Bobô (footballer, born 1962)

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Bobô

| image = Bobô em Amigos de Neymar vs. Seleção Baiana.jpg

| caption = Bobô in 2011

| fullname = Raimundo Nonato Tavares da Silva

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=y|1962|11|28}}

| birth_place = Senhor do Bonfim, Brazil

| death_date =

| height = {{height|m=1.75|precision=0}}

| position = Right midfielder

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Bahia Jovem

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Catuense

| years1 = 1982–1984

| clubs1 = Catuense

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1985–1989

| clubs2 = Bahia

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1989–1990

| clubs3 = São Paulo

| caps3 = 18

| goals3 = 3

| years4 = 1990–1991

| clubs4 = Flamengo

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| years5 = 1991–1992

| clubs5 = Fluminense

| caps5 =

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| years6 = 1993

| clubs6 = Corinthians

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| years7 = 1994

| clubs7 = Internacional

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| years8 = 1995

| clubs8 = Catuense

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| years9 = 1995–1997

| clubs9 = Bahia

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| nationalyears1 = 1989

| nationalteam1 = Brazil

| nationalcaps1 = 3

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2002–2003

| managerclubs1 = Bahia (interim)

| medaltemplates =

}}

Raimundo Nonato Tavares da Silva, commonly known by the nickname Bobô (born November 28, 1962), is a retired Brazilian professional football right midfielder and head coach, who played for several Campeonato Brasileiro Série A clubs.

Playing career

Born on November 28, 1962, in Senhor do Bonfim,{{cite web | title =Raimundo Nonato Tavares da Silva| url=http://200.159.15.35/registro/registro.aspx?s=86100 | access-date =2008-09-16 | date =2007-11-16 | publisher=Brazilian Football Confederation |language=pt}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}}{{cite web|title=Bobô - Raio-X |url=http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/idolos/futebol/bobo/raio_x.htm |access-date=2008-09-16 |date=2002-09-23 |publisher=Gazeta Esportiva |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021022034624/http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/idolos/futebol/bobo/raio_x.htm |archive-date=October 22, 2002 }} before becoming a professional player, Bobô played for local amateur club Bahia Jovem, then he joined Catuense's youth squad after the club's head coach, João Correia, observed him playing.{{cite web |title=O Craque |url=http://www.bobo8.com.br/ocraque/index.php?idiomaid=1 |access-date=2008-09-14 |publisher=Bobô's official website |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926071345/http://www.bobo8.com.br/ocraque/index.php?idiomaid=1 |archive-date=September 26, 2008 |df=mdy }} In 1982, he started his professional career playing for Catuense, where he stayed through 1984.{{cite book | title = Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro Lance Volume 1 | publisher = Aretê Editorial S/A | location = Rio de Janeiro | year = 2001 | pages = 37| isbn = 85-88651-01-7}} In 1985, he joined Bahia, where he won three times the Campeonato Baiano (in 1986, in 1987 and in 1988), and also won the 1988 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, scoring six goals in the competition, including two in the first leg of the final,{{cite web |title=Brazil 1988 Championship - II Copa União (1st level) |url=http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/br1988.htm |access-date=2008-09-15 |date=2002-01-09 |publisher=RSSSF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421210533/http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/tables/br1988.htm |archive-date=April 21, 2008 |df=mdy }} and winning that year's Placar magazine's Bola de Prata award.{{cite web |title=Bola de Prata (Placar Magazine) |url=http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/miscellaneous/bprata.htm |access-date=2008-09-15 |date=2007-12-03 |publisher=RSSSF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210084118/http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/miscellaneous/bprata.htm |archive-date=December 10, 2007 |df=mdy }} He stayed at Bahia until 1989, when he was signed by São Paulo for US$1 million.{{cite web|title=Bobô (ex-meia do Bahia, São Paulo, Fla, Flu e Corinthians) |url=http://desenvolvimento.miltonneves.com.br/QFL/Conteudo.aspx?ID=61021 |access-date=2008-09-14 |date=2008-09-02 |publisher=Milton Neves |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002130813/http://desenvolvimento.miltonneves.com.br/QFL/Conteudo.aspx?ID=61021 |archive-date=October 2, 2011 |df=mdy }} He scored three goals in the 18 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A games that he played for São Paulo,{{cite web | title =São Paulo FC - All players in Brazilian Championship | url =http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/miscellaneous/spjogbras.htm | access-date =2008-09-18 | date =2007-12-05 | publisher =RSSSF | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20070708231344/http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/rsssfbrasil/miscellaneous/spjogbras.htm | archive-date =July 8, 2007 | df =mdy-all }} winning the 1989 Bola de Prata, and that year's Campeonato Paulista. After leaving São Paulo during the 1990 season, he played for Flamengo, winning that season's Copa do Brasil, joining Flamengo's rivals, Fluminense in 1991, leaving the club in 1992, and playing for Corinthians and Internacional in 1993. In 1994, due to a judicial dispute with Corinthians, he ended the year without playing a game, but in the following year, he resumed playing, after returning to Catuense. In the same year, he returned to Bahia, retiring in 1997.{{cite web | title =Bobô anuncia que vai deixar de jogar futebol| url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fol/esp/s2028014.htm | access-date =2008-09-15 | date =2007-06-18 | publisher=Folha Online |language=pt}} Bobô played his farewell game on July 1, 1997, in a friendly tournament game between Bahia and Palmeiras.{{cite web | title =Torneio com Fla e Palmeiras marca despedida de Bobô| url=http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fol/esp/s2029127.htm | access-date =2008-09-16 | date =1997-06-27 | publisher=Folha Online |language=pt}}

