{"id":298963,"date":"2023-11-27T11:25:21","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T11:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/?p=298963"},"modified":"2023-11-27T11:25:21","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T11:25:21","slug":"ex-liverpool-star-roberto-firmino-posts-an-emotional-tribute-to-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usasportsradar.com\/soccer\/ex-liverpool-star-roberto-firmino-posts-an-emotional-tribute-to-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Liverpool star Roberto Firmino posts an emotional tribute to\u00a0father"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Former Liverpool star Roberto Firmino posts an emotional tribute to\u00a0father following his tragic death after suffering a heart attack during family trip to Dubai<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Roberto Firmino has paid an emotional tribute to his father following his death\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jos\u00e9 Roberto Cordeiro de Oliveira died at age 62 after suffering a heart attack\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Inside Ange&#8217;s Spurs: Listen to It&#8217;s All Kicking Off on how he transformed the club\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Liverpool star Roberto Firmino has posted an emotional tribute to his father following his tragic death.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Roberto Cordeiro de Oliveira suffered a heart attack during a recent family trip to Dubai.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Larissa Pereira, Firmino&#8217;s wife, posted some pictures and videos with her father-in-law. &#8216;Thank you for this moment, Lord&#8217;, she wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Firmino, who now plays for Saudi side Al-Ahli after leaving Liverpool this summer, paid a heartbreaking tribute to his father.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian uploaded a few pictures to his official Instagram page &#8211; where he thanked God for their time together.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/27\/10\/78273361-12795269-Former_Liverpool_star_Roberto_Firmino_has_posted_an_emotional_tr-a-30_1701081434101.jpg\" height=\"591\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former Liverpool star Roberto Firmino has posted an emotional tribute to his father\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/27\/10\/77993447-12795269-Roberto_Firmino_s_father_Jos_Roberto_Cordeiro_de_Oliveira_passed-a-28_1701081348946.jpg\" height=\"632\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Firmino&#8217;s father, Jos\u00e9 Roberto Cordeiro de Oliveira, passed away aged 62 on Saturday night during a family trip to Dubai<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C0HW7rdLlwL\/<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by R O B E R T O F I R M I N O (@roberto_firmino)<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith&#8217;. 2 timothy 4 : 7. Father, just like you, speaking in public has never been my forte. I&#8217;ve always struggled to put into words my feelings, but it&#8217;s NEVER, EVER been this hard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;In the midst of so much pain, that I have never felt before in my life, I thank God for the privilege of having you rested in my arms, seeing your last breath took a piece of me, but it didn&#8217;t take away everything we lived together and not my faith and that it gives me the strength to carry on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;After your death, the Holy Spirit brought me back to memory all our beautiful moments since my childhood and how proud of you, Var\u00e3o, you were such a good person, loved by everyone, a fighter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;One of the greatest joys the Lord has given me without a doubt was his baptism and so father I carry on because I know soon we will be together.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You were proud to wear my shirts, but I was proud to have a father who cheered for me so much.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Thank you Father. Everything I am and everything I have is because of you.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I pray that God will empower me to honor his name, love and care until the day he calls me too. I love you pole!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/27\/10\/77993409-12795269-Firmino_s_wife_Larissa_Pereira_shared_photos_on_her_Instagram_fe-a-42_1701082080619.jpg\" height=\"542\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/27\/10\/77993411-12795269-The_62_year_old_was_seen_inside_the_amusement_park-a-43_1701082080672.jpg\" height=\"542\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Firmino&#8217;s wife Larissa Pereira shared photos of their family, including Firmino&#8217;s father, during a trip to an amusement park in Dubai on Saturday night &#8211; just hours before the news broke<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, even though he dies, yet shall he live&#8217;. Jo\u00e3o 11 : 25.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Several of Firmino&#8217;s former team-mates, including\u00a0Andy Robertson, Virgil van Dijk, Curtis Jones and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain have all sent messages in support of the Brazilian.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian&#8217;s club, Al-Ahli, uploaded a team photo before their game against Al-Shabab with a few players holding up a Firmino No 10 shirt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CRB, Firmino&#8217;s first club, also wrote a message to Jos\u00e9 Cordeiro, who was very happy to see his son playing there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12795269\/Roberto-Firmino-posts-emotional-tribute-father.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Liverpool star Roberto Firmino posts an emotional tribute to\u00a0father following his tragic death after suffering a heart attack during [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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