Roberto Gomes Pedrosa

Pedrosa
Personnel
Surname	Roberto Gomes Pedrosa
birthday	July 8, 1913
place of birth	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
date of death	January 6, 1954
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro ,  Brazil
position	goalkeeper
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1930-1934	Botafogo FC
1935-1937	CA Estudante Paulista
1938-1939	Sao Paulo FC
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1934	Brazil	2 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Roberto Gomes Pedrosa , (born July 8, 1913 in Rio de Janeiro , † January 6, 1954 ), was a Brazilian national football goalkeeper .

career

Pedrosa started his career at Botafogo from Rio de Janeiro in 1930 at the age of seventeen . Because of his good performance, he was invited to the football World Cup with the national team in 1934. After his trip to the World Cup and a subsequent extensive friendly game tour, the player moved to the Estudante Paulista in São Paulo . After another two years he went to São Paulo FC.

For the national soccer team of Brazil, he played the international match at the 1934 World Cup . The team lost this only game at the World Cup with 1: 3 against Spain and were eliminated in the second round.

Official internationals

• May 27, 1934 against Spain , result: 1: 3 (Football World Cup 1934)
• June 3, 1934 against Yugoslavia , result: 4: 8 (friendly match)

Unofficial internationals

• June 8, 1934 against Dinamo Zagreb , result: 0-0
• June 17, 1934 against Catalan football team , result: 1: 2
• June 24, 1934 against Catalan football team , result: 2-2
• July 1, 1934 against FC Barcelona , result: 4: 4
• July 12, 1934 against a selection team of players from Belenenses Lisbon and Benfica Lisbon , result: 4: 2
• July 15, 1934 against Sporting Lisbon , result: 6: 1
• July 22, 1934 against FC Porto , result: 0-0
• September 7, 1934 against Galícia EC , result: 10: 4
• September 9, 1934 against CA Ypiranga , result: 5: 1
• September 13, 1934 against EC Vitória , result: 2: 1
• September 16, 1934 against EC Bahia , result: 8: 1
• September 20, 1934 against a selection team from Bahia , result: 2: 1
• September 27, 1934 against Sport Recife , result: 5: 4
• September 30, 1934 against Santa Cruz FC , result: 3: 1
• October 4, 1934 against Náutico Capibaribe , result: 8: 3
• October 7, 1934 against a national team from Pernambuco , result: 5: 3
• October 10, 1934 against Santa Cruz FC , result: 2: 3
• October 13, 1934 against EC Bahia , result: 5: 1

Trivia

Immediately after his professional career, he was elected director of São Paulo FC in 1940. Then in 1941 he was appointed director of the department for football and a year later made honorary membership. In 1946 Pedrosa was elected chairman of São Paulo FC. A position he held until his death in 1954.

In addition to the club work, Pedrosa was also active at the association level. In 1943 he was appointed director of the technical department of the Football Federation of São Paulo the Federação Paulista de Futebol (FPF). In 1944 he was General Secretary of the FPF and in 1945 he was an elected member of the Regional Sports Council. In 1947 he was elected President of the São Paulo Football Association.

Named after him, the tournament " Torneio Roberto Gomes Pedrosa " took place from 1967 to 1970 . For the Praça Roberto Gomes Pedrosa (Roberto Gomes Pedrosa Platz) at the Estádio do Morumbi , Pedrosa is also the namesake.

successes

Botafogo

• National Championship of Rio de Janeiro : 1932, 1933, 1934

Web links

• Roberto Gomes Pedrosa in the database of FIFA (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Itemization for international matches (here written as Pedroza)