Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior
Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior, (Chinese: 羅拔圖; born 28 May 1983 in São Paulo, Brazil), commonly known as Roberto, is a Brazilian born-Hong Kong professional footballer who plays for Hong Kong Premier League club R&F.
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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 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) |
Centre back Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | R&F | ||
| 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 | 51 | (6) |
| 2014–2017 | Eastern | 43 | (2) |
| 2017– | R&F | 39 | (2) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2016– | Hong Kong | 22 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18 January 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 December 2019 | |||
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| Traditional Chinese | 羅拔圖 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 罗拔图 | ||||||||||
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Club career
Beto started his football career in Brazilian professional football club Santos Futebol Clube.
On 18 June 2017, Eastern 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]
International career
Beto 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 FIFA World Cup qualifier 2-0 loss against Qatar.[5]
Career statistics
International
- As of matches played 14 December 2019.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 2016 | 9 | 0 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | |
| Total | 22 | 1 | |
International goals
- Scores and results list Hong Kong's goal tally first.[6]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 19 November 2019 | Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong |  | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
Club
- Sun Hei
- Eastern
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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)
- https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275171/match=300317414/index.html
- "Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
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