Roberto Costa

Brazilian footballer

Roberto Costa Cabral or Roberto Costa, as he was known, (born December 8, 1954, in Santos) is a former football player from Brazil. He played goalkeeper (height : 1,85m), mainly with Atlético Paranaense. He twice received the Bola de Ouro 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
1978–1983: Atlético Paranaense
1984–1984: Coritiba Foot Ball Club
1984–1984: Club de Regatas Vasco da Gama
Internacional
Taguatinga
Caldense.
1987–1987: Atlético Paranaense

He adopted the surname “Costa” to differentiate himself from “Roberto Dinamite” who played at that time. After two Paraná State championship, gained with Atlético Paranaense, he joined Vasco and was vice-champion of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 1984.

Honours

Winner of Paraná State championship in 1982 and 1983 with Atlético Paranaense
Bola de Ouro in 1983 and 1984

External links

Roberto Costa at National-Football-Teams.com
history Roberto Costa.

Bola de Ouro

Men's

1970: Pelé¹
1971: Dirceu Lopes²
1973: Ancheta & Cejas
1974: Zico
1975: Waldir Peres
1976: Figueroa
1977: Cerezo
1978: Falcão
1979: Falcão
1980: Cerezo
1981: Paulo Isidoro
1982: Zico
1983: Roberto Costa
1984: Roberto Costa
1985: Marinho
1986: Careca
1987: Renato
1988: Taffarel
1989: Ricardo Rocha
1990: César Sampaio
1991: Mauro Silva
1992: Júnior
1993: César Sampaio
1994: Amoroso
1995: Giovanni
1996: Djalminha
1997: Edmundo
1998: Edílson
1999: Marcelinho Carioca
2000: Romário
2001: Alex Mineiro
2002: Kaká
2003: Alex
2004: Robinho
2005: Tevez
2006: Lucas
2007: Thiago Neves
2008: Rogério Ceni
2009: Adriano
2010: Darío Conca
2011: Neymar
2012: Neymar¹ & Ronaldinho
2013: Éverton Ribeiro
2014: Ricardo Goulart
2015: Renato Augusto
2016: Gabriel Jesus
2017: Jô
2018: Dudu
2019: Gabriel Barbosa
2020: Claudinho
2021: Hulk
2022: Gustavo Scarpa
2023: Suárez

Women's

2021: Bia Zaneratto
2022: Adriana
2023: Aline Gomes

¹ As Hors concours
² Placar started to give this prize to the best grade holder at Bola de Prata since 1973. In its 2013 ceremonies, a Bola de Ouro was given to Dirceu Lopes, holder of the best 1971 grade. Francisco Reyes and Elías Figueroa, holders of 1970 and 1972 ones respectively, have not been announced as these years' winners yet.