Paulo Roberto Falcão, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Paulo Roberto Falcão

Brazilian association football player

Date of Birth: 16-Oct-1953

Place of Birth: Abelardo Luz, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Profession: association football manager, association football player, journalist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Paulo Roberto Falcão, or simply Falcão (Portuguese pronunciation: ['pawlu ?o'b??tu faw'k?~w~]; born 16 October 1953), is a Brazilian former footballer and football manager.
He is widely considered one of the best players in Internacional and Roma history playing also for São Paulo, and he is universally considered one of the greatest Brazilian players of all time, especially at his peak in the 1980s.
At one stage, he was the world's highest paid footballer.
Due to his success and performances with Roma, he earned the nickname "the eighth King of Rome" from the fans, and was inducted into the A.S.
Roma Hall of Fame in 2013.For the Brazil national team, Falcão was capped 34 times between February 1976 and June 1986.
He appeared at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, playing in midfield alongside Zico, Sócrates and Éder, considered one of the greatest Brazilian national teams ever.
He was named by Pelé one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards ceremony in 2004.
Radamel Falcao's father was a footballer and football fan and named him after Falcão.