Attackers tiny country of origin of samba Robson de Souza, better known as Robinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer currently plays who as a second striker and winger for Serie A club Milan. Since then he has won another title with Santos and two more with the Spanish club Real Madrid. Robinho has won the Copa América titles and two Confederations Cup with Brazil.
Personal Information
Full name : Robson de Souza
Date of birth : 25 January 1984 (age 27)
Place of birth : São Vicente, Brazil
Height : 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position : Second striker / Winger
Club Information
Current club : Milan
Number : 70
Club Career
Santos
In 2002, at the age of eighteen, Robinho signed his first professional contract with Santos in Brazil. He made 24 Appearances in his season debut and scored a goal as Santos won the Campeonato Brasileiro 2002. He reached the finals of the Copa Libertadores 2003 with Santos, but lost in the finals to Boca Juniors.
In 2004, Robinho finished with 21 goals in 37 games and led Santos to win the Campeonato Brasileiro another. His form Brought to the attention of many European clubs in the summer of 2004, but Robinho remained with Santos after the Brazilian club rejected all offers.
Real Madrid FC
Robinho gets the number 10 shirt for Real Madrid, the which Had Previously imposed by Luís Figo. The title the which is the third league title Robinho career. However, Capello and Bernd Schuster sacked and appointed as head coach of Real Madrid. Robinho finished with eleven league goals and eight assists for Madrid in La Liga 2007-08 season and four goals During the campaign the UEFA Champions League Real Madrid. A week Earlier though, save the Real Madrid Robinho Hopes La Liga title with a clutch two-goal performance on March 3, 2008, Madrid beat Recreativo away from home. The game was revived keep Barcelona at bay and finally secured Real Madrid thirty first league title and fourth Robinho.
Robinho Real Madrid's third goalscorer supreme over the years in Madrid, behind striker Raul and Van Nistelrooy. He also assists the player with the second most, behind-the Guti, and only Madrid player, along with Goalkeeper Casillas, to finish in the top ten in the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations for 2007-08.
Ramon Calderon has pledged to negotiate a new contract with Robinho at the mid-point of the 2007-08 season That never materialized. Robinho Himself Because revealved negotiations never began Madrid Hoping to use it as part of a deal to bring Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid in the summer of 2008.
Manchester City
Previously Had he been associated with the transfer to Chelsea, and he stressed his desire to play for the London club until late transfer On 27. October, he scored the first Premier League hat-trick against Stoke City, and he scored his first European goal for City in the UEFA Cup group stage 3-2 win over FC Twente on November 6.
On April 19, he scored 13 league goals for Manchester City in a 2-1 victory at Everton on 25 April, Manchester City's first away win since August 31, 2008. The following week, he scored the third goal in three consecutive games, against Blackburn Rovers to help Manchester City to win 3-1. Robinho finished the season as top scorer with 14 and the City's top scorer in the league 4.
Back to Santos
On January 28, 2010, Robinho returned to Santos club house, as it moves down the pecking order at Manchester City, joined Them on a six-month loan deal Stated That He has openly at Manchester City Will he play every other game. , And Because of the upcoming World Cup, he wants to play every game, and so returned to Brazil with Santos after a down move after returning to São Paulo to Santos.
Robinho scored back heel against Such an admirer of São Paulo with five minutes to spare to complete a 2-1 victory for the Peixe In the final loan agreement on August 4, Robinho helped Santos win the Copa Brasil .
Robinho returned to training with Manchester City in August 2010 but Stated That he was seeking to move from the club before the end of the summer transfer window on 31 August. Fenerbahce and Besiktas open transfer negotiations with the City, but Robinho refused to move to Turkish football, stating That he would rather move to a club in Spain or Italy.
A.C Milan
On December 4, 2010, he scored the second goal for AC Milan Their 3-0 win against Brescia at the San Siro. Eight days later, on December 12th, he again scored the second goal in a 3-0 win for AC Milan against Bologna. He scored his first goal in 2011 against Bari to give AC Milan a 3-0 victory.
On 29 January, he scored against Catania Ibrahimovic following deflection from a free kick to give AC Milan a 1-0 lead, then helped Ibrahimovic to give AC Milan win 2-0. On February 12, 2011, he scored his first goal for AC Milan against Parma to AC Milan won 4-0. Against Cagilari, Robinho scored in the 37th week of Serie A on May 14, 2011, leading to a Scudetto celebration after the match winner.
International Career
Robinho won his first cap for Brazil in the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup match on July 13, the which Brazil lost 1-0 to Mexico. Although Brazil chose to send Their U-23 teams, CONCACAF Gold Cup matches are Considered as full internationals by FIFA. He was part of the Brazil squad for the FIFA Confederations Cup 2005, the which went to Brazil to win.
He played in four of Brazil's five matches as a backup, but finished the tournament without a goal. For the tournament, he wore the number 11 shirt, the same amount That his childhood hero Romario wore. Robinho scored Brazil's fourth stage of the group through a hat-trick in Brazil's 3-0 group stage match against Chile, and the penalty in a 1-0 victory over Ecuador. On June 28, 2010, he scored a goal against Chile as Brazil won 3-0 to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Personal Life
In November 2004 Robinho's mother was kidnapped at gunpoint. In 2009, Robinho married Vivian Guglielmetti. In January 2009, Robinho was arrested and rescued Following Allegations of serious sexual assault.
Honours
Club
Brazil Santos
Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A (2) : 2002, 2004
Campeonato Paulista (1) : 2010
Copa do Brasil (1) : 2010
Real Madrid
La Liga (2) : 2006-07, 2007-08
Supercopa de España (1): 2008
Milan
Serie A (1): 2010-11
Supercoppa Italiana (1) : 2011
Brazil
FIFA Confederations Cup : 2005, 2009
Copa América: 2007
Individual
Copa América : 2007 - The Golden Ball (best player of the tournament)
Copa América : 2007 - The Golden Shoe (top scorer)
Bola de Ouro : 2005
World Soccer Young Player of Yea r: 2004-05