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Football legend Roberto Carlos joins GQ to reveal his 10 Essentials. The Brazilian former professional footballer breaks down his daily essentials: from a soccer ball (“the goal I scored against France was with a ball that’s similar to this”) to his family (“I always celebrate with them”).Credits:Director: Liam Woolmer-ThompsonDirector of Photography: Giles CahalaneEditor: Martina de AlbaTalent: Roberto CarlosAssociate Producer: Lona MezaProduction Manager: Jen Santos, Evie RoopCamera Operator: Luke Koch de Gooreynd, Ivana RaicevicGaffer: Nathan Jr CampbellSpark: Lorenzo GuerrieriSound Recordist: Mike PanayiotisProduction Assistant: Aziz AydemirPost Production Supervisor: Jess DunnPost Production Coordinator: Stella ShortinoSupervising Editor: Rob LombardiAssistant Editor: Justin Symonds
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00:00Is it right?
00:00Is it right?
00:01Is it right here?
00:02Is it right here?
00:02Oh, okay.
00:04Let's go to the people.
00:05Let's go.
00:06The people don't care.
00:08They can pretend he's going in his car.
00:10Maybe change your gear in the car.
00:12Is it automatic?
00:14No.
00:14The car is automatic.
00:18Hello, DQ.
00:20I'm Roberto Carlos.
00:21This is my 10 essentials.
00:24What does the ball mean?
00:29The ball represents a lot of my life.
00:32Since I started playing football, my father gave me a little ball.
00:37At the time, the ball was completely different from now.
00:40There were costumes.
00:42Today, you see a ball of plastic.
00:46The goal I made against France was very similar to that.
00:49It was a little ball that weighs a little.
00:52It was very small.
00:52And the ball makes a lot of effects to put a nice ball.
00:56And you see that the ball is improving every year.
00:59The brands are growing very much.
01:01Of course, I have a special with this brand.
01:03Because it's been the most important goal of my career.
01:06I finished my career for 12 years ago.
01:09But I still play football in Spain with a veteran team.
01:13I have my games every Sunday.
01:16And the most important thing is the play.
01:17The football is the best life of a football player.
01:20And I will not stop playing until the body hits a scream.
01:24What does the ball mean?
01:26One of the most important things that I always carry with me is a cross.
01:30To take care of my body.
01:31And also to take care of my health.
01:34I always do my prayers in important parties.
01:37Before, during the party and after the party.
01:40For this, I have done a tattoo on a cross.
01:44To wear it always with me.
01:46My tattoo is a word of the Bible.
01:49That is a strong phrase.
01:51That gives us our strength.
01:54That does it to be better.
01:55No?
01:56No, don't get the head big.
02:02My next item, of course, is music.
02:07Music always starts from the life of a human being.
02:10I keep saying that I'm Brazilian,
02:12and football and music combine.
02:16I love Brazilian music,
02:17I always put a lot of music on my own,
02:20and when I play, I put a lot of music,
02:23both in the hotel, or in the bus,
02:25or in the dress,
02:27and I enjoy a lot.
02:28The music gave me enough time to play.
02:31I was from Samba,
02:33and when I left 5 or 7 minutes for the heat,
02:37I put more of a soft music,
02:39that was to get concentrated in the game.
02:41So it was more evangelical music.
02:43I'm a little eclectic in relation to music,
02:45a lot of country, Brazilian music.
02:47I also like the salsa,
02:50I like to listen to gospel.
02:52My favorite song is from my friend,
02:55who's called Alexandre Pires.
02:57So I always hear,
02:58there are a lot of music from him,
02:59and Alexandre,
03:00besides being my brother,
03:01my friend,
03:02he's one of the best singers in my country.
03:04I like to listen to music at the maximum volume.
03:07Many times when I play songs,
03:09my own auriculus appears on the phone,
03:12please drop the sound.
03:14I have a little problem from this side,
03:16but from this I listen very well.
03:18I don't dance,
03:19I don't know how to dance,
03:20I'm completely blocked to dance.
03:22I like to listen more than to dance.
03:27What do you like?
03:28The pasta!
03:28It serves for any moment.
03:30It's one of the dishes that I like most.
