Roberto Júnior
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 May 1983[2] | ||
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil[3] | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Defensive midfielder Centre back Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Kitchee | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2001–2005 | Santos | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005 | Santos | ||
| 2005 | → Paysandu (loan) | ||
| 2006 | São Carlos | ||
| 2007 | América (SP) | ||
| 2007 | Botafogo (SP) | ||
| 2007–2014 | Sun Hei | 116 | (9) |
| 2014–2017 | Eastern | 43 | (2) |
| 2017–2020 | R&F | 43 | (2) |
| 2021– | Kitchee | 14 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2016– | Hong Kong | 24 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 January 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2021 | |||
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| Simplified Chinese | 罗拔图 | ||||||||||
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Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior (Chinese: 羅拔圖; born 28 May 1983 in São Paulo, Brazil), commonly known as Roberto Júnior, is a professional footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee as a defensive midfielder. Born in Brazil, he represented the Hong Kong national team.
Club career
Roberto Júnior started his senior career in Brazil with Santos.
On 18 June 2017, Eastern's chairman Peter Leung claimed that Roberto was offered a two-year contract by R&F. Two weeks later, the two clubs agreed on a HKD$250,000 transfer fee.[4] On 14 October 2020, Roberto left the club after his club's withdrawal from the HKPL in the new season.
On 17 February 2021, Kitchee announced the signing of Roberto. [5]
International career
Roberto Júnior was born and raised in Brazil, but became a naturalized citizen of Hong Kong after 9 years of residence. He got a callup to the Hong Kong national football team, and made his debut in a World Cup qualifier 2-0 loss against Qatar.[6]
Career statistics
Club
As of 22 May 2021[7]
| Club | Season | League | Senior Shield | League Cup | FA Cup | AFC Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sun Hei | 2008–09 | ? | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| 2009–10 | 18 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 0 | |||||
| 2010–11 | 15 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 17 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | - | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2012–13 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 3 | ||
| 2013–14 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | - | 18 | 2 | |||
| Eastern | 2014–15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 20 | 1 | |
| 2015–16 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | 22 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| R&F | 2017–18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 0 | - | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2018–19 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | - | 15 | 1 | |||
| 2019–20 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | 0 | - | 15 | 1 | |||
| Kitchee | 2020–21 | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 177 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 224 | 13 | |
International
- As of matches played 15 June 2021.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 2016 | 9 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 24 | 1 | |
International goals
- Scores and results list Hong Kong's goal tally first.[8]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 19 November 2019 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong |  Cambodia |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Club
- Sun Hei
- Eastern
References
- ^ "Hong Kong - Beto - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Hong Kong - Beto - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "Hong Kong - Beto - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
- ^ "羅拔圖投富力年薪180萬". Apple Daily. 4 July 2017. (in Chinese)
- ^ 港超聯 羅拔圖、謝家強齊齊加盟傑志！ on.cc 17 February 2021
- ^ "FIFA". Archived from the original on June 22, 2015.
- ^ "Hong Kong - Beto - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
- ^ "Roberto Júnior". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
External links
- Roberto Júnior at Soccerway
- Articles with Chinese-language sources (zh)
- NFT template with ID not in Wikidata
- Articles with short description
- Articles containing Chinese-language text
- Articles containing traditional Chinese-language text
- Soccerway template with ID not in Wikidata
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Footballers from São Paulo
- Hong Kong footballers
- Hong Kong international footballers
- Brazilian footballers
- Brazilian emigrants to Hong Kong
- Association football midfielders
- Santos FC players
- Sun Hei SC players
- Eastern Sports Club footballers
- R&F (Hong Kong) players
- Kitchee SC players
- Hong Kong First Division League players
- Hong Kong Premier League players
- Expatriate footballers in Hong Kong
- Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong
- Naturalized footballers of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong League XI representative players