Roberto Linck

Roberto Linck
Born Roberto Moreira Linck Junior
(1988-07-31) 31 July 1988
Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Residence Miami
Florida, United States (2013–present)
Nationality Brazilian / American
Occupation
Organization United Nations, Respira Paz [1]
Agent Conttratta
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Parent(s) Roberto and Alessandra Linck
Association football career
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Gremio
Irvine Valley College
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009 Chicago Storm 5 (3)
2010 CSM Ramnicu Valcea 6 (1)
2010–2011 New England Revolution 3 (0)
2014– Miami Dade FC 25 (15)
Total 39 (19)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Website robertolinck.com

Roberto Moreira Linck Junior (born July 31, 1988 in Cachoeira do Sul), nicknamed Betu, is a Brazilian/American footballer and entrepreneur.[2] He is the owner of Linck Group and current player at Miami Dade FC.[3][4][5]

Youth and college

Linck grew up playing in the youth system of Gremio in Brazil, before moving to United States. He was a player for the Olympic Development Program, Region IV Team. He played for Park City High School in 2006 where he won a state title in his senior year.[6] Linck joined the Irvine Valley College in 2007 and was the starting midfielder during his years with the school.[7]

Career

Soccer

On July 30, 2010, Linck was signed by the New England Revolution of the Major League Soccer, a day prior to his 22nd birthday.[8] He made his professional debut for the New England Revolution coming on for Khano Smith in the 80th minute in the team's 1-0 victory over DC United on August 8, 2010.[9] He was released by New England on February 28, 2011.[10] Due to an injury suffered to his hamstring he was forced to stop playing soccer in 2011. On May 20, 2014 Linck returned to play soccer and was signed by the Miami Dade FC to play as a striker.[11] He made his debut with Miami Dade FC scoring 1 goal on the 83rd minute of the match.[12]

Business

Linck is the owner of Linck Group, an American investment company that owns Miami Dade FC, and Ginga Scout.[13]

In 2014, Linck Group invested in the entertainment industry by acquiring the company Conttratta. Conttratta is the official production company of Pro Footvolley Tour and is responsible for the image of artists and sports figures such as Claudia Alende, Laura Rizzotto, Edgaras Jankauskas, Fabio Simplicio and Emerson Ferreira da Rosa.[14]

Linck was the founder of Miami Dade FC, an American soccer club. In the first year of the club, they were crowned champions of the NAL. Played two international friendly matches against the Brazil champions Cruzeiro, competed in an international tournament in Colombia and won an award from the United Nations.[15] On November 3, 2015, former Brazil capitain Emerson Ferreira da Rosa announced that he was joining Miami Dade FC.[16]

On November 1, 2015, alongside his partner Roberto Carlos, they launched Ginga Scout, a soccer software application to help connect players with scouts from around the globe.[17][18]

On February 22, 2017 Linck Group acquired the shoe factory Moeller Design. With over 250 employees, the shoe factory produces 2,700 pairs daily.[19]

Film & TV career

In 2017 Linck wrote and directed his debut short film, Lock All Doors, the film stars model Claudia Alende.[20][21]

Linck was feature in the television show FIFA Football, episode 126, together with Louis Saha and Emerson Ferreira da Rosa.[22]

Video Games

Linck is featured along with his Major League Soccer teammates in the EA Sports' FIFA video game series in FIFA 11.[23] He was also feature in Football Manager 2011.[24]

Charitable work

Linck is a founding member of the Soccer Mission group. He helped launch the charity group in 2014. Their first work was on Thanksgiving Day with a half-dozen of the Miami Dade FC team’s players and staff, they spent an afternoon making pasta at the Fort Lauderdale factory of Spaghetto, which manufactures fresh pasta, to then cook and donate to over 150 homeless.[25]

On July 5, 2015, United Nations presented Linck with an award for peace against drugs and offense. The charity event was held in Barranquilla, Colombia at Estadio Metropolitano in front of 15,000 fans.[26][27]

Linck is a board of director of Friends of Soccer Dreamers, a nonprofit corporation based in the Silicon Valley. Other known board members include Redpoint Ventures partner Tom Dyal and former Olympic medalist André Luiz Moreira.[28]

Personal life

Linck has an unusual background for an MLS player having trained through the youth system of Brazil's Gremio Football Porto Alegrense which schooled Ronaldinho, and then playing college soccer in California, professional indoor soccer for the Chicago Storm, and a season with CSM Ramnicu Valcea in Romania. He is the son of Roberto and former Rede Globo anchorwoman Alessandra Linck. He has a younger sister, Tatiana. He currently resides in Miami, Florida.[29]

His great-grandfather (Aurélio de Lima Py) was the founder of the Federacao Gaucha de Futebol and one of the founders, first patron and 9 times president of world champion Grêmio.[30]

