Roberto is a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian given name which originated from old Germanic
Robert
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, h ...
. Its related female name is
Roberta.
Notable people with the name include:
Saint
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Roberto Bellarmino (1542–1621), Catholic bishop
Sportsmen
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Robertino Pietri, Venezuelan motorcyclist
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Roberto Abbondanzieri
Roberto Carlos "Pato" Abbondanzieri (born Abbondancieri on 19 August 1972) is an Argentine professional former footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He spent most of his career at Boca Juniors in his homeland, as well as Getafe of La Liga and ...
, Argentinian footballer
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Roberto Acuña, Paraguayan footballer
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Roberto Alomar, Puerto Rican baseball player
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Roberto Amadio, Italian cyclist
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Roberto Ayala
Roberto Fabián Ayala (; born 14 April 1973), nicknamed ''El Ratón'' ("The Mouse"), is an Argentine former footballer who played as a centre back for the Argentina national football team, as well as Valencia and Real Zaragoza in Spain, Milan ...
, Argentinian footballer
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Roberto Badiani, Italian footballer
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Roberto Baggio, Italian footballer
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Roberto Ballini
Roberto Ballini (born 14 March 1944) is an Italian former racing cyclist. He won stage 16 of the 1969 Giro d'Italia. he also won the Coppa Placci the same year.
Major results
;1964
: 2nd Gran Premio della Liberazione
;1966
: 3rd Gran Premio I ...
, Italian footballer
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Roberto Baronio
Roberto Baronio (; born 11 December 1977) is an Italian professional football manager and former player. He was a part of Andrea Pirlo's backroom staff at Juventus.
He played in the position of deep-lying playmaker, where excelled due to his ...
, Italian footballer
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Roberto Bettega, Italian footballer
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Roberto Boninsegna, Italian footballer
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Roberto Brunamonti, Italian basketballer
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Roberto Cammarelle, Italian boxer
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Roberto Carlos da Silva, Brazilian footballer
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Roberto Chiacig, Italian basketballer
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Roberto Chiappa, Italian cyclist
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Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican baseball player
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Roberto Cravero, Italian footballer
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Roberto De Vicenzo, Argentinian golfer
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Roberto De Zerbi
Roberto De Zerbi (; born 6 June 1979) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of club Brighton & Hove Albion.
Playing career
De Zerbi started his professional career at AC Milan. He spent four seaso ...
, Italian footballer
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Roberto Di Donna
Roberto Di Donna (born 8 September 1968 in Rome) is an Italian sport shooter and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in 10 metre air pistol at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X ...
, Italian Olympic pistol shooter
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Roberto Donadoni, Italian coach and footballer
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Roberto Durán, Panamanian boxer
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Roberto Emílio da Cunha, Brazilian footballer
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Roberto Erlacher, Italian skier
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Roberto Galia, Italian coach and footballer
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Roberto Heras, Spanish cyclist
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Roberto Lerici
Roberto Lerici (April 30, 1924 in Rivarolo Ligure – March 4, 2004 in Athens, Greece) was an Italian professional football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqu ...
, Italian coach and footballer
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Roberto Locatelli
Roberto Locatelli (born 5 July 1974) is a former Italian motorcycle rider who won the 125cc World Championship in 2000.
Locatelli was born in Bergamo. He started the 250cc World Championship of 2007 with a Gilera, but was severely injured in ...
, Italian motorcyclist
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Roberto Maltagliati
Roberto Maltagliati (born 7 April 1969 in Cuggiono, Milan) is a former Italian footballer who played as a defender.
During his career of more than eighteen years, including seven in Serie A, he has played for Parma, Torino (from 1994–1 ...
, Italian footballer
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Roberto Mancini, Italian footballer
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Roberto Mussi
Roberto Mussi (; born 25 August 1963) is an Italian former professional footballer, who played as a defender; a versatile player, he was capable of playing both as a centre-back or right-back. Due to his dynamism, tenacity, work-rate, and te ...
, Italian footballer
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Roberto Muzzi, Italian footballer
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Roberto Petagine, Venezuelan footballer
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Roberto Policano, Italian footballer
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Roberto Pruzzo, Italian footballer
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Roberto Rolfo
Roberto 'Roby' Rolfo (born 23 March 1980) is an Italian former professional motorcycle road racer. He had his best season in 2003, when he finished in second place in the 250cc World Championship. Rolfo competed in the MotoGP class for one year b ...
, Italian motorcyclist
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Roberto Rosetti, Italian football referee
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Roberto Rojas, Chilean footballer
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Roberto Sosa Roberto Sosa may refer to:
* Roberto Sosa (poet) (1930–2011), Honduran author and poet
* Roberto Sosa (Argentine footballer) (born 1975), Argentine footballer
* Roberto Sosa (Uruguayan footballer) (born 1935)
* Roberto Sosa (actor)
See also
*Sosa ...
, Argentinian footballer
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Roberto Strauss (born 1952), Mexican swimmer
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Roberto Visentini, Italian cyclist
Other professions
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Roberto Bolle, Italian ballet dancer
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