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.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1983-05-28) 28 May 1983 (age 39)[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) |
*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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Traditional Chinese | 羅拔圖 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 罗拔图 | ||||||||||
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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]
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]
As of 22 May 2021[7]
Club | Season | League | Senior Shield | League Cup | FA Cup | AFC Cup | Total | ||||||
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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 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Hong Kong | 2016 | 9 | 0 |
2017 | 6 | 0 | |
2018 | 1 | 0 | |
2019 | 6 | 1 | |
2020 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 24 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 19 November 2019 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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