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Robson de Souza (born 25 January 1984 in São Vicentemarker, São Paulomarker), commonly known as Robinho, is a Brazilian footballer, who currently plays for and the Brazilian national team.

Robinho was personally picked by Pelé as his heir apparent at only 15 years of age and went on to lead Santos to its first Campeonato Brasileiro title since Pelé himself played for the same legendary Brazilian club. Since then he won another title with Santos, two more with Real Madrid, one Copa América title with Brazil and two Confederations Cup, as well with Brazil. In 2009, Robinho married Vivian Guglielmetti.

Club career

Santos

In 2002, at the age of seventeen, Robinho signed his first professional contract with Santos in Brazil. He made 24 appearances in his debut season and scoring 10 goals as Santos won the 2002 Campeonato Brasileiro. He reached the final of the 2003 Copa Libertadores with Santos, but lost in the final to Boca Juniors. In 2004, Robinho finished with 21 goals and led Santos to another title.

His form had brought him to the attention of many European clubs in the summer of 2004, but Robinho remained with Santos after the Brazilian club rejected all offers. However, his form suffered in the 2004-05 season after his mother, Marina da Silva Souza, was kidnapped by gunmen at her Praia Grandemarker home on November 6, but she was released unharmed six weeks later after a ransom was paid.

Robinho scored nine goals in twelve league games, and his value continued to increase as his talent became more and more apparent to the powers of European football. Santos began to realize it would become increasingly difficult to hold on to their star player. In July 2005, Spanish giants Real Madrid signed Robinho by agreeing to pay a fee equal to 60 percent of the buyout clause in his contract belonging to Santos (€24 million).

Real Madrid

Robinho earned the shirt number 10 for Real Madrid, previously worn by Luís Figo. He ended up making 37 appearances and scored 14 goals in his first season. At the start of the 2006–07 campaign, Robinho and David Beckham were considered too flashy and glamorous and rapidly fell out of favor with new footballing regime instituted by Ramon Calderon and carried out by manager Fabio Capello and he spent much of the first few months of the season on the bench, this even after being player of the match in the first Classico against Barcelona that year. Only after the winter break did Robinho and Beckham find themselves in the starting eleven and they were both played crucial roles as Real Madrid won their thirtieth league title. That title was the third league title of Robinho's career.

However, Capello was subsequently fired and Bernd Schuster was appointed as head coach of Real Madrid. Robinho finished with eleven league goals and eight assists for Madrid in the 2007–08 La Liga season as well as four goals during Real Madrid's UEFA Champions League campaign. Robinho then got injured at the beginning of the second half of the season. He didn't recover fully enough to help Madrid against Roma in the Champions League. The week before though, Robinho saved Real Madrid's La Liga title hopes with a clutch two goal performance on 3 March 2008, as Madrid defeated Recreativo away from home. That game kept a resurgent Barcelona at bay and ultimately secured Real Madrid's thirty-first league title and Robinho's fourth.

Despite being Real Madrid's third highest scorer during his Madrid years behind strikers Raul and Van Nistelrooy, the player with the most assists behind Guti, and the only Madrid player, along with goalkeeper Casillas, to finish in the top ten of the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations for 2007–08.

Rumors suggest, there were dark clouds forming over team president Ramon Calderon's refusal to renew his contract which was first promised to take place at mid-season then promised to happen at the end of the season. Calderon went back on his word twice, as moves were already underway to use Robinho as trade bait to bring in Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United. Robinho only found out about it when the initial deal with Cristiano Ronaldo fell through as a result of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson's outright refusal to bargain with Real Madrid, who then backtracked and tried to finally make a concerted effort to renew Robinho's contract once their attempts to sign Cristiano Ronaldo failed.

Robinho demanded to be traded and a deal with Chelsea looked to be in the making. Chelsea didn't meet Real Madrid's asking price, which eventually led Robinho to choose Manchester City, as his new destination in the Barclay's English Premiership.

