Paulo Roberto de Freitas, best known as Bebeto (January 15, 1950 â March 13, 2018), was a Brazilian volleyball coach and football manager. He was the president of Botafogo FR football club.
As a volleyball player, Bebeto competed in the volleyball tournaments at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
Bebeto coached several Brazilian and Italian volleyball teams; as coach of Brazil men's national team, he won a silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He won the 1998 FIVB World Championship with the Italian men's national team.
In 2015, Bebeto was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame.
Bebeto 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.
Bebeto was born in Rio de Janeiro. He died on March 13, 2018, of a heart attack inside the Atlético Mineiro training center. He was 68.
<u>Master's Degree</u> 1992
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, S.A.
<u>Master's Degree</u> 2004
Fluminense Federal University