Background
He was born in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state.
He was born in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state.
With a career as center-forward spanning over twenty years, Dinamite rose to legendary status playing for Vasco da Gama, becoming the club"s player with the most appearances and all-time top-scorer, as well as the overall leading scorer in the Brazilian Série A. At the national level, Dinamite played in the 1978 and 1982 World Cups and the 1972 Olympic Games. He was president of Vasco da Gama from 2008 to 2014. Roberto Dinamite was developed at Vasco da Gama youth squad.
He is one of the most famous Vasco da Gama players, and is the greatest goal scorer of the club
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).
He was nicknamed Dinamite by the journalist Aparício Pires, of Jornal dos Sports newspaper, after scoring a spectacular goal in his debut in the professional team, on November 25, 1971, against Internacional, at Maracanã stadium. The journalist wrote in the newspaper that the Dynamite-Boy detonates at Maracanã.
In 1989 and 1990, he played for Portuguesa of São Paulo state, scoring 11 goals.
His last goal was scored on October 26, 1992, when, in Campeonato Carioca, Vasco da Gama beat Goytacaz 2–0 at São Januário stadium. He retired on March 24, 1993, when he was 39 years old. His last match was on that day, when Deportivo de Louisiana Coruña of Spain beat Vasco da Gama 2–0 at Maracanã stadium, in a friendly game that Zico played for Vasco together with him.
Roberto Dinamite earned 47 caps with the Brazilian national team, between September 1975 and June 1984, scoring 25 goals, including matches against combined teams, and clubs.
He played 38 matches against national teams (20 of them were official Fédération internationale de football association matches), and scored 20 goals, and the nine other matches were against combined teams, and clubs, scoring 5 goals in those matches. His first national team match was played on September 30, 1975, when the Peruvian national team beat Brazil 3–1.
Roberto Dinamite"s first Brazilian national team goal was scored on May 23, 1976, when Brazil beat England 1–0. His last cap was earned on June 17, 1984, when Brazil and Argentina drew 0–0.
He was a reserve player in the 1978 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup, scoring three goals.
He was also reserve player for Serginho Chulapa in the 1982 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup, and was called by Telê Santana after Careca got injured. Roberto Dinamite played five Brazil Olympic team matches, all of them in 1972. He scored one goal in his last match, played on August 11, 1972, when Brazil and Tuna Luso drew 1–1.
Club honors Individual honors After his retirement from football, he became a politician.
Roberto Dinamite was a candidate to Vasco da Gama presidency in 2003 and in 2006. He was elected president of Vasco da Gama on June 21, 2008.
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 1974 Campeonato Carioca: 1977, 1982, 1987, 1988, 1992 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Top Scorer: 1974, 1984 Bola de Prata: 1979, 1981, 1984 Copa America Top Scorer: 1983 Maior Ídolo do Rio (Rio"s Greatest Idol) by Jornal dos Sports newspaper: 1985 Craque do Brasil (Outstanding player of Brazil) by Jornal dos Sports newspaper: 1985.
In 1992, after joining the PSDB party, he ran for the State Assembly of Rio de Janeiro, being elected with 34,893 votes, 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, in 2002, with 53,172 votes and in 2006, with 49,097 votes. He is currently a member of PMDB party.