03:32The pasta with tomato,
03:35I don't like that,
03:36but at the end,
03:38the Italian pasta is the one that I really like.
03:41It's my favorite dish of Roberto Carlos.
03:44I know how to cook it.
03:45I can cook it more or less.
03:46I can do something,
03:47but not every day.
03:49What is your favorite dish?
03:52The next essential dish is the plate.
03:56It's one of the things I like most.
03:57The plate is part of my daily life.
04:00I play the collections of plates.
04:02I like to put plates more serious when I'm wearing a dress,
04:07but with casual clothes,
04:08I always put a plate more normal to make good combinations.
04:12It depends on the event and on the moment.
04:15Look!
04:24The other essential dish is the family.
04:27I always say that the most important moments in my life
04:30are the family that is on my side.
04:31The most difficult moments are the family that is on my side.
04:34The celebrations are always with the family.
04:35When I played, I didn't have time to be with them,
04:38and now I have time to be with them,
04:39to enjoy the most.
04:41I'm very grateful for everything I've lived
04:43and what I've lived in my life
04:45to help me, to support me,
04:47to always be there in the good moments and bad moments.
04:55One second.
04:58No.
05:00One of the super important things in my life,
05:03this is also part of my daily life,
05:07both of my work,
05:08family, social networks,
05:10there's a little bit of everything.
05:11I enjoy a lot of the phone,
05:13I'm not a viciator,
05:15of course.
05:16I have my social networks,
05:18people talk about my goals,
05:20when I played football,
05:22the World,
05:23the Champions League,
05:24the Supercopa,
05:25the Cup of the Ring,
05:26in the end.
05:27I receive messages from my fans,
05:29I always answer to the people,
05:30because people are part of my life.
05:35One of the most essential things in my life,
05:39my necessary things.
05:40I don't take a lot of douches.
05:41The things that I always carry with me,
05:43of course, is my crema,
05:44of Sovaco.
05:45I have my crema,
05:46when I affect this one,
05:49this one is for Sovacovski,
05:52I have a sepilio of the teeth,
05:54to affect me,
05:55to affect me whole,
05:56because I like this one more,
05:57to affect me,
05:58it makes me clean,
05:59clean, clean, clean,
06:00and of course,
06:03it's very good.
06:05This perfume is a perfume arabe,
06:06I love it.
06:11This is a very important item,
06:14inside my house,
06:15because it's a very comfortable,
06:17when I'm in Brazil,
06:19when I'm in Spain,
06:20or when I'm walking in my house,
06:22or in the douches,
06:23when I don't have any event outside of my house,
06:25I can use it with a short shirt
06:27or a shirt.
06:28And in Brazil,
06:29it's very common to go to the beach,
06:31with the chanclas.
06:36Well, my next item,
06:38of course,
06:39Tequila Don Julio,
06:401942,
06:41FIFA World Cup 2026.
06:44It's a limited edition,
06:46and it looks a lot
06:48to the World's trophy.
06:50I have the chance
06:51to be able to raise the trophy,
06:52and this is very similar.
06:53Always after each win,
06:55of course,
06:56after the matches,
06:57with the trophy in the hands,
06:59a Tequila Don Julio,
07:001942.
07:05As you all know,
07:07if I wasn't a football player,
07:08I would be a Formula 1 pilot.
07:10For me,
07:11it's one of the things
07:12that I liked most,
07:13and that I still enjoy watching
07:15on the TV,
07:15or when I can go to the circuit,
07:17to watch Formula 1.
07:21For the fans of the speed,
07:23nothing better
07:24than having a simulator
07:26at home,
07:26or a portátil.
07:29Oh,
07:29the most of my cars
07:31are fast,
07:32fast,
07:33and I've driven
07:34a F3.
07:36I went to 180,
07:38190,
07:39which was the maximum
07:39of these cars.
07:40Of course,
07:40it's not a Formula 1
07:41that goes to 300.
07:42I've had a great feeling
07:44to be able to drive
07:45a car at a high speed.
07:50Thank you very much
07:51for discovering
07:53my essential things
07:54in the day-to-day.
07:55It's been a pleasure
07:56to talk to you.
07:58See you soon.
07:59in the day-to-day.
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