Brazil legend Roberto Carlos to visit Pakistan

Brazilian legend Roberto Carlos has become the latest player to confirm his availability to visit Pakistan for an exhibition match next month along with his countryman Ronaldinho and other top Footballers.

Roberto Carlos is seventh player to join the team of “Ronaldinho and friends” for an exhibition seven a side match scheduled to be played in Karachi next month.

“NUMBER 7 is here and it's a big one! We're proud to announce that Roberto Carlos will be joining #RonaldinhoAndFriends for the MASSIVE event this summer,” announced the organizers of event Leisure League on Friday.

Roberto Carlos started his career in Brazil as a forward but spent most of his career as a left-back and has been described as the "most offensive-minded left-back in the history of the game.

He played in three World Cups, helping the team reach the final in 1998 in France, and win the 2002 tournament in Korea/Japan. He was named in the FIFA World Cup All-Star Team in 1998 and 2002.

At club level, he joined Real Madrid in 1996 where he spent 11 highly successful seasons, playing 584 matches in all competitions and scoring 71 goals. At Real, he won four La Liga titles and the UEFA Champions League three times. In April 2013, he was named by Marca as a member of the "Best foreign eleven in Real Madrid's history".

In August 2012, he announced his retirement from football at the age of 39 and took up management and was named as the head coach of Sivasspor in the Turkish Süper Lig in June 2013.

In July 2015, he was appointed player/manager of Indian Super League club Delhi Dynamos.

In a message to Pakistan Football fans, Roberto Carlos said that he’s looking forward to visit Pakistan and hoped that his visit would help aspiring footballers in Pakistan.

“Ronaldinho is truly a friend of mine, not only since we won the World Cup together in 2002. When he told me about this fantastic project which is being organized by the World Group and the head of the organization,” he said.

I had no hesitation in saying that I wanted to join the tour. Who knows, maybe ten years down the line scientists in Pakistan will be studying a goal I score on this tour.” Roberto Carlos said with a smile.