The Roberto is one of the most popular football players. He was born in 1974, July 6, and now he is 41 years old! Nevertheless, he continues to perform successfully. At the moment, the player is playing for FC “Palmeiras”. He has a very eventful and interesting career, so you should talk about her.
Attempts to show potential
What can you tell first thing about a player like The Roberto? Rating, statistics, profile of a football player - all this is very interesting, but I would like to start with a list of clubs in which he had a chance to play. And such, it should be noted, a lot. So, his first team was FC Pekeninos de Jockey. This is a youth club, in which the young player stayed from 1981 to 1993. Quite a solid period of time! Then, from 1994 to 1997, he played for the “Portuguese Desportos”. He entered the field 61 times, and for all these games scored only one goal. But he showed a good midfielder technique, so Real bought it. But there, Roberto spent only a season, after which he returned to Brazil to play for Flamengo. However, there he did not even stay for a year.
Way to success
In the same 1998, he moved to Germany. There he was met with open arms in the Bayer Leverkusen. In this team, he showed clear success: for 113 matches - 17 goals. Yes, and defended the colors of the club Ze Roberto for four years - until 2002. But the longest time he played in the beautiful Munich club Bayern. As many as seven years! He spent 169 matches and scored 14 goals against opponents. True, FC Santos leased it for a year - in 2006. Where the footballer also showed excellent results: for 29 games - as many as 11 goals. After the “Bavaria” the Brazilian moved to “Hamburg”, but there he stayed only for two years, having entered the field 42 times and scored six goals.
His next club was FC Al-Garafa, the Qatari team. But after 2012, he finally returned to his homeland. First, in Gremio FC, where he played 82 games (6 goals), and then, in 2015 (the current), he moved to Palmeiras. At the moment, the Brazilian has 2 goals and 20 games. Despite being 41 years old, Ze Roberto is a soccer player who continues to score. Let his career not be very successful.
More on success
Well, as you could understand (from everything that was written at the beginning), Ze Roberto did not succeed all at once. It is worth disclosing this topic in more detail. So, he began to play football at the club’s sports school, which was called “Portuguese Desportos”. In fact, the Brazilian immediately established himself as a good defensive midfielder and after a while went to Europe. Of course, he was invited by Real Madrid, which bought a young and potential player for a decent amount of 21 million euros. However, due to overly high competition, the football player had to spend a lot of time sitting on the bench. He was rarely released on the field. In total, in this club, as mentioned above, the player spent 15 matches, of which five were in the starting lineup. There were no goals. So the leadership of Madrid, after conferring, decided to sell the player. The first season in a really good, titled club turned out to be a failure for the now popular player. But then everything got better.
World fame
Today, one of the most recognizable and popular football players is Ze Roberto. Biography, goals, career - everything related to his life is known to almost every connoisseur of this sport. Success came to the player in Germany. The Brazilian walked for victories for a long time. At first it went wrong in the “Real”, then he quarreled with the head coach of “Flamengo”. But a career in Leverkusen Bayer made him a world-class star. Although it is interesting that initially he was still interested in “Milan”. But the football player himself said that he no longer wants to move to a famous club, in any case, until it opens. And Roberto did not lose. He showed his potential and everything that he can. He became interested in such teams as Bayern, Milan, Liverpool, Juventus. But only the Munich club, where Ze Roberto instantly entrenched, could give 18 million euros per player.
Well, finally, a few words about the career of the Brazilian in his national team. On his account - 6 goals and 84 games. In 2007, just before the America's Cup began, the player said he decided to finish his appearances for the national team. However, the club career did not intend to quit. As you can see, the player to this day successfully stands for his current club and, probably, plans to stay in the game for some time.