Bebeto de Freitas

Bebeto de Freitas
Bebeto de Freitas
Born	Paulo Roberto de Freitas; January 15, 1950
Died	March 13, 2018 (aged 68)

Paulo Roberto de Freitas, best known as Bebeto (January 15, 1950 – March 13, 2018), was a Brazilian volleyball coach and football manager. He was the president of Botafogo FR football club.

Volleyball playing

As a volleyball player, Bebeto competed in the volleyball tournaments at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.^[1]

Volleyball coaching

Bebeto coached several Brazilian and Italian volleyball teams; as coach of Brazil men's national team, he won a silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.^[2] He won the 1998 FIVB World Championship with the Italian men's national team.^[3]

In 2015, Bebeto was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.^[4]

Football management

Bebeto began his career as football manager for Clube Atlético Mineiro, moving to Botafogo in 2002, bringing the team back to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2003.

Personal life and death

Bebeto was born in Rio de Janeiro. He died on March 13, 2018, of a heart attack inside the Atlético Mineiro training center.^[5] He was 68.

Education

Master's Degree 1992

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, S.A.

Master's Degree 2004

Fluminense Federal University^[6]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bebeto de Freitas Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
^ Vecsey, George (30 September 1988). "The Seoul Olympics: Men's Volleyball; Americans Top Brazil, 3-0, to Gain Final". The New York Times. p. A15. Retrieved 24 September 2024. (subscription required)
^ "Titles won by de Freitas". Sportsmission.org. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
^ "Bebeto de Freitas". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
^ "Bebeto de Freitas morre após passar mal na Cidade do Galo". O Tempo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 13 March 2018. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
^ "Paulo Roberto De Freitas: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 18 May 2018. (subscription required)

External links

Bebeto de Freitas at Olympedia

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[SportsRef-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bebeto de Freitas Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2018.

[NYT-2] Vecsey, George (30 September 1988). "The Seoul Olympics: Men's Volleyball; Americans Top Brazil, 3-0, to Gain Final". The New York Times. p. A15. Retrieved 24 September 2024. (subscription required)

[3] "Titles won by de Freitas". Sportsmission.org. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 27 December 2010.

[IVHF-4] "Bebeto de Freitas". International Volleyball Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.

[5] "Bebeto de Freitas morre após passar mal na Cidade do Galo". O Tempo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 13 March 2018. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

[6] "Paulo Roberto De Freitas: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 18 May 2018. (subscription required)

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Players (women)	Flo Hyman Jane Ward Kathy Gregory Mary Jo Peppler Patty Dowdell Debbie Green-Vargas Patti Bright Paula Weishoff Inna Ryskal Takako Shirai Jean Gaertner Regla Torres Lang Ping Karolyn Kirby Mireya Luis Cecilia Tait Jackie Silva Nina Smoleyeva Kerri Pottharst Masae Kasai Ana Moser Holly McPeak Gabriela Pérez del Solar Shelda Bede Adriana Behar Magaly Carvajal Rita Crockett Lyudmila Buldakova Caren Kemner Natalie Cook Tara Cross-Battle Sandra Pires Rosa Salikhova Fofão Misty May-Treanor Danielle Scott-Arruda Irina Kirillova Yevgeniya Estes Valentina Ogiyenko Mirka Francia Logan Tom Taismary Agüero Fernanda Venturini Kerri Walsh Jennings
Coaches	Harry Wilson Doug Beal Edward DeGroot James Coleman Al Scates Marv Dunphy Arie Selinger Don Shondell Andy Banachowski Yasutaka Matsudaira Hirofumi Daimatsu Viacheslav Platonov Givi Akhvlediani Julio Velasco Eugenio George Lafita Shigeo Yamada Yuan Weimin Nikolay Karpol Gabriella Kotsis Hubert Wagner Joop Alberda Bebeto de Freitas Park Man-bok Anders Kristiansson Hugh McCutcheon Vasil Simov Bernardo Rezende
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