At 48 years old, Roberto Carlos played in—and scored—in a Sunday league match for a local pub on Friday.
The three-time Champions League winner took the field for Shrewsbury's Bull in the Barne pub team thanks to an Ebay raffle called “Dream Transfer,” in which proceeds went to Football Beyond Borders.
Even though the Sunday League side had a World Cup winner on its side, Roberto Carlos still had to wait to come off the bench. But the Brazilian star stepped up to score a second-half penalty with his legendary left-footed shot, although it was not enough to see Bull in the Barne win the friendly.
“Roberto Carlos is one of those legends who’s inspired so many young players’ love of the game,” Bull in the Barne manager and goalkeeper Ed Speller said prior to the game, per Yahoo Sports. “... It should be a right laugh for him to come see what we’re made of, with some tense free-kicks and hopefully no dodgy tackles.”
The left back, who won four La Liga titles in his career with Real Madrid, last played professional soccer in 2015 when he served as player-manager for Indian side Delhi Dynamos, now known as Odisha Football Club.
In 2002, Roberto Carlos won the World Cup and finished runner-up to Real Madrid and Brazil teammate Ronaldo.
