Roberto Dinamite
OfficePresident of Vasco da Gama
Term start2008
Term end2014
PredecessorEurico Miranda
SuccessorEurico Miranda
Birth nameCarlos Roberto de Oliveira
Birth date13 April 1954
Birth placeDuque de Caxias, Brazil
Death date8 January 2023 (aged 68)
Death placeRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.86 m
OccupationFootballer
Roberto Dinamite
Header-colorlavender
PositionCentre-forward, second striker
Youthyears 11969–1972
Youthclubs 1Vasco da Gama
Years 11971–1979
Clubs 1Vasco da Gama
Caps 1360
Goals 1235
Years 21979–1980
Clubs 2Barcelona
Caps 211
Goals 23
Years 31980–1992
Clubs 3Vasco da Gama
Caps 3413
Goals 3244
Years 41989
Clubs 4→ Portuguesa (loan)
Caps 417
Goals 49
Years 51991
Clubs 5→ Campo Grande (loan)
Caps 511
Goals 51
Totalcaps812
Totalgoals492
Nationalyears 11971–1972
Nationalteam 1Brazil U23
Nationalcaps 11
Nationalgoals 10
Nationalyears 21975–1984
Nationalteam 2Brazil
Nationalcaps 238
Nationalgoals 220

Carlos Roberto de Oliveira (13 April 1954 – 8 January 2023), known as Roberto Dinamite, was a Brazilian footballer and politician, who was born in Duque de Caxias, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. With a career as forward spanning over twenty years, Roberto is the Vasco da Gama player with the most appearances and all-time top goalscorer, as well as the overall leading scorer in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and the Campeonato Carioca.[1][2][3][4] At the national level, Roberto Dinamite played in the 1978 and 1982 FIFA World Cups and the 1972 Olympic Games. He also was president of Vasco da Gama from 2008 to 2014, and Rio de Janeiro state deputy for five consecutive terms.

In 2022, Vasco da Gama honored him with a statue at São Januário.[5][6] In December 2024, the Brazilian Football Confederation designated the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A top-scorer award as the "Roberto Dinamite Trophy", establishing the title for all subsequent editions of the competition.[7][8]

Club career

Roberto Dinamite was developed at Vasco da Gama youth squad. He is one of the most famous Vasco da Gama players, and is the club's greatest goal scorer. He scored 698 goals wearing the club's shirt and 864 goals in all his career. He played 1022 matches (768 official matches, and 254 friendly matches).

Roberto was nicknamed Dinamite by the journalist Aparício Pires, of Jornal dos Sports newspaper, after scoring a spectacular goal in his debut for the professional team, on 25 November 1971, against Internacional, at Maracanã stadium.[9] The journalist wrote in the newspaper that the Dynamite-Boy detonates at Maracanã.[9]

He helped Vasco da Gama win the 1974 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and the 1977 Campeonato Carioca before moving to Barcelona in 1979.[4] After only scoring 3 goals at Barcelona, he returned back to Vasco da Gama and won four more Campeonato Carioca (1982, 1987, 1988, 1992)[4]

In 1989–90, he played for Portuguesa of São Paulo state, scoring 11 goals.[9]

His last goal was scored on 26 October 1992, when, in Campeonato Carioca, Vasco da Gama beat Goytacaz 2–0 at São Januário Stadium.[10]

Dinamite retired on 24 March 1993, when he was 39 years old. His last match was on that day, when Deportivo de La Coruña of Spain beat Vasco da Gama 2–0 at Maracanã stadium, in a friendly game in which Zico also played (for Vasco).[10]

International career

Roberto Dinamite earned 47 caps with the Brazil national team, between September 1975 and June 1984, scoring 25 goals, including matches against combined teams, and clubs.[11] He played 38 matches against national teams (20 of them were official FIFA matches), and scored 20 goals, and the nine other matches were against combined teams, and clubs, scoring five goals in those matches. His first national team match was played on 30 September 1975, when the Peru national team beat Brazil 3–1.[11] Roberto Dinamite's first Brazil national team goal was scored on 23 May 1976, when Brazil beat England 1–0.[11] His last cap was earned on 17 June 1984, when Brazil and Argentina drew 0–0.[11]

