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.
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 Dinamite playing for Vasco da Gama in 1980s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President of Vasco da Gama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 2008–2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Eurico Miranda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Eurico Miranda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Carlos Roberto de Oliveira 13 April 1954 Duque de Caxias, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 January 2023 (aged 68) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Footballer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
editRoberto 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
editRoberto 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
editAfter 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
editRoberto 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
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup[a] | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vasco da Gama | 1971 | Série A | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 1 | ||
| 1972 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | — | 22 | 6 | ||||
| 1973 | 32 | 13 | 19 | 5 | — | — | 51 | 18 | ||||
| 1974 | 26 | 16 | 20 | 17 | — | — | 46 | 33 | ||||
| 1975 | 19 | 15 | 28 | 25 | — | 6 | 2 | 53 | 42 | |||
| 1976 | 19 | 12 | 26 | 15 | — | — | 45 | 27 | ||||
| 1977 | 17 | 7 | 27 | 25 | — | — | 44 | 32 | ||||
| 1978 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 19 | — | — | 38 | 33 | ||||
| 1979 | 14 | 10 | 35 | 33 | — | — | 49 | 43 | ||||
| Total | 161 | 92 | 187 | 141 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 354 | 235 | ||
| Barcelona | 1979–80 | La Liga | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 2[b] | 1 | 11 | 3 | |
| Vasco da Gama | 1980 | Série A | 6 | 8 | 24 | 14 | — | — | 30 | 22 | ||
| 1981 | 19 | 14 | 27 | 31 | — | — | 46 | 45 | ||||
| 1982 | 16 | 12 | 20 | 15 | — | — | 36 | 27 | ||||
| 1983 | 21 | 9 | 14 | 7 | — | — | 35 | 16 | ||||
| 1984 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 9 | — | — | 38 | 25 | ||||
| 1985 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 12 | — | — | 42 | 28 | ||||
| 1986 | 15 | 5 | 24 | 19 | — | — | 39 | 24 | ||||
| 1987 | 14 | 6 | 29 | 14 | — | — | 43 | 20 | ||||
| 1988 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 13 | 4 | ||||
| 1989 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 9 | — | — | 16 | 9 | ||||
| 1990 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 4 | ||
| 1992 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 1 | — | 24 | 10 | |||
| Total | 150 | 89 | 228 | 143 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 391 | 234 | ||
| Portuguesa (loan) | 1989 | Série A | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 9 | ||
| Campo Grande (loan) | 1991 | Série B | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 336 | 192 | 429 | 284 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 787 | 481 | ||
- ↑ Includes Copa do Brasil, Supercopa do Brasil and Copa del Rey
- ↑ Appearances in European Super Cup
International
edit| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1975 | 2 | 0 |
| 1976 | 6 | 6 | |
| 1977 | 10 | 6 | |
| 1978 | 6 | 3 | |
| 1979 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1981 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1983 | 7 | 3 | |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 20 | |
- Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dinamite goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 May 1976 | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, United States |  England |
1–0 | 1–0 | 1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament | [17] |
| 2 | 31 May 1976 | Yale Bowl, New Haven, United States |  Italy |
4–1 | 4–1 | 1976 U.S.A. Bicentennial Cup Tournament | [18] |
| 3 | 4 June 1976 | Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico |  Mexico |
1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | [19] |
| 4 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 June 1976 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  Paraguay |
– | 3–1 | Friendly | [20] |
| 6 | – | ||||||
| 7 | 23 January 1977 | Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil |  Bulgaria |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | [21] |
| 8 | 9 March 1977 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  Colombia |
1–0 | 6–0 | 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification | [22] |
| 9 | 3–0 | ||||||
| 10 | 20 March 1977 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Paraguay |
1–0 | 1–1 | 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification | [23] |
| 11 | 30 June 1977 | Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  France |
2–0 | 2–2 | Friendly | [24] |
| 12 | 14 July 1977 | Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero, Cali, Colombia |  Bolivia |
3–0 | 8–0 | 1978 FIFA World Cup qualification | [25] |
| 13 | 11 June 1978 | Estadio José María Minella, Mar del Plata, Argentina |  Austria |
1–0 | 1–0 | 1978 FIFA World Cup | [26] |
| 14 | 21 June 1978 | Estadio Malvinas Argentinas, Mendoza, Argentina |  Poland |
2–1 | 3–1 | 1978 FIFA World Cup | [27] |
| 15 | 3–1 | ||||||
| 16 | 26 July 1979 | Estadio Hernando Siles, La Paz, Bolivia | Bolivia |
– | 1–2 | 1979 Copa América | [28] |
| 17 | 28 October 1981 | Estádio Olímpico Monumental, Porto Alegre, Brazil | Bulgaria |
1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | [29] |
| 18 | 17 August 1983 | Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa, Quito, Ecuador |  Ecuador |
1–0 | 1–0 | 1983 Copa América | [30] |
| 19 | 1 September 1983 | Estádio Serra Dourada, Goiânia, Brazil | Ecuador |
