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Place of Birth: SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil
About Roberto Dias
- Roberto Dias Branco or simply Roberto Dias (7 January 1943 in São Paulo – 26 September 2007) was a footballer with São Paulo FC in Brazil.
- He was considered by Pelé to be the greatest Brazilian central defender of the 1960s and 1970s.
- He was known for his finesse on defense—a player who didn't need to show a rough side.
- He just knew how to cover and always seemed one step ahead of the forwards he covered—including Pelé.
- Pelé said that Roberto Dias was the only central defender who could truly mark him.
- In one game between Pelé's Santos FC and São Paulo FC in the 1967 edition of the Campeonato Paulista, which ended in a 3–3 draw, Dias, kept Pelé scoreless while scoring 2 goals in the process. Roberto Dias was on the 1960 Olympic football team in Rome.
- Despite his stellar career, Dias was not given a spot on the 1966 FIFA World Cup team, when Coach Feola opted to call up an ageing Zito to the squad instead of Dias.
- Furthermore, in 1973, at the age of 30, he suffered a heart attack. The São Paulo teams he played for were never really contenders—the board opted to spend their money in the construction of Estádio do Morumbi instead of on players.
- Pelé was past his prime—and the construction of Morumbi completed in 1970, São Paulo FC promptly won two Paulistas.
- He earned 27 caps for Brazil. After many years training and working as coach for the SĂŁo Paulo FC youth team, Roberto Dias suffered a fatal heart attack and died in SĂŁo Paulo.
- In his honor, the SPFC team played with a black armband in the second game against Boca Juniors for the 2007 Sudamerica Cup.
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