Exclusive | Brazilian soccer icon snags 2 condos inside dazzling Florida tower with beach access and a karaoke room

Nypost · Jun 04, 2026 · 380 words · By Jennifer Gould

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Add The New York Post on GoogleAs the World Cup kicks into high gear, Brazilian soccer legend and official tournament ambassador Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha — best known simply as Roberto Carlos — has scored a different kind of goal.

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Gimme Shelter can reveal that Carlos has just signed a contract to buy two condos at the Viceroy Residences Fort Lauderdale.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The tower, developed by Naftali Group, is exclusively represented by Douglas Elliman”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 2: “The first closings are slated for 2030”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists only of dictionary definitions of the word 'first' and does not contain information regarding the closing dates of the Viceroy Residences.

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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · The meaning of FIRST is preceding all others in time, order, or importance. How to use first in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first

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web search NEUTRAL — FIRST definition: 1. (a person or thing) coming before all others in order, time, amount, quality, or importance: 2…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/first

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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · AI-first airman first class at first at first bluff at first blush at first glance at first hand at first sight at the first at the first brunt blink first book of first entry breadth-fir…
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/first

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Claim 3: “The 45-story, 500-foot tower comes with 251 luxury condos”

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Sources conflict on the number of residences. One source states the tower has 251 luxury condos, while another source (Viceroy Residences Fort Lauderdale - Dec 5, 2024) states it features 370 residences. The height (500-foot, 45-story) is consistent across sources.

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web search NEUTRAL — May 15, 2026 ... Positioned atop the 500-foot, 45-story tower between Las Olas Boulevard and Flagler Village, the limited collection represents the most elevated ...
https://floridayimby.com/2026/05/naftali-group-reveals-penth…

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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 5, 2024 ... Viceroy Residences Fort Lauderdale is a luxury 45-story condominium tower in Flagler Village. It features 370 residences, ranging from ...
https://viceroy-fortlauderdale.us/

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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago ... Douglas Elliman is handling sales at the 500-foot tower, which offers 251 luxury one- to four-bedroom residences, each of which comes with a ...
https://southfloridaagentmagazine.com/slideshows/roberto-car…

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Claim 4: “The Real Madrid icon and legendary defender paid around $5 million for the units”

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Multiple sources confirm the purchase of two units for approximately $5 million combined.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There are a number of places named after famous people. For more on the general etymology of place names see toponymy. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_named_after_peo…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Primera Junta ("First Junta") or Junta Provisional Gubernativa de las Provincias del Río de la Plata ("Provisional Governing Junta of the Provinces of the Río de la Plata"), is the most common nam…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primera_Junta

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vasco da Gama ( VAS-koo də GA(H)M-ə, European Portuguese: [ˈvaʃku ðɐ ˈɣɐmɐ]; c. 1460s – 24 December 1524) was a Portuguese mariner, explorer and nobleman. His discovery of the first direct maritime ro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasco_da_Gama

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Claim 5: “The h.wood Group, the Los Angeles-based hospitality company behind Delilah and The Nice Guy”

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Claim 6: “Carlos has just signed a contract to buy two condos at the Viceroy Residences Fort Lauderdale”

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Multiple independent web sources (Viceroy Residences Press & News, Gimme Shelter) report that Roberto Carlos signed a contract to purchase two condos at the Viceroy Residences Fort Lauderdale.

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Claim 7: “Building amenities include a spa, a pool, a lounge area, a wine bar, a karaoke room, a VR simulator room, concierge services, social programming and beach club access”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific list of building amenities.

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Claim 8: “Brazilian soccer legend and official tournament ambassador Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha — best known simply as Roberto Carlos”

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Wikipedia confirms his full name is Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha and that he is a Brazilian former professional footballer. His Instagram bio explicitly lists him as a 'FIFA ambassador'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Brazil national football team represents the country of Brazil in international association football. It is fielded by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the governing body of football in…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Brazil_international_f…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), often recognized as Roberto Carlos (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁoˈbɛʁtu ˈkaʁlus]) and sometimes RC3, is a Brazilian former professional footballer. He h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Carlos

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Silva is a surname of Portuguese or Galician origin that is widespread in the Portuguese-speaking countries, including Brazil. It may derive from any of various places in Iberia named Silva, or else f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silva

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Claim 9: “The second 1,850-square-foot dwelling comes with three bedrooms and three baths and a 250-square-foot terrace, “asking in the mid $3 million range,””

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The specific details of the second condo (1,850 sq ft, 3 bed, 3 bath, mid-$3M range) appear in one specific web search result mentioning Michael Jordan and Carlos, but are not corroborated by a second independent source.

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web search NEUTRAL — Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), often recognized as Roberto Carlos and sometimes RC3, [note 1] is a Brazilian former professional ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Carlos

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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 1, 2025 ... Carlos Chardón, Quantum Metrocenter #2501, San Juan, PR 00918 4,915 sq. ft. | 2 levels 🛏️ 3 Bedrooms 3.5 Bathrooms 3 Parking Spaces + 2 ...
https://www.facebook.com/MiCorredorpr/posts/-quantum-penthou…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jan 4, 2026 ... The second 1,850-square-foot dwelling comes with three bedrooms and three baths and a 250-square-foot terrace. Carlos will be living on one ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DTF95zhEezu/?hl=en

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Claim 10: “It will also include a 15,000-square-foot restaurant and private members club from The h.wood Group”

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Claim 11: “interiors by Arquitectonica and Rockwell Group”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the interior designers Arquitectonica and Rockwell Group.

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Claim 12: “The first is a 1,350-square-foot two-bedroom, 2.5-bath spread with a 200-square-foot terrace that asked “in the mid-$2 million range.””

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The specific details of the first condo (1,350 sq ft, 2.5 bath, mid-$2M range) are not corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided evidence; the search results for '1' were generic.

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web search NEUTRAL — 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and grapheme. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1

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web search NEUTRAL — Ocean Network Express Holdings, Ltd., branded as ONE, is a Japanese container transportation and shipping company jointly owned by the Japanese shipping Lines Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines,…
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Claim 13: “The 52-year-old footballer”

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Wikipedia confirms his birth date as April 10, 1973. As of 2025/2026 (the dates in the evidence), he is 52 years old.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Roberto Carlos Durán Samaniego (born June 16, 1951) is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001. He held world championships in four weight classes: Lightweight, welterwei…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Durán

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Roberto Carlos Lopes (Portuguese: [ʀu.ˈbɛ.tu ˈkaɾ.luʒ ˈlɔpɨʃ]; born 17 June 1992), also known as Pico (Kabuverdianu: [ˈpi.ku]), is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Shamrock Rov…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pico_Lopes

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