{"id":298362,"date":"2023-11-27T11:25:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T11:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=298362"},"modified":"2023-11-27T11:25:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T11:25:14","slug":"ex-liverpool-star-roberto-firmino-posts-an-emotional-tribute-to-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.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 family trip to Dubai Roberto Firmino has paid an emotional tribute to his father following his death\u00a0 Jos\u00e9 Roberto Cordeiro de Oliveira died at age 62 after suffering a heart attack\u00a0 Inside Ange&#8217;s Spurs: Listen&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298361,"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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