Roberto Franqueira (born 10 May 1952), known as Tecão, is a Brazilian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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. He competed in the men's tournament at the

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and won a gold medal in

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* * * 1952 births Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Brazil men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Brazil Footballers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Footballers from São Paulo São Paulo state football team players São Paulo FC players Bangu Atlético Clube players America Football Club (Rio de Janeiro) players Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in football Footballers at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games {{Brazil-footy-bio-stub