Roberto Dinamite

Carlos Roberto de Oliveira (13 April 1954 – 8 January 2023), known as Roberto Dinamite, was a Brazilian footballer and politician. He was born in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state. With a career as centre forward spanning over twenty years, Roberto is Vasco da Gama's player with the most appearances and all-time top goalscorer, as well as the overall leading scorer in the Brazilian Série A and the Rio de Janeiro State Championship.[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 was president of Vasco da Gama from 2008 to 2014.

In this article, the surname is de Oliveira, not Oliveira.
Roberto Dinamite
Roberto Dinamite in 2008
Personal information
Full name Carlos Roberto de Oliveira
Date of birth (1954-04-13)13 April 1954
Place of birth Duque de Caxias, Brazil
Date of death 8 January 2023(2023-01-08) (aged 68)
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1969–1972 Vasco da Gama
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1979 Vasco da Gama 355 (236)
1979–1980 Barcelona 11 (3)
1980–1993 Vasco da Gama 398 (239)
1989 → Portuguesa (loan) 17 (9)
1991 → Campo Grande (loan) 14 (0)
Total 795 (487)
International career
1975–1984 Brazil 38 (20)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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).

Dinamite 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.[5] The journalist wrote in the newspaper that the Dynamite-Boy detonates at Maracanã.[5]

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 and 1990, he played for Portuguesa of São Paulo state, scoring 11 goals.[5]

His last goal was scored on 26 October 1992, when, in Campeonato Carioca, Vasco da Gama beat Goytacaz 2–0 at São Januário Stadium.[6]

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).[6]

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.[7] 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.[7] Roberto Dinamite's first Brazil national team goal was scored on 23 May 1976, when Brazil beat England 1–0.[7] His last cap was earned on 17 June 1984, when Brazil and Argentina drew 0–0.[7]

Dinamite was a reserve player in the 1978 FIFA World Cup, scoring three goals.[5] He was also reserve player for Serginho in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, and was called by Telê Santana after Careca got injured.[5]

Roberto Dinamite played five Brazil Olympic team matches, all of them in 1972.[8] He scored one goal in his last match, played on 11 August 1972, when Brazil and Tuna Luso drew 1–1.[8]

Politics

After his retirement from football, he became a politician. In 1992, after joining the PSDB party, he ran for the State Assembly of Rio de Janeiro, being elected with 34,893 votes,[5] and being re-elected twice since.

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,[5] in 2002, with 53,172 votes[9] and in 2006, with 49,097 votes.[10] He was a member of PMDB party.

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.[11]

Career statistics

Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Vasco da Gama 1971 Série A 6100——61
1972 114112——226
1973 3213195——5118
1974 26162017——4633
1975 19152825—625342
1976 19122615——4527
1977 1772725——4432
1978 17142119——3833
1979 14103533——4943
Total 161921871410062354235
Barcelona 1979–80 La Liga 82—102[lower-alpha 2]1113
Vasco da Gama 1980 Série A 682414——3022
1981 19142731——4645
1982 16122015——3627
1983 219147——3516
1984 2116179——3825
1985 22162012——4228
1986 1552419——3924
1987 1462914——4320
1988 10331——134
1989 00169——169
1990 401532081294
1992 2019931—2410
Total 150892281435181391234
Portuguesa (loan) 1989 Série A 17900——179
Campo Grande (loan) 1991 Série B 00140——140
Career total 33619242928461164787481
  1. Includes Copa do Brasil, Supercopa do Brasil and Copa del Rey
  2. Appearances in European Super Cup

Honours

Vasco da Gama

Individual

See also

References
  1. "Os 10 Mais: Artilheiros" (in Portuguese). Globoesporte.com. May 11, 2007. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
  2. "Jogadores que mais defenderam a camisa dos times" (in Portuguese). Guia dos Curiosos. August 5, 2005. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
  3. "Roberto Dinamite" (in Portuguese). Guia dos Curiosos. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
  4. "Obituaries". World Soccer. March 2023. p. 20.
  5. Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1. Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A. 2001. pp. 336–337. ISBN 85-88651-01-7.
  6. "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.
  7. Seleção Brasileira 1914–2006. São Paulo: Mauad X. 2006. p. 295. ISBN 85-7478-186-X.
  8. "Seleção Brasileira Restritiva (Brazilian National Restrictive Team) 1972–1975". RSSSF Brasil. February 6, 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2009.
  9. "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.
  10. "Deputados Estaduais – RJ – Apuração Final" (in Portuguese). Gazeta Mercantil. Retrieved January 7, 2009.
  11. "Morre Roberto Dinamite aos 68 anos". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved January 8, 2023.
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