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 is currently a free agent.

Roberto
Personal information
Full name Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior[1]
Date of birth (1983-05-28) 28 May 1983[2]
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil[3]
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Centre 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 51 (6)
2014–2017 Eastern 43 (2)
2017–2020 R&F 43 (2)
National team‡
2016– Hong Kong 22 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 October 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 December 2019
Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior
Traditional Chinese羅拔圖
Simplified Chinese罗拔图

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] On 14 October 2020, Roberto left the club after his club's withdrawal from the HKPL in the new season.

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 teamYearAppsGoals
Hong Kong 201690
201760
201810
201961
Total221

International goals
Scores and results list Hong Kong's goal tally first.[6]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.19 November 2019Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong Cambodia2–02–02022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club
Sun Hei
Eastern

References
  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. https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275171/match=300317414/index.html
  6. "Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 23 November 2019.


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