Bebeto (January 15, 1950 – March 13, 2018), was a Brazilian
volleyball coach and football manager. He was the president of
Botafogo FR
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 ...
football club.
Bebeto was born in
Rio de Janeiro. He coached several Brazilian and Italian volleyball teams; as coach of
Brazil men's national team, he won a silver medal at the
1984 Olympics. He won the
1998 World Championships with
Italy men's national team. He also competed in the volleyball tournaments at the
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
and the
1976 Summer Olympics
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.
The following year he began his career as football manager for
Clube Atlético Mineiro
Clube Atlético Mineiro (), commonly known as Atlético Mineiro or Atlético, and colloquially as Galo (, "Rooster"), is the largest professional football club based in the city of Belo Horizonte, the capital city of the Brazilian state of Mi ...
, moving to Botafogo in 2002, bringing the team back to
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
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in 2003.
De Freitas died on March 13, 2018, of a heart attack inside the Atlético Mineiro training center. He was 68.
Education
Master's Degree 1992
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, S.A.
Master's Degree 2004
Fluminense Federal University
References
1950 births
2018 deaths
Volleyball players from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian volleyball coaches
Brazilian football chairmen and investors
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas directors and chairmen
Volleyball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Brazilian men's volleyball players
Olympic volleyball players for Brazil
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