Linck's family also created the Projeto Pescar, "The Fishing Project" (The name was inspired by the proverb: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.") Is a non-profit initiative supported by companies with the intention to prepare low-income youth for social inclusion in the labor market. During the course young people learn about some professional area according to the branch that the company works as well as guidance on: Citizenship, environment, sex education, family and technology. The project began in 1976 in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with the initiative of the entrepreneur Geraldo Tollens Linck (1927 - 1998), owner of Linck SA.[31]

Filmography

Films & TV

Year Title Director Writer Producer Appearance Notes
2017 Lock All Doors Yes Yes Yes No Short Film
Directorial debut
2017 I'm Good at Being Bad No Yes Yes Yes Music Video
Featuring Claudia Alende
2017 FIFA FOOTBALL No No No Yes Episode 126
Guest appearance[32]

Honours

New England Revolution

North American SuperLiga Runners-up (2nd Place) 2010

Miami Dade FC

NAL - Champion (2014)

APSL - Regular Season Champion (2016)

APSL - Regular Season Champion (2017)

APSL - APSL Champion (2017)

United Nations Peace Award - UNODC Respira Paz (2015)[33][34][35][36]

I'm Good at Being Bad (Music Video)

Special Mention Award at the Asia South East-Short Film Festival (2018)[37]

References

  1. ↑ "Opinion: Respira Paz". EmisoraAtlantico.
  2. ↑ "Opinion: Betu Should Start Saturday". New England Soccer Today.
  3. ↑ "Jogador e empresario comanda o MFC". Acontece Magazine.
  4. ↑ "Emerson volta a campo pelo Miami Dade". Band TV.
  5. ↑ "What this soccer star learned as a serial entrepreneur". The Next Web.
  6. ↑ "Net worth: MVP's". Deseret News.
  7. ↑ "IVC star Betu signs with MLS". Irvine Valley College.
  8. ↑ "Revolution signs two forwards". New England Revolution.
  9. ↑ "Betu wins poll over Thierry Henry". Major League Soccer.
  10. ↑ http://revolutionsoccer.net/news/2011/02/revolution-update-february-28-2011
  11. ↑ "New team in Miami". Achei USA. Archived from the original on 31 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "Roberto Linck poe Miami no mapa do futebol". Jornal Minuano.
  13. ↑ "Brasileiro promete revolucionar o futebol em Miami". O Estados de S. Paulo.
  14. ↑ "Laura Rizzotto prepare turnê pela Florida". Achei USA.
  15. ↑ "Miami Dade FC x Cruzeiro". Cruzeiro.
  16. ↑ "O sonho americano de Emerson". Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  17. ↑ "Rumo ao topo". Blog433. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "El Talento Escogido por Emerson". Zona Cero.
  19. ↑ "Novo Gestor da antiga viadei abre as portas". Jornal Repercussao.
  20. ↑ Lock All Doors, IMDb, retrieved November 13, 2017
  21. ↑ Megan Fox Brasilena, Ciber Cuba, retrieved April 6, 2018
  22. ↑ FIFA Football 126, BeIn Sports, retrieved September 30, 2017
  23. ↑ EA Sports' FIFA 11, SoFIFA, retrieved September 30, 2011
  24. ↑ Football Manager Database 11, Steam Spy, retrieved August 5, 2011
  25. ↑ Miami Dade FC feeds the homeless, Voxxi, archived from the original on 19 March 2015, retrieved 16 November 2014
  26. ↑ Miami Dade FC - Respira Paz, Naciones Unidas, retrieved July 2, 2015
  27. ↑ Miami Dade FC - Respira Paz, Naciones Unidas, retrieved July 2, 2015
  28. ↑ Board of directors, FSD Brazil, archived from the original on 19 November 2017, retrieved 19 November 2017
  29. ↑ "Roberto Linck MLS Brasil". MLS.
  30. ↑ "Tataraneto do patrono do Grêmio é dono de clube de futebol nos Estados Unidos". Grupo RBS.
  31. ↑ "Projeto Pescar". Projeto Pescar.
  32. ↑ FIFA Football 126, BeIn Sports, retrieved September 30, 2017
  33. ↑ Miami Dade FC - Respira Paz, Naciones Unidas, retrieved July 2, 2015
  34. ↑ Miami Dade FC - Respira Paz, Uniautonoma, retrieved July 2, 2015
  35. ↑ Miami Dade FC - Respira Paz, Colombia AS, retrieved July 2, 2015
  36. ↑ United Nations Award, Naciones Unidas, retrieved July 2, 2015
  37. ↑ Asia South East-Short Film Festival, Asia South East-Short Film Festival, retrieved May 20, 2018
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