2–0 | 5–0 | 1983 Copa América | [31] |
| 20 | 3–0 |
Honours
editVasco da Gama
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1974
- Campeonato Carioca: 1977, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1992
- Copa Rio: 1992
- Taça Guanabara: 1976, 1977, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1992
- Taça Rio: 1984, 1988, 1992
- Torneio Extra: 1990
Brazil
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1978
- Copa América runner-up: 1983
- Copa América third place: 1979
- Taça do Atlântico: 1976
- Copa Río Branco: 1976
- Taça Oswaldo Cruz: 1976
- Bicentennial Cup: 1976
Brazil U23
Brazil Masters
Rio de Janeiro
Records and Individual
- 22nd-highest official goalscorer in football history: 517 goals (according to RSSSF)
- 3rd-highest official free-kick goalscorer in football history: 73 goals[32]
- Vasco da Gama all-time top goalscorer: 702 goals
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A all-time top goalscorer: 190 goals
- Campeonato Carioca all-time top goalscorer: 284 goals
- Clássico dos Milhões (vs Flamengo) all-time top goalscorer: 27 goals
- Clássico dos Gigantes (vs Fluminense) all-time top goalscorer: 36 goals
- Clássico da Amizade (vs Botafogo) all-time top goalscorer: 25 goals
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A top scorer: 1974 (16 goals), 1984 (16 goals)
- Campeonato Carioca top scorer: 1978 (19 goals), 1981 (31 goals), 1985 (12 goals)
- Bola de Prata: 1979, 1981, 1984
- Copa América top scorer: 1983 (3 goals)
- Maior Ídolo do Rio (Rio's Greatest Idol) by Jornal dos Sports newspaper: 1985
- Craque do Brasil (Outstanding player of Brazil) by Jornal dos Sports newspaper: 1985
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Os 10 Mais: Artilheiros" (in Portuguese). Globoesporte.com. May 11, 2007. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
- ↑ "Jogadores que mais defenderam a camisa dos times" (in Portuguese). Guia dos Curiosos. August 5, 2005. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
- 1 2 "Roberto Dinamite" (in Portuguese). Guia dos Curiosos. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
- 1 2 3 "Obituaries". World Soccer. March 2023. p. 20.
- ↑ "Estátua de Roberto Dinamite é inaugurada em São Januário em festa com shows, convidados ilustres e queima de fogos". www.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved February 26, 2026.
- ↑ "Dinamite está eternizado em São Januário com estátua de frente para a torcida do Vasco". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). January 8, 2023. Retrieved February 26, 2026.
- ↑ "CBF apresenta troféu Roberto Dinamite, que será dado ao artilheiro do Brasileirão pela 1ª vez". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). December 7, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2026.
- ↑ "Brasileirão: CBF apresenta troféu inédito dado ao artilheiro da competição". CNN Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). December 7, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. pp. 336–337. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
- 1 2 "Relembre a carreira de Roberto Dinamite" (in Portuguese). O Dia. June 28, 2008. Archived from the original on July 3, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 Seleção Brasileira 1914–2006. São Paulo: Mauad X. 2006. p. 295. ISBN 85-7478-186-X.
- 1 2 "Seleção Brasileira Restritiva (Brazilian National Restrictive Team) 1972–1975". RSSSF Brasil. February 6, 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2009.
- ↑ "Análise de desempenho eleitoral para deputado estadual – Carlos Roberto Dinamite de Oliveira – PMDB – RJ" (in Portuguese). Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. Archived from the original on July 20, 2009. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
- ↑ "Roberto Dinamite: do gramado à política, um legado de dedicação e comprometimento - GAZETA MERCANTIL" (in Brazilian Portuguese). January 8, 2023. Retrieved May 6, 2024.
- ↑ "Morre Roberto Dinamite aos 68 anos". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). January 8, 2023. Retrieved January 8, 2023.
- ↑ "Roberto Dinamite". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ↑ "Brazil v England, 23 May 1976". 11v11. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ↑ "Brazil v Italy, 31 May 1976". 11v11. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ↑ "Mexico v Brazil, 04 June 1976". 11v11. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ↑ "Brazil v Paraguay, 09 June 1976". 11v11. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ↑ "Brazil v Bulgaria, 23 January 1977". 11v11. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ↑ "Brazil v Colombia, 09 March 1977". 11v11. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ↑ "Brazil v Paraguay, 20 March 1977". 11v11. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ↑ "Brazil v France, 30 June 1977". 11v11. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ↑ "Brazil v Bolivia, 14 July 1977". 11v11. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ↑ "Brazil vs. Austria". National Football Teams. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ↑ "Poland vs. Brazil". National Football Teams. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ↑ "Bolivia v Brazil, 26 July 1979". 11v11. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ↑ "Brazil v Bulgaria, 28 October 1981". 11v11. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ↑ "Ecuador vs. Brazil". National Football Teams. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ↑ "Brazil vs. Ecuador". National Football Teams. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
- ↑ "La verdadera tabla de goleadores de tiro libre en la historia del fútbol". El Gráfico (in Spanish). Retrieved March 5, 2026.
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