 Bobô in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raimundo Nonato Tavares da Silva | ||
| Date of birth | (1962-11-28)November 28, 1962 (age 62) | ||
| Place of birth | Senhor do Bonfim,Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Right midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bahia Jovem | |||
| Catuense | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1984 | Catuense | ||
| 1985–1989 | Bahia | ||
| 1989–1990 | São Paulo | 18 | (3) |
| 1990–1991 | Flamengo | ||
| 1991–1992 | Fluminense | ||
| 1993 | Corinthians | ||
| 1994 | Internacional | ||
| 1995 | Catuense | ||
| 1995–1997 | Bahia | ||
| International career | |||
| 1989 | Brazil | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2003 | Bahia (interim) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Raimundo Nonato Tavares da Silva, commonly known by the nicknameBobô (born November 28, 1962), is a retiredBrazilian professionalfootballright midfielder and head coach, who played for severalCampeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs.
Born on November 28, 1962, inSenhor do Bonfim,[1][2] before becoming a professional player, Bobô played for local amateur club Bahia Jovem, then he joinedCatuense's youth squad after the club's head coach, João Correia, observed him playing.[3] In 1982, he started his professional career playing for Catuense, where he stayed through 1984.[4] In 1985, he joinedBahia, where he won three times theCampeonato Baiano (in 1986, in 1987 and in 1988),[4] and also won the1988Campeonato Brasileiro Série A,[4] scoring six goals in the competition, including two in the first leg of the final,[5] and winning that year'sPlacar magazine'sBola de Prata award.[6] He stayed at Bahia until 1989, when he was signed bySão Paulo for US$1 million.[7] He scored three goals in the 18 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A games that he played for São Paulo,[8] winning the 1989 Bola de Prata,[6] and that year'sCampeonato Paulista.[4] After leaving São Paulo during the 1990 season, he played forFlamengo, winningthat season'sCopa do Brasil,[2] joining Flamengo's rivals,Fluminense in 1991, leaving the club in 1992, and playing forCorinthians andInternacional in 1993.[4] In 1994, due to a judicial dispute with Corinthians, he ended the year without playing a game,[3] but in the following year, he resumed playing, after returning to Catuense.[4] In the same year, he returned to Bahia, retiring in 1997.[9] Bobô played his farewell game on July 1, 1997, in a friendly tournament game between Bahia andPalmeiras.[10]
Bobô played three games for theBrazil national team in 1989, the first againstParaguay on April 12, while the other two againstPeru, on May 10 and on May 24, winning the first two games, the results were, respectively 2–0, 4–1 and 1–1.[11][12]
After retiring from playing football, Bobô worked as a sports commentator forRede Bandeirantes.[4][13] He worked as Bahia's youth squad head coach in 2000, then was promoted as the main team's head coach in 2002, winning theCampeonato do Nordeste in that year.[14] He resigned as Bahia's head coach in April 2003,[15] after his club was defeated byParaná 3–1, a result that left the club inCampeonato Brasileiro Série A's penultimate position.[16] He was appointed as the club's director of football on March 4, 2005,[17] resigning from the job in July of the same year.[18] In 2006, Bobô worked as the host of Rede Bandeirantes' sports news show Esporte Total Bahia,[19] before being appointed in December byBahia state's GovernorJaques Wagner as general director of SUDESB (Superintendência dos Desportos do Estado da Bahia, meaning Bahia State's Sports Superintendency).[20][21]
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