Roberto Costa Cabral (born December 8, 1954, in Santos) is a former

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player from

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. He played goalkeeper (height : 1,85m), mainly with

Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (abbreviated CAP, commonly known as Athletico Paranaense and up to 2019 known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded o ...

. He twice received the

Bola de Ouro The ''Bola de Ouro'' (Golden Ball) is an annual award given each year, since 1973, by Brazilian sports magazine '' Placar'' to the best player in the Campeonato Brasileiro. A group of sports journalists watch every match of the competition and ra ...

award (Golden Ball in English) given to the best player in the Campeonato Brasileiro (Brazilian championship). He has one cap with the Brazil national team.

Clubs

* Flamengo of Varginha *

Santos FC Santos Futebol Clube () is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a ''bairro'' in the city of Santos, São Paulo, Santos. It plays in the Campeonato Paulista, the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo's premier State football lea ...

*1978–1983:

* 1984–1984:

Coritiba Foot Ball Club Coritiba Foot Ball Club, commonly known as Coritiba and colloquially referred to as heCoxa, is a List of football clubs in Brazil, Brazilian football club from Curitiba, capital city of the States of Brazil, Brazilian state of Paraná s ...

* 1984–1984:

Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama (; English: Vasco da Gama Club of Rowing), commonly referred to as Vasco da Gama or simply Vasco, is a sports club based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Although originally a rowing club and then a multi-sport club, Va ...

* Internacional * Taguatinga * Caldense. * 1987–1987:

He adopted the surname “Costa” to differentiate himself from “

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 yea ...

” who played at that time. After two Paraná State championship, gained with

, he joined Vasco and was vice-champion of the

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (; English: "Brazilian Championship A Series"), commonly referred to as the Brasileirão (; English: "Big Brazilian" or "Great Brazilian"), the Série A or the Brazilian Série A (to distinguish it from the I ...

in 1984.

Honours

*Winner of Paraná State championship in 1982 and 1983 with

in 1983 and 1984

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history Roberto Costa
1954 births Living people Footballers from Santos, São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Brazil men's international footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Club Athletico Paranaense players SC Internacional players Santos FC players Coritiba Foot Ball Club players CR Vasco da Gama players 20th-century Brazilian sportsmen {{Brazil-footy-goalkeeper-stub