Manchester City

Robinho playing for Manchester City.
On 1 September 2008, the final day of the Premier League summer transfer window, Robinho completed a €42.5 million (£32.5m) move to , with wages in the region of £160,000 per week. This occurred on the same day the club was bought out by the Arab investment company Abu Dhabi United Group.

He had previously been linked with a transfer to , and he had emphasised his desire to play for the London club up to the eve of the transfer. On 27 August, Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon said that the club were "confident" that the transaction would go through, and Madrid had also given their consent for the player to leave.

In an interview with The Guardian, Robinho stated that City being a big club and the presence of friends Jô and Elano were incentives for him to join the team. He made his team debut and scored his very first Premier League goal on 13 September 2008, in a 3–1 home defeat to Chelsea.On 26 October, he scored his first Premier League hat-trick against , and he scored his first European goal for City in a 3–2 UEFA Cup group stage win over Twente on 6 November. He was given the captain's armband for the match against , due to Richard Dunne's suspension, which ended in a 2–2 draw.

On 19 April he scored his 13th league goal for Manchester City in the 2–1 win away at on 25 April, Manchester City's first away win since 31 August 2008. The following week, he scored his third consecutive goal in three games, against Blackburn Roversmarker to help Manchester City to a 3–1 win. Robinho has his own song from the City fans, which is simply "We've got Robinho (na na na na)", which they sang on the night they signed him and continue to sing on match days. Robinho finished the season as City's top goal scorer with 14 and the 4th top scorer in the league.

International career

Robinho earned his first cap for Brazil in the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup match on July 13, which Brazil lost 1–0 to Mexico. Although Brazil chose to send their under-23 team, the CONCACAF Gold Cup matches are considered as full international matches by FIFAmarker. He was part of Brazil squad for 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, which Brazil went on to win.

He played in four of Brazil's five matches as a reserve, but finished the tournament goalless. However, Robinho was in top form in the Copa América 2007 a year later. For the tournament, he wore the number 11 jersey, the same number that his childhood hero Romário wore. Robinho scored all four of Brazil's group stage goals via a hat-trick in Brazil's 3-0 group stage match against Chile, and a penalty in a 1–0 win over Ecuador. His last two goals came in a 6–1 quarterfinal thrashing of Chile. Robinho reaped the individual honors, finishing as the Golden Boot winner in addition to being named the best player of the tournament. Robinho has one cap as captain and that was a friendly against Algeria on 22 August 2007, due to the absence of regular captains, Lúcio and Gilberto Silva, while Kaká and Ronaldinho were on the bench.

On 28 June 2009, he was a member of the Brazil team that won the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa. He played in every game in the competition, including the final against the United States, which Brazil came back from two goals deficit to eventually win the game 3–2.

