Bebeto

Bebeto
Personal information
Full name	José Roberto Gama de Oliveira
Date of birth	February 16, 1964 (1964-02-16) (age 45)
Place of birth	Salvador, Brazil
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Forward
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1983 1983–1989 1989–1991 1992–1996 1996 1997 1997 1998–1999 1999 2000 2000 2001–2002 2002	Vitória Flamengo Vasco da Gama Deportivo La Coruña Flamengo Sevilla Vitória Botafogo Toros Neza Kashima Antlers Vitória Vasco da Gama Al-Ittihad (Jeddah)	00? 00(?) 286 (144) 053 0(28) 131 0(86) 021 00(7) 005 00(0) 008 00(7) 017 00(9) 008 00(2) 008 00(1) 003 00(0) 008 00(2) 005 00(1)
National team
1985–1998	Brazil	076 0(42)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

José Roberto Gama de Oliveira, known as 'Bebeto', (born February 16, 1964 in Salvador, Brazil) is a former football forward, a World Champion for Brazil in the 1994 World Cup.

Career

Bebeto started his career in 1983 with Vitória and would go on to play for Flamengo, Vasco da Gama, and Botafogo in Brazil, Deportivo La Coruña and Sevilla in Spain, Toros Neza in Mexico, Kashima Antlers in Japan, and Al Ittihad in Saudi Arabia, finally retiring in 2002.

For Brazil, Bebeto scored 42 goals in 76 caps after making his debut in 1985. He played in three World Cups: 1990, 1994, and 1998. In 1994, he was one of the best players of the tournament, scoring three goals for the eventual champions, and then repeated the feat four years later as Brazil finished second.

Bebeto became a household name for his goal celebration in the 1994 World Cup. His wife had delivered their third child just days before a quarterfinal match against Holland. After the striker pumped the go-ahead goal into the back of the net Bebeto ran to the sideline, brought his arms together and began rocking an imaginary baby. Teammates Romário and Mazinho quickly joined in.

In 1993-94 Deportivo had the chance to win the their first ever La Liga title by beating Valencia in the last match of the season. In a very evenly matched contest Depor had a golden opportunity to seal the victory and thus the league title. They were given a penalty kick just minutes from the end. The official penalty taker all season had been Bebeto (after Donato, who wasn't in the field), who this time, refused to take the penalty. Eventually, Miroslav Đukić took the penalty and failed, effectively handing Barcelona the title.

Honours

• Brazilian Championship:1989
• Rio de Janeiro State Championship 1986
• Copa America 1989
• FIFA World Cup: 1994
• Copa del Rey: 1995
• Confederations Cup 1997
• FIFA World Cup 1998 Runner up

Career statistics

[1]

External links

• National Football Teams entry

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Brazil
Men's Football
Silver	1988 Seoul	Team Competition
Bronze	1996 Atlanta	Team Competition

Brazil squad – 1988 Olympic Silver Medalists 1 Taffarel • 2 Jorginho • 3 Batista • 4 Ricardo Gomes • 5 Ademir • 6 Mazinho • 7 Valdo • 8 Geovani • 9 Edmar • 10 Careca • 11 Romário • 12 Zé Carlos • 13 André Cruz • 14 Winck • 15 Aloísio • 16 Milton • 17 Neto • 18 João Paulo • 19 Andrade • 20 Bebeto • Coach: Silva

Brazil squad – Copa América 1989 Winners (4th Title) 1 Taffarel • 2 Mazinho • 3 Mauro Galvao • 4 André Cruz • 5 Branco • 6 Ricardo Gomes • 7 Bebeto • 8 Geovani • 9 Valdo • 10 Tita • 11 Romário • 12 Acácio • 13 Josimar • 14 Aldair • 15 Alemao • 16 Cristovao • 17 Dunga • 18 Renato Gaúcho • 19 Baltazar • 20 Paulo Silas • 21 Charles • 22 Zé Carlos • Coach: Lazaroni

Brazil squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Taffarel • 2 Jorginho • 3 Ricardo Gomes • 4 Dunga • 5 Alemão • 6 Branco • 7 Bismarck • 8 Valdo • 9 Careca • 10 Silas • 11 Romário • 12 Acácio • 13 Mozer • 14 Aldair • 15 Müller • 16 Bebeto • 17 Renato Gaúcho • 18 Mazinho • 19 Ricardo Rocha • 20 Tita • 21 Mauro Galvão • 22 Zé Carlos • Coach: Lazaroni

Brazil squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup Winners (4th Title) 1 Taffarel • 2 Jorginho • 3 Ricardo Rocha • 4 Ronaldão • 5 Mauro Silva • 6 Branco • 7 Bebeto • 8 Dunga • 9 Zinho • 10 Raí • 11 Romário • 12 Zetti • 13 Aldair • 14 Cafu • 15 Márcio Santos • 16 Leonardo • 17 Mazinho • 18 Paulo Sérgio • 19 Müller • 20 Ronaldo • 21 Viola • 22 Gilmar • Coach: Parreira

Brazil squad – 1996 Olympic Bronze Medalists 1 Dida • 2 Zé Maria • 3 Aldair • 4 Ronaldo Guiaro • 5 Flávio Conceição • 6 Roberto Carlos • 7 Bebeto • 8 Amaral • 9 Juninho • 10 Rivaldo • 11 Sávio • 12 Danrlei • 13 Narciso • 14 André Luiz • 15 Zé Elias • 16 Marcelinho Paulista • 17 Luizão • 18 Ronaldo • Coach: Zagallo

Brazil squad – 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Winners (1st Title) 1 Dida • 2 Cafu • 3 Aldair • 4 Júnior Baiano • 5 Dunga • 6 Roberto Carlos • 7 Bebeto • 8 Flávio Conceição • 9 Ronaldo • 10 Leonardo • 11 Romário • 12 Rogério Ceni • 13 Zé Maria • 14 Gonçalves • 15 Zé Roberto • 16 César Sampaio • 17 Doriva • 18 Denílson • 19 Juninho • 20 Rivaldo • 21 Rodrigo • 22 Russo • Coach: Zagallo

Brazil squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Taffarel • 2 Cafu • 3 Aldair • 4 Júnior Baiano • 5 César Sampaio • 6 Roberto Carlos • 7 Giovanni • 8 Dunga • 9 Ronaldo • 10 Rivaldo • 11 Emerson • 12 Carlos Germano • 13 Zé Carlos • 14 Gonçalves • 15 André Cruz • 16 Zé Roberto • 17 Doriva • 18 Leonardo • 19 Denílson • 20 Bebeto • 21 Edmundo • 22 Dida • Coach: Zagallo