Roberto Júnior

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Roberto Júnior
Personal information
Full name Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior[1]
Date of birth (1983-05-28) 28 May 1983 (age 40)[2]
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil[3]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Right back
Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Kitchee
Number 15
Youth career
2001–2005 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005 Santos
2005Paysandu (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 35 (4)
International career
2016–2021 Hong Kong 24 (1)
Managerial career
2023– Kitchee (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2021
Roberto Júnior
Traditional Chinese羅拔圖
Simplified Chinese罗拔图

Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior (Chinese: 羅拔圖; born 28 May 1983), commonly known as Roberto Júnior, is a professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee. He is also the assistant coach of the club.

Born in Brazil, he played for the Hong Kong national team.

Club career[edit]

Roberto 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 R&F 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[edit]

Roberto 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 international debut in a World Cup qualifier 2–0 loss against Qatar on 24 March 2016.[6]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Club[edit]

Sun Hei

Eastern

Kitchee

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Hong Kong - Beto - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  2. ^ "Hong Kong - Beto - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  3. ^ "Hong Kong - Beto - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2020-01-24.
  4. ^ "羅拔圖投富力年薪180萬". Apple Daily. 4 July 2017. (in Chinese)
  5. ^ 港超聯 羅拔圖、謝家強齊齊加盟傑志! on.cc 17 February 2021
  6. ^ "FIFA". Archived from the original on June 22, 2015.
  7. ^ "Hong Kong - Beto - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  8. ^ "Roberto Júnior". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 November 2019.

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