Roberto Severo

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Personal information
Beto
Full name	Roberto Luís Gaspar de Deus Severo
Date of birth	May 3, 1976 (1976-05-03) (age 32)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Recreativo Huelva
Number	22
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-1995 1995-1996 1996-2006 2006 2006-	União Lamas (loan) Campomaiorense (loan) Sporting Lisbon Bordeaux Recreativo Huelva	28 (8) 22 (2) 241 (21) 4 (0) 24 (1)
National team²
1997-2004	Portugal	31 (2)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 10, 2006. ² National team caps and goals correct as of December 10, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Roberto Luís Gaspar de Deus Severo^[1], OIH, born in Lisbon, 3 May 1976), known as Beto (pron. IPA: ['bɛtu]), is a Portuguese football player, who plays as a central defender with Spain's Recreativo de Huelva. He is known for, early in his career, while at Sporting Lisbon, scoring some important goals, namely against F.C. Porto, but also two own goals in a single match against rivals Benfica.

He was a defensive force as well as team captain at Sporting during his stay, and won the national championship title twice, in 1999-00 and 2001-02.

After falling out with Sporting coach Paulo Bento, in January 2006, he signed for Bordeaux for €1 million. On the last day of summer transfer window of the same year, he was sent on loan to La Liga newcomer Recreativo de Huelva. On July 3rd, 2007, Beto signed a three-year permanent deal with the Andalusia outfit.

Beto made his Portugal debut in a World Cup qualifier against Germany in Berlin (1-1), and was part of the squads at the 2002 World Cup, and both the 2000 and 2004 European Football Championships.

[edit] Honours

Superliga (Portuguese Championship): 2000, 2002
Portuguese Cup: 2002
SuperCup Cândido de Oliveira: 2000, 2002

[edit] Footnotes

^ His surname is Deus-Severo, former form mother, latter from father.

v • d • e Portugal squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup

1 V. Baía • 2 J. Costa • 3 A. Xavier • 4 Caneira • 5 F. Couto • 6 P. Sousa • 7 Figo • 8 J. Pinto • 9 Pauleta • 10 Rui Costa • 11 S. Conceição • 12 H. Viana • 13 J. Andrade • 14 P. Barbosa • 15 Nélson • 16 Ricardo • 17 P. Bento • 18 Frechaut • 19 Capucho • 20 Petit • 21 Nuno Gomes • 22 Beto • 23 Rui Jorge • Coach: A. Oliveira