Roberto Carlos dos Santos (born 27 January 1971), known as Roberto Carlos, is a Brazilian

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and former player who played as a

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. He is the current head coach of

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Playing career

Roberto Carlos was born in Ocara,

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, and began his career in 1989. He represented

, Ferroviário, Tiradentes-CE,

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, 4 de Julho, Potiguar de Mossoró, Atlético de Cajazeiras, Botafogo-PB, Rio Branco-SP,

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. He retired from professional football in 2002, aged 31.

Managerial career

In 2004, Roberto Carlos joined Horizonte as an assistant manager, but also played for the side due to the lack of players. In 2006, he stopped playing to become a full-time assistant manager of the side, and remained in the role until February 2011, when he was named manager of the club. On 26 November 2014, after nearly ten years at the club, Roberto Carlos left Horizonte to take over

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. On 5 February 2015, he was named in charge of Sousa. He was sacked by the latter on 24 April. Roberto Carlos returned to Horizonte for the 2016 season, but was sacked in January 2017. On 10 February of that year, he was appointed Uniclinic manager. Roberto Carlos finished the 2017 in charge of

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, and won the

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of that year. He left the club after the

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ended, and was named manager of

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on 13 April 2018. Roberto Carlos returned to Iguatu in June 2018, but was dismissed the following 20 January. The following day, he returned to Sousa, but left in March after the club's elimination in the

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. He was subsequently named in charge of Tiradentes, but was sacked on 22 May 2019. On 1 December 2021, Roberto Carlos returned to Caucaia. He led the side to the second position of the

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before returning to Uniclinic on 26 April 2022, with the club now named Atlético Cearense. Roberto Carlos was sacked on 20 July 2022, with Atlético in the last position in the third division.

Honours

Manager

Horizonte *

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: 2011 Iguatu *

: 2017

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Roberto Carlos 1971 births Living people Footballers from Ceará Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Ceará Sporting Club players Ferroviário Atlético Clube (CE) players Associação Esportiva Tiradentes players 4 de Julho Esporte Clube players Associação Cultural e Desportiva Potiguar players Atlético Cajazeirense de Desportos players Botafogo Futebol Clube (PB) players Rio Branco Esporte Clube players Atlético Clube Goianiense players Horizonte Futebol Clube players Brazilian football managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série C managers Campeonato Brasileiro Série D managers Caucaia Esporte Clube managers FC Atlético Cearense managers Sousa Esporte Clube managers