Adalberto Machado (born 3 June 1964), simply known as Adalberto, is a Brazilian retired

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who played as a

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Club career

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youth graduate,

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-born Adalberto was promoted to the first team in 1983, but spent his first year sidelined due to a leg break. He made his first team debut in a 0–0 draw against Guarani in the year's

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. An immediate backup of Júnior, Adalberto scored his first goal in March 1984, netting the opener in a 3–0 home win against Brasil de Pelotas. When Júnior was sold to

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, he became the first-choice and appeared regularly until the end of the year. Adalberto started the 1985 campaign as an undisputed starter, scoring a brace in a 6–1 routing of rivals

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. He subsequently struggled severely with injuries, which prompted to end his career at the age of just 24.

International career

Adalberto represented

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at under-20 and under-23 levels. He won the

1983 South American U-20 Championship The South American Youth Championship 1983 was held in Cochabamba, La Paz and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It also served as qualification for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship. Teams The following teams entered the tournament: * * (host) * * * ...

and

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, while also appearing in the

1983 Pan American Games The 1983 Pan American Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from August 14 to August 29, 1983. The games were the first major international competition to include relatively accurate steroid testing.Taylor, William N., ''Anabolic Steroids and the ...

Personal life

He is the father of Spanish international forward

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. Adalberto opened a football school in Vigo alongside

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winner Mazinho.

Honours

Club

;Flamengo *

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: 1986, 1987, 1988 *

: 1989 *

Taça Guanabara The Taça Guanabara, or Guanabara Cup, is a football tournament organized annually since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. In its first four editions (1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968), the Taça Guanabara was a tournament in its o ...

: 1987

International

;Brazil U20 *

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Adalberto 1964 births Living people Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players CR Flamengo footballers Brazil men's under-20 international footballers Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games Footballers at the 1983 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in football