Roberto Luís Gaspar Deus Severo

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Personal information
Beto
Full name	Roberto Luís Gaspar de Deus Severo
Date of birth	May 3, 1976 (age 30)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Height	185cm
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Recreativo Huelva
Number	16
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1993-1995 1995-1996 1996-2006 2006 2006-	União Madeira Gil Vicente Sporting Clube de Portugal Bordeaux Recreativo Huelva	28 (8) 22 (2) 241 (21) 4 (0) 8 (0)
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.

He was a leading player as a defender for Sporting and also a regular presence on the Portugal. He was, before leaving the club, Sporting's captain.

He won the National Championship title, twice, in 1999-00 and 2001-02. He first debuted at the National Team, in the 1-1 draw with Germany, in Berlin, at 6 September 1997, and has been an usual player since then. He played at the 2002 World Cup and at European Football Championship 2000 and 2004.

In January 2006, he signed for Bordeaux for €1 million. But in last day of summer transfer window, he was sent on loan to La Liga newcomer Recreativo de Huelva.

He is known for early in his career scoring some important goals, namely against F.C. Porto, but also for scoring two own goals in a single match against rivals Benfica.

[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.

	Portugal squad - 2000 European Football Championship Semi-finalists
1 Baía \| 2 J. Costa \| 3 Rui Jorge \| 4 Vidigal \| 5 F. Couto \| 6 Paulo Sousa \| 7 Figo \| 8 João Pinto \| 9 Sá Pinto \| 10 Rui Costa \| 11 S. Conceição \| 12 P. Espinha \| 13 Dimas \| 14 Abel Xavier \| 15 Costinha \| 16 Beto \| 17 P. Bento \| 18 Pauleta \| 19 Capucho \| 20 Secretário \| 21 Nuno Gomes \| 22 Quim \| Coach: Humberto Coelho

	Portugal squad - 2002 FIFA World Cup
1 Baía \| 2 J. Costa \| 3 Abel Xavier \| 4 Caneira \| 5 F. Couto \| 6 Paulo Sousa \| 7 Figo \| 8 João 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: Oliveira

	Portugal squad - 2004 European Football Championship Runners-Up
1 Ricardo \| 2 P. Ferreira \| 3 Rui Jorge \| 4 J. Andrade \| 5 F. Couto \| 6 Costinha \| 7 Figo \| 8 Petit \| 9 Pauleta \| 10 Rui Costa \| 11 Simão \| 12 Quim \| 13 Miguel \| 14 N. Valente \| 15 Beto \| 16 R. Carvalho \| 17 C. Ronaldo \| 18 Maniche \| 19 Tiago \| 20 Deco \| 21 Nuno Gomes \| 22 Moreira \| 23 H. Postiga \| Coach: Scolari

Recreativo de Huelva - Current Squad
1 López Vallejo \| 2 Edu Moya \| 3 Pablo Amo \| 4 Arzo \| 5 Mario \| 6 Merino \| 8 Santi Cazorla \| 10 Jesús Vázquez \| 11 Roşu \| 12 Iago Bouzón \| 13 Laquait \| 14 Sinama-Pongolle \| 15 Viqueira \| 16 Beto \| 17 Barber \| 18 Uche \| 19 Javi Guerrero \| 20 Poli \| 21 Aitor \| 22 Juanma \| 23 Cheli \| 24 Dani Bautista \| Coach Marcelino Gª Toral