Bebeto de Freitas
Brazilian volleyball coach and football manager
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| Intro | Brazilian volleyball coach and football manager | |
| Places | Brazil | |
| is | Athlete Sports coach Volleyball player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 15 January 1950, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | |
| Age | 74 years |
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Paulo Roberto de Freitas, best known as Bebeto (born January 15, 1950), is a Brazilian volleyball coach and soccer manager. He is former president of Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas football club and current Halkbank Ankara (Turkey) volley coach.
Bebeto was born in Rio de Janeiro. He coached several Brazilian and Italian volleyball teams; as coach of Brazil men's national team, he won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics. He won the 1998 World Championships with Italy men's volleyball national team.
The following year he began his career as football manager for Atlético Mineiro, moving to Botafogo in 2002, bringing the team back to Campeonato Brasileiro Série A in 2003.