Betto Lima

Alberto "Betto" Lima (known as Betto Lima or Beto Lima), is a Brazilian-born former soccer player who represented the United States Beach Soccer and United States Footvolley national teams. He later served as Beach Soccer Development Manager for CONCACAF.

Lima played college soccer at Barry University in Florida in 1994.^[1][2]

He was part of the U.S. team that won the 1998 Mundialito de Futebol de Praia in Portugal, scoring two goals in the 8–2 final victory. He scored 6 goals across 6 appearances in the tournament.^[3]

In 2002, Betto Lima won gold at an international tournament in Canada. In 2004, he partnered with Sergio Menezes for Team USA at the Kellogg's Footvolley International tournament in Vienna, Austria, where they reached the final and finished second after losing to a French Brazilian-based team.^[4]

He was runner-up in the inaugural United States Footvolley Association national championship on December 11, 2005, partnering with Adriano Boente.

In later years, he won the U.S. national championships in December 2016, partnering with Antonio DiMasio (Miami Beach) to defeat Sergio Menezes and Oscar Calvacante.^[5]

He also competed internationally, including in events like the 2022 EFVL World Challenge.^[6]

Team Rio

Lima played for Team Rio in 2005 and won the U.S. Open at the 2005 North American Sand Soccer Championships.^[7]

Florida Beach Soccer FC

Lima played in the 2010 NASSC U.S. Open with Florida Beach Soccer FC where they came in third in the tournament pro division.^[8]

Miami United

Lima played for Miami United (beach soccer) at the 2014 BagoSports Beach Soccer Championships in Trinidad and Tobago, where he scored four goals in the group stage.^[9] The team reached the quarterfinals of the NASSC U.S. Open that same year, where he also attended as a guest celebrity.^[10]

As CONCACAF Beach Soccer Development Manager, he coordinated coaching courses and workshops across the region, including the organization's inaugural beach soccer training course in Fort Lauderdale (2014) and sessions in Turks and Caicos, Antigua and Barbuda, and Trinidad and Tobago.^{[11][12][13][14]}

In addition to his CONCACAF development role, Lima coached the Antigua and Barbuda national beach soccer team at the 2019 CONCACAF Beach Soccer Championship in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (a qualifier for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup).^[15][16][17]

Antigua and Barbuda competed in Group C, losing their opening match 7–4 to the Bahamas national beach soccer team.^[18]

This coaching role built on his earlier CONCACAF work in Antigua and Barbuda, where he led training courses and development initiatives in 2015 to introduce and promote the sport.^[19]

United States (Beach)

• Mundialito: 1998

United States (footvolley)

• International tournament (Canada) Champion: 2002

• Kellogg's Footvolley International (Vienna): Runner-up 2004
• U.S. Footvolley National Championships: Runner-up 2005
• U.S. Footvolley National Championships: 2016