Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior

Roberto
Personal information
Full name Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior
Date of birth (1983-05-28) May 28, 1983
Place of birth São Paulo, Brazil
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position 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 17 (0)
National team‡
2016– Hong Kong 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 May 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:43, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior, (Chinese: 羅拔圖; born May 28, 1983 in São Paulo, Brazil), commonly known as Roberto, is a Hong Kong footballer who plays for Hong Kong Premier League club R&F.

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.[1]

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.[2]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "羅拔圖投富力年薪180萬". Apple Daily. 4 July 2017. (in traditional Chinese (HK))
  2. ↑ https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=275171/match=300317414/index.html


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