Dinamite was a reserve player in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, scoring three goals.[9] He was also reserve player for Serginho in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, and was called by Telê Santana after Careca got injured.[9]

Roberto Dinamite played five Brazil Olympic team matches, all of them in 1972.[12] He scored one goal in his last match, played on 11 August 1972, when Brazil and Tuna Luso drew 1–1.[12]

Politics

After his retirement from football, he became a politician. In 1992, after joining the PSDB party, he ran for the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro, being elected vereador (alderman) with 34,893 votes.[9]

As a member of PMDB, Roberto Dinamite was elected Rio de Janeiro state deputy in 1994, with 68,516 votes, in 1998, with 44,993 votes,[9] in 2002, with 53,172 votes[13] and in 2006, with 49,097 votes.[14]

Roberto Dinamite was a candidate to Vasco da Gama presidency in 2003 and in 2006. He was elected president of Vasco da Gama on 21 June 2008.[3]

Death

Roberto Dinamite died of intestinal cancer in Rio de Janeiro on 8 January 2023, at the age of 68, after fighting against the disease since 2021.[15]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueState LeagueCup[a]ContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vasco da Gama1971Série A6100——61
1972114112——226
19733213195——5118
197426162017——4633
197519152825—625342
197619122615——4527
19771772725——4432
197817142119——3833
197914103533——4943
Total161921871410062354235
Barcelona1979–80La Liga82—102[b]1113
Vasco da Gama1980Série A682414——3022
198119142731——4645
198216122015——3627
1983219147——3516
19842116179——3825
198522162012——4228
19861552419——3924
19871462914——4320
198810331——134
198900169——169
1990401532081294
19922019931—2410
Total150892281435181391234
Portuguesa (loan)1989Série A17900——179
Campo Grande (loan)1991Série B00140——140
Career total33619242928461164787481
  1. ^ Includes Copa do Brasil, Supercopa do Brasil and Copa del Rey
  2. ^ Appearances in European Super Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[16]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Brazil197520
197666
1977106
197863
197921
198111
198220
198373
198420
Total3820
Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dinamite goal.
List of international goals scored by Roberto Dinamite
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetitionRef.
123 May 1976Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United StatesEngland1–01–01976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament[17]
231 May 1976Yale Bowl, New Haven, United StatesItaly4–14–11976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament[18]
34 June 1976Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, MexicoMexico1–03–0Friendly[19]
43–0
59 June 1976Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilParaguay–3–1Friendly[20]
6–
723 January 1977Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, BrazilBulgaria1–01–0Friendly[21]
89 March 1977Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilColombia1–06–01978 FIFA World Cup qualification[22]
93–0
1020 March 1977Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilParaguay1–01–11978 FIFA World Cup qualification[23]
1130 June 1977Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilFrance2–02–2Friendly[24]
1214 July 1977Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali, ColombiaBolivia3–08–01978 FIFA World Cup qualification[25]
1311 June 1978Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata, ArgentinaAustria1–01–01978 FIFA World Cup[26]
1421 June 1978Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, ArgentinaPoland2–13–11978 FIFA World Cup[27]
153–1
1626 July 1979Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, BoliviaBolivia–1–21979 Copa América[28]
1728 October 1981Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre, BrazilBulgaria1–03–0Friendly[29]
1817 August 1983Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, EcuadorEcuador1–01–01983 Copa América[30]
191 September 1983Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia, BrazilEcuador2–05–01983 Copa América[31]
203–0

Honours

Vasco da Gama

Brazil

Brazil U23

Brazil Masters

Rio de Janeiro

Records and Individual

See also

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