Career statistics

As of August 22, 2009
2002 Santos Série A 30 10 — — — — 30 10
2003 32 9 — — 14 4 46 13
2004 37 21 — — 8 4 45 25
2005 12 6 — — 9 6 21 12
2005–06 Real Madrid La Liga 37 8 6 4 — — 8 0 51 12
2006–07 32 6 2 1 — — 7 1 41 8
2007–08 32 11 2 0 — — 6 4 40 15
2008–09 Premier League 31 14 0 0 0 0 10 1 41 15
2009-10 2 0 0 0 1 0 — — 3 0
National team Club Season Apps Goals
Brazil
Santos
2003 5 0
2004 1 0
2005 11 4
Real Madrid
2005–2006 10 1
2006–2007 15 7
2007–2008 13 2
Manchester City
2008–2009 15 6
2009–2010 1 0
Total 71 19
International appearances and goals
# Date Venue Opponent Result Goal Competition
2003
1. July 13, 2003 Mexico Citymarker, Mexicomarker 0–1 0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Brazil U-23)
2. July 16, 2003 Mexico Citymarker, Mexicomarker 2–1 0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Brazil U-23)
3. July 19, 2003 Miamimarker, United Statesmarker 2–0 0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Brazil U-23)
4. July 23, 2003 Miamimarker, United Statesmarker 2–1 0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Brazil U-23)
5. July 27, 2003 Mexico Citymarker, Mexicomarker 0–1 0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Brazil U-23)
November 15, 2003 São Paulomarker, Brazilmarker Corinthians 2–0 1 Unofficial friendly (Brazil U-23)
November 18, 2003 Santosmarker, Brazilmarker Santos 3–1 1 Unofficial friendly (Brazil U-23)
2004
January 7, 2004 Concepciónmarker, Chilemarker 4–0 1 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23)
January 9, 2004 Concepciónmarker, Chilemarker 3–0 1 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23)
January 11, 2004 Concepciónmarker, Chilemarker 1–1 1 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23)
January 15, 2004 Concepciónmarker, Chilemarker 1–1 0 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23)
January 18, 2004 Valparaísomarker, Chilemarker 3–0 0 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23)
January 21, 2004 Valparaísomarker, Chilemarker 0–1 0 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23)
January 23, 2004 Viña del Marmarker, Chilemarker 3–1 0 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23)
January 25, 2004 Viña del Marmarker, Chilemarker 0–2 0 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23)
6. September 5, 2004 São Paulomarker, Brazilmarker 3–1 0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2005
7. February 9, 2005 Hong Kongmarker, Chinamarker 7–1 1 Friendly
8. March 27, 2005 Goiâniamarker, Brazilmarker 1–0 0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
9. March 30, 2005 Montevideomarker, Uruguaymarker 1–1 0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
10. April 27, 2005 São Paulomarker, Brazilmarker 3–0 0 Friendly
11. June 5, 2005 Porto Alegremarker, Brazilmarker 4–1 1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
12. June 8, 2005 Buenos Airesmarker, Argentinamarker 1–3 0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
13. June 16, 2005 Leipzigmarker, Germanymarker 3–0 1 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
14. June 19, 2005 Hanovermarker, Germanymarker 0–1 0 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
15. June 22, 2005 Cologne, Germanymarker 2–2 1 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
16. June 25, 2005 Nurembergmarker, Germanymarker 3–2 0 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
17. June 29, 2005 Frankfurtmarker, Germanymarker 4–1 0 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
2005–2006
18. August 17, 2005 Splitmarker, Croatiamarker 1–1 0 Friendly
19. September 4, 2005 Brasíliamarker, Brazilmarker 5–0 1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
September 6, 2005 Sevillemarker, Spainmarker Sevilla FC 1–1 0 Unofficial friendly
20. October 9, 2005 La Pazmarker, Boliviamarker 1–1 0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
21. October 12, 2005 Belémmarker, Brazilmarker 3–0 0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
22. November 12, 2005 Abu Dhabimarker, United Arab Emiratesmarker 8–0 0 Friendly
May 30, 2006 Baselmarker, Switzerlandmarker FC Lucerne Selection 8–0 1 Unofficial friendly
23. June 4, 2006 Genevamarker, Switzerlandmarker 4–0 0 Friendly
24. June 13, 2006 Berlinmarker, Germanymarker 1–0 0 2006 FIFA World Cup
