{"id":100106,"date":"2023-11-19T20:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T20:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=100106"},"modified":"2023-11-19T20:42:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T20:42:02","slug":"roberto-firminos-father-dies-during-family-trip-to-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/sport\/roberto-firminos-father-dies-during-family-trip-to-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Roberto Firmino's father dies during family trip to Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"
Roberto Firmino’s father passed away on Saturday night during a family trip to Dubai.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jos\u00e9 Roberto Cordeiro de Oliveira, 62, suffered a heart attack. The family is still trying to contact the Brazilian embassy in the country to bring back his body to Macei\u00f3, the family’s home city.<\/p>\n
Close friends and Firmino’s press manager have confirmed the information to Brazilian news outlet UOL.<\/p>\n
‘He was a very good guy,’ said one friend of the family. ‘He had a very good soul and was very funny. This was very unexpected.’<\/p>\n
Firmino saw his father as a hero, as he wrote in his biography ‘Si Se\u00f1or – My Liverpool Years’.<\/p>\n
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Roberto Firmino’s father, Jos\u00e9 Roberto Cordeiro de Oliveira, passed away aged 62 on Saturday night during a family trip to Dubai (Credit: Instagram: @roberto_firmino)<\/p>\n
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Firmino’s wife Larissa Pereira shared photos of their family, including Firmino’s father, during a trip to an amusement park in Dubai on Saturday night – just hours before the news broke<\/p>\n
‘Not all heroes wear capes; some are called Dad. My father, Jos\u00e9, was my childhood hero, an inspiration and an example. A generous, serious, honest man dedicated to the family.’<\/p>\n
Larissa Pereira, Firmino’s wife, posted some pictures and videos with her father-in-law. ‘Thank you for this moment, Lord’, she wrote.<\/p>\n
CRB, Firmino’s first club, also wrote a message to Jos\u00e9 Cordeiro, who was very happy to see his son playing there.<\/p>\n