Bebeto de Freitas

Paulo Roberto de Freitas.

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 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.[1] He also competed in the volleyball tournaments at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.[2]

The following year he began his career as football manager for Clube Atlético Mineiro, moving to Botafogo in 2002, bringing the team back to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2003.

De Freitas died on March 13, 2018 of a heart attack inside the Atlético Mineiro training center.[3] He was 68.

Education

Master's Degree 1992

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, S.A.

Master's Degree 2004

Fluminense Federal University[4]

References

  1. ↑ Titles won by de Freitas.Retrieved 2010-12-27.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Bebeto de Freitas Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  3. ↑ TEMPO, O (2018-03-13). "Bebeto de Freitas morre após passar mal na Cidade do Galo". SuperFC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2018-03-13.
  4. ↑ "Paulo Roberto De Freitas: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
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