Bebeto de Freitas

Paulo Roberto de Freitas, best known as Bebeto (January 15, 1950 – March 13, 2018) was a Brazilian volleyball coach and football manager. He was the President of Botafogo FR football club.

Bebeto was born in Rio de Janeiro. He won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics. He won the 1998 World Championships with Italy men's national team.Titles won by de Freitas . He also competed in the volleyball tournaments at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.

The following year he began his career as football manager for Clube Atlético Mineiro, moving to Botafogo in 2002, bringing the team back to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2003.

De Freitas died on March 13, 2018 of a heart attack in Belo Horizonte, Brazil at the age of 68.

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Category:Olympic silver medalists for Brazil
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