Roberto Emílio da Cunha, best known as ''Roberto'' (born in

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, June 20, 1912; died March 20, 1977) was a Brazilian

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 ...

who played as a striker. In his career (1923–1941) he played for two club teams,

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and São Cristovão. He represented the Brazil national team at the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, beat ...

, playing two matches and scoring one goal.

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