BRAZIL NUTS

BRAZIL legend Roberto Carlos’ life away from football is as colourful as the kits he used to wear for his country.

Incredibly, the marauding left-back with the huge thighs — famous for scoring the greatest free kick of all time — admitted in the past he fathered 11 children with seven different women.

The ladies’ man, with a £133million fortune, is currently going through a bitter divorce with wife of over 15 years, Mariana Luccon.

They have two children together, Manuela and Marina.

However, Estadio Deportivo claims the pair have gone their separate ways – and a war over his fortune has begun.

The report adds that Carlos has been allegedly sleeping at Real Madrid’s training ground — the club he appeared 527 times for and won four La Liga and three Champions League titles.

Carlos has since denied the claims, insisting he remains “at a private residence, supported by members of my family.”

But the latest chapter in Carlos’ life adds to the mad existence he leads.

Not only does he have a ‘futsal team’ worth of children.

He’s also best pals with the original Ronaldo, sometimes known simply as R9.

While he is still keen on showing off his football skills – turning out on Sunday League pitches on our shores.

SunSport looks at how Carlos continues to amaze.

‘He has enough to set up a futsal team’

Carlos had been in a happy marriage to Mariana from 2009.

But according to TV show Fiesta, they have decided to walk away from their nuptials. The Brazilian beauty managed to stay out the limelight during her time with one of the most famous footballers of his generation, keeping her personal life off social media.

However, she did appear in some Nike adverts, as well as on the red carpet with their two shared children.

In an interview in 2015 with Spanish journalist Josep Pedrerol, Carlos admitted he fathered 11 kids.

A video clip of his confession went viral on social media.

He said: “Now I live with Manuela and I have several around. I have 7 in Brazil. I have one in Mexico, I have one in Hungary who lives in Alicante and the others live in Brazil.”

Three of those children, Roberta, Giovanna, and Roberto Carlos Jr were born from his first marriage to Alexandra Pinheiro.

Others born out of wedlock include Rebeca, Christopher, and Carlos Eduardo. The identity of all 11 children isn’t known.

Carlos appeared on Spanish kids’ show El Hormiguero alongside former Arsenal striker Julio Baptista in 2018, when the subject of children was brought up.

Baptista hilariously told the host Pablo Motos: “He has enough to set up a futsal team and with some substitutes.”

Chris, now 22, appeared for CD Canillas — a feeder club for Real Madrid — as he aimed to follow in his famous father’s footsteps.

Daughter Giovanna, 27, gave birth to her first child in 2017 she called Pedro, making Carlos a grandad at 44.

Football friend

In the past, 5ft 6in Carlos has been linked with a string of stunning women. Before his marriage to Mariana, he was in a romance with Brazilian model Jane Borges.

There was another relationship with Hungarian supermodel Alexandra Horvath, who he shares son Christopher with.

However, despite all those women in his life — it’s a close bond with ‘Blood Brother’ Ronaldo who he has spent more time ‘sleeping’ with.

In a hilarious interview with the late Grant Wahl for Sports Illustrated, R9 revealed: “My best team-mate was Roberto Carlos.

“I slept more in the same room with Roberto Carlos in training camps than with all the women I’ve been with in my life! I spent all my life with Roberto Carlos for 20 years: with the national team, with Real Madrid, with Corinthians.”

Famously, Ronaldo credits Carlos with saving his life when he suffered a seizure before the 1998 World Cup final against France.

Making moves after retirement

Across three decades, Carlos was one of the most recognisable and bankable footballers on the planet.

Not only did he enjoy huge pay days at Inter Milan and Real Madrid, he also seized on an opportunity to sign with Anzhi Makhachkala in his later years in a deal worth around £8.3million over two years.

The president of the oil and mining-rich Russian club would also gift him a £1million Bugatti Veyron car on his birthday.

Alongside his playing contracts, he enjoyed sponsorship deals with the likes of Nike, Adidas, Pepsi, and Gillette. — Sun.