=National team=

Bobô played three games for the Brazil national team in 1989, the first against Paraguay on April 12, while the other two against Peru, on May 10 and on May 24, winning the first two games, the results were, respectively 2–0, 4–1 and 1–1.{{cite web | title =Seleção Brasileira (Brazilian National Team) 1988-1989 | url =http://paginas.terra.com.br/esporte/chancedegol/sel/brazil198889.htm | access-date =2008-09-20 | date =2007-01-13 | publisher =RSSSF }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite book | title = Seleção Brasileira 1914-2006 | publisher = Mauad X | location = São Paulo | year = 2006 | pages = 236| isbn = 85-7478-186-X}}

Non-playing career

After retiring from playing football, Bobô worked as a sports commentator for Rede Bandeirantes.{{cite web | title =Craques escalando craques| url=http://www.terra.com.br/istoe/politica/152521b.htm | access-date =2008-09-21 | date =1998-12-23 | publisher=IstoÉ |language=pt}} He worked as Bahia's youth squad head coach in 2000, then was promoted as the main team's head coach in 2002, winning the Campeonato do Nordeste in that year.{{cite web | title =Bobô| url=http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/idolos/futebol/bobo/abertura.htm | access-date =2008-09-15 | date =2002-09-23 | publisher=Gazeta Esportiva |language=pt}} {{Dead link|date=November 2010|bot=H3llBot}} He resigned as Bahia's head coach in April 2003,{{cite web |title=Brasileirão 2008 - Balanço da Rodada |url=http://www.showdebola.com.br/brasileirao/rodada06.php |access-date=2008-09-22 |date=2003-04-28 |publisher=Show de Bola |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719032513/http://www.showdebola.com.br/brasileirao/rodada06.php |archive-date=July 19, 2009 |df=mdy }} after his club was defeated by Paraná 3–1, a result that left the club in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A's penultimate position.{{cite web | title =Bobô sai e Evaristo pode assumir | url=http://noticias.uol.com.br/pelenet/bahia/ultimas/2003/04/28/ult1186u148.jhtm | access-date =2008-09-15 | date =2003-04-28 | publisher=Pelé.net |language=pt }} He was appointed as the club's director of football on March 4, 2005,{{cite web | title =Bobô é o novo dirigente do Bahia | url=http://esportes.terra.com.br/futebol/estaduais2005/interna/0,,OI482241-EI4511,00.html | access-date =2008-09-16 | date =2005-04-04 | publisher=Terra |language=pt }} resigning from the job in July of the same year.{{cite web | title =Bobô entrega cargo de diretor do Bahia | url=http://esportes.terra.com.br/interna/0,,OI601619-EI4848,00.html | access-date =2008-09-16 | date =2005-07-22 | publisher=Terra |language=pt }} In 2006, Bobô worked as the host of Rede Bandeirantes' sports news show Esporte Total Bahia,{{cite web | title =Novos dirigentes da Sudesb | url=http://www.sudesb.ba.gov.br/noticia.php?codigo=120&sc=imprensa | access-date =2008-09-16 | date =2007-01-12 | publisher=SUDESB |language=pt |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080401035107/http://www.sudesb.ba.gov.br/noticia.php?codigo=120&sc=imprensa |archive-date = 2008-04-01}} before being appointed in December by Bahia state's Governor Jaques Wagner as general director of SUDESB (Superintendência dos Desportos do Estado da Bahia, meaning Bahia State's Sports Superintendency).{{cite web|title=Futuro governador da Bahia nomeia Bobô para assumir cargo |url=http://www.lancenet.com.br/noticias/06-12-14/19496.stm |access-date=2008-09-14 |date=2006-12-14 |publisher=Lancenet |language=pt }}{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web | title =Fonte Nova vai continuar interditada | url=http://www.sudesb.ba.gov.br/noticia.php?codigo=298&sc=index | access-date =2008-09-14 | date =2007-11-26 | publisher=SUDESB |language=pt |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080610012217/http://www.sudesb.ba.gov.br/noticia.php?codigo=298&sc=index |archive-date = 2008-06-10}}