Roberto Júnior

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Orlando and the second or paternal family name is Affonso. "Júnior" is a generational suffix used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.
Roberto Júnior
Personal information
Full name Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior[1]
Date of birth (1983-05-28) 28 May 1983 (age 41)[2]
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil[3]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Right back
Defensive midfielder
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)
2021–2024 Kitchee 41 (4)
International career‡
2016–2021 Hong Kong 24 (1)
Managerial career
2023–2024 Kitchee (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2021
Roberto Júnior
Traditional Chinese羅拔圖
Simplified Chinese罗拔图
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLuó Bátú
Yue: Cantonese
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Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior (Chinese: 羅拔圖; born 28 May 1983), commonly known as Roberto Júnior, is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in Brazil, he played for the Hong Kong national team.

Club career

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]

On 10 June 2024, it was confirmed that Roberto had left Kitchee.[6]

International career

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.[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 May 2021[8]

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.[9]
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

Kitchee

References

  1. ^ "Hong Kong - Beto - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Hong Kong - Beto - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Hong Kong - Beto - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  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. ^ 【港超聯】前港隊後衛羅拔圖確認離開傑志 已返回巴西 inmediahk.net 10 June 2024
  7. ^ "FIFA". Archived from the original on 22 June 2015.
  8. ^ "Hong Kong - Beto - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Roberto Júnior". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 23 November 2019.