Paulo Roberto Falcão
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paulo Roberto Falcão | ||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Abelardo Luz, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–1980 | Internacional | 392 | (75) |
| 1980–1985 | Roma | 107 | (22) |
| 1985–1986 | São Paulo | 25 | (8) |
| Total | 424 | (105) | |
| National team | |||
| 1976–1986 | Brazil | 34 | (6) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1990–1991 | Brazil | ||
| 1991–1992 | América | ||
| 1993 | Internacional | ||
| 1994 | Japan | ||
| 2011 | Internacional | ||
| 2012 | Bahia | ||
| 2015–2016 | Sport | ||
| 2016 | Internacional | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Paulo Roberto Falcão, or simply Falcão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpawlu ʁoˈbɛʁtu fawˈkɐ̃w̃]; born 16 October 1953), is a Brazilian former footballer and current manager of Sport. He is widely considered one of the best players in Internacional and Roma history, and he is universally considered one of the greatest Brazilian players of all time, especially at his peak in the 1980s. At one stage, he was the world's highest paid footballer. Due to his success and performances with Roma, he earned the knickname "the eighth King of Rome" from the fans, and was inducted into the A.S. Roma Hall of Fame in 2013.
For the Brazil national team, Falcão was capped 34 times between February 1976 and June 1986. He appeared at the 1982 FIFA World Cup, playing in midfield alongside Zico, Sócrates and Éder, considered one of the greatest Brazilian national teams ever. He was named by Pelé one of the 125 Greatest Living Footballers at a FIFA Awards ceremony in 2004. His last name, Falcão, was chosen by Radamel García, a retired footballer and father of Radamel Falcao, to name his son as a tribute to him.
Falcão began his professional career at Internacional of Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul, where he played from 1972 to 1980, winning three Brazilian National Championships (1975, 1976, 1979) and reaching the finals of the 1980 Copa Libertadores, eventually losing to Nacional. During his time at Internacional, he was surprisingly left out of the Brazil squad for the 1978 World Cup in Argentina, though he made the shortlisted pre-tournament 40.
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