Roberto_Júnior
Roberto Júnior
Hong Kong footballer
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.
| 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 | ||
| 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 | 35 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016–2021 | Hong Kong | 24 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2023– | Kitchee (assistant coach) | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 June 2021 | |||
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| Traditional Chinese | 羅拔圖 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 罗拔图 | ||||||||||
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Born in Brazil, he played for the Hong Kong national team.
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]
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]
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 |
Club
Sun Hei
Eastern
Kitchee
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- "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.
- Roberto Júnior at Soccerway