25. June 18, 2006 Munichmarker, Germanymarker 2–0 0 2006 FIFA World Cup
26. June 22, 2006 Dortmundmarker, Germanymarker 4–1 0 2006 FIFA World Cup
27. July 1, 2006 Frankfurtmarker, Germanymarker 0–1 0 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006–2007
28. August 16, 2006 Oslomarker, Norwaymarker 1–1 0 Friendly
29. September 3, 2006 Londonmarker, Englandmarker 3–0 0 Friendly
30. September 5, 2006 Londonmarker, Englandmarker 2–0 0 Friendly
October 7, 2006 Kuwait Citymarker, Kuwaitmarker Al Kuwait Selection 4–0 1 Unofficial friendly
31. October 10, 2006 Stockholmmarker, Swedenmarker 2–1 0 Friendly
32. November 15, 2006 Baselmarker, Switzerlandmarker 2–1 0 Friendly
33. March 24, 2007 Gothenburgmarker, Swedenmarker 4–0 0 Friendly
34. March 27, 2007 Stockholmmarker, Swedenmarker 1–0 0 Friendly
35. June 1, 2007 Londonmarker, Englandmarker 1–1 0 Friendly
36. June 5, 2007 Dortmundmarker, Germanymarker 0–0 0 Friendly
37. June 26, 2007 Puerto Ordazmarker, Venezuelamarker 0–2 0 Copa América 2007
38. July 1, 2007 Maturínmarker, Venezuelamarker 3–0 3 Copa América 2007
39. July 4, 2007 Puerto la Cruz, Venezuelamarker 1–0 1 Copa América 2007
40. July 7, 2007 Puerto la Cruz, Venezuelamarker 6–1 2 Copa América 2007
41. July 10, 2007 Maracaibomarker, Venezuelamarker 2–2 0 Copa América 2007
42. July 15, 2007 Maracaibomarker, Venezuelamarker 3–0 0 Copa América 2007
2007–2008
43. August 22, 2007 Montpelliermarker, Francemarker 2–0 0 Friendly
44. September 9, 2007 Chicagomarker, United Statesmarker 4–2 0 Friendly
45. September 12, 2007 Bostonmarker, United Statesmarker 3–1 0 Friendly
46. October 14, 2007 Bogotámarker, Colombiamarker 0–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
47. October 17, 2007 Rio de Janeiromarker, Brazilmarker 5–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
48. November 18, 2007 Limamarker, Perumarker 1–1 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
49. November 21, 2007 São Paulomarker, Brazilmarker 2–1 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
50. February 6, 2008 Dublinmarker, Irelandmarker 1–0 1 Friendly
51. March 26, 2008 Londonmarker, Englandmarker 1–0 0 Friendly
52. May 31, 2008 Seattlemarker, United Statesmarker 3–2 1 Friendly
53. June 6, 2008 Bostonmarker, United Statesmarker 0–2 0 Friendly
54. June 15, 2008 Asunciónmarker, Paraguaymarker 0–2 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
55. June 18, 2008 Belo Horizontemarker, Brazilmarker 0–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
June 22, 2008 Volta Redondamarker, Brazilmarker Rio de Janeiro State Selectionmarker 1–0 0 Unofficial friendly (Brazil U-23)
2008–2009
56. September 7, 2008 Santiagomarker, Chilemarker 3–0 1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
57. September 10, 2008 Rio de Janeiromarker, Brazilmarker 0–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
58. October 10, 2008 San Cristóbalmarker, Venezuelamarker 4–0 2 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
59. October 15, 2008 Rio de Janeiromarker, Brazilmarker 0–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
60. November 19, 2008 Brasíliamarker, Brazilmarker 6–2 0 Friendly
61. February 10, 2009 Londonmarker, Englandmarker 2–0 1 Friendly
62. March 29, 2009 Quitomarker, Ecuadormarker 1–1 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
63. April 1, 2009 Porto Alegremarker, Brazilmarker 3–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
64. June 6, 2009 Montevideomarker, Uruguaymarker 4–0 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
65. June 10, 2009 Recifemarker, Brazilmarker 2–1 1 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
66. June 15, 2009 Bloemfonteinmarker, South Africa 4–3 0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
67. June 18, 2009 Pretoriamarker, South Africa 3–0 1 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
68. June 21, 2009 Pretoriamarker, South Africa 3–0 0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
69. June 25, 2009 Johannesburgmarker, South Africa 1–0 0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
70. June 28, 2009 Johannesburgmarker, South Africa 3–2 0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
2009–2010
71. August 12, 2009 Tallinnmarker, Estoniamarker 1–0 0 Friendly

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