Zé Roberto (footballer, born 1993)

José Roberto Assunção de Araújo Filho (born 14 September 1993), known as Zé Roberto, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Sport Recife.

Zé Roberto

Personal information
Full name	José Roberto Assunção de Araújo Filho
Date of birth	(1993-09-14) 14 September 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth	Teixeira de Freitas, Brazil
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Sport Recife
Number	18
Youth career
2009–2014	Bahia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012–2018	Bahia	42	(7)
2012	→ Bahia de Feira (loan)	1	(0)
2014	→ Salgueiro (loan)	11	(2)
2016	→ Ponte Preta (loan)	5	(0)
2017	→ Mirassol (loan)	14	(5)
2017	→ Criciúma (loan)	6	(1)
2017	→ Santos (loan)	0	(0)
2018	→ Mirassol (loan)	11	(3)
2018	→ São Bento (loan)	8	(2)
2018	Daegu FC	11	(3)
2019–2020	Mirassol	9	(4)
2019	→ São Bento (loan)	33	(14)
2020	→ Atlético Goianiense (loan)	1	(1)
2020	→ Baniyas (loan)	4	(1)
2020	→ Ponte Preta (loan)	6	(0)
2020–2021	Atlético Goianiense	70	(18)
2022–	Ceará	23	(3)
2023	→ Mirassol (loan)	13	(4)
2023	→ Coritiba (loan)	0	(0)
2023–	→ Mirassol (loan)	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:03, 07 July 2023 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Teixeira de Freitas, Bahia, Zé Roberto represented Bahia as a youth.^[1] In 2012 he was loaned to Bahia de Feira, and made his senior debut on 12 April of that year by coming on as a substitute in a 5–2 home loss against São Paulo, for the season's Copa do Brasil.

Upon returning, he only began to feature with the first team in 2014, but was loaned to Série C club Salgueiro on 30 June of that year.^[2] He started to appear regularly in the following campaign, as his side eventually missed out promotion.

On 14 September 2016, Zé Roberto was loaned to Série A club Ponte Preta, with Renê Júnior moving in the opposite direction.^[3] He made his debut in the category on 1 October, replacing Ravanelli in a 2–1 home loss against Atlético Mineiro.

Zé Roberto subsequently served loan stints at Mirassol,^[4] Criciúma^[5] and Santos' B-team during the 2017 season.^[6]

Zé Roberto began the 2018 campaign back at Mirassol, before joining São Bento on 14 March.^[7] He left the latter on 30 May to move abroad with South Korean side Daegu FC,^[8] but featured sparingly.

On 8 February 2019, Zé Roberto returned to Mirassol for a third spell, now in a permanent contract.^[9] He returned to São Bento on 27 March,^[10] and was the club's top goalscorer in the 2019 Série B with 14 goals, and third-best overall.

On 6 January 2020, Zé Roberto agreed to a one-year loan deal with Atlético Goianiense in the top tier,^[11] but moved abroad to Baniyas in the United Arab Emirates just 19 days later.^[12] He returned to Mirassol on 6 July,^[13] and scored twice in his first game back at the club to knock out São Paulo of the quarterfinals of the 2020 Campeonato Paulista.

On 6 August 2020, Zé Roberto moved to second division side Ponte Preta.^[14] On 24 September, he returned to Atlético Goianiense on a permanent three-year contract, mainly as a replacement to Renato Kayzer.^[15]

On 29 April 2021, Zé Roberto scored the winner in a 1–0 away success over Palestino for the year's Copa Sudamericana; his goal was Atlético's first international goal of their history.^[16]

Career statistics

As of 11 April 2023^[17]

Club	Season	League			State League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bahia de Feira	2012	Baiano	—		1	0	1	0	—		—		2	0
Bahia	2013	Série A	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2014		0	0	1	0	0	0	—		2[a]	0	3	0
	2015	Série B	16	2	6	1	4	1	2[b]	0	9[a]	0	37	4
	2016		12	3	7	1	4	1	—		7[a]	1	30	6
	Total		28	5	14	2	8	2	2	0	18	1	70	10
Salgueiro (loan)	2014	Série C	11	2	—		—		—		—		11	2
Ponte Preta (loan)	2016	Série A	5	0	—		—		—		—		5	0
Mirassol (loan)	2017	Paulista	—		14	5	—		—		—		14	5
Criciúma (loan)	2017	Série B	6	1	—		—		—		—		6	1
Santos (loan)	2017	Série A	0	0	—		—		—		8[c]	2	8	2
Mirassol (loan)	2018	Paulista	—		11	3	—		—		—		11	3
São Bento (loan)	2018	Série B	8	2	—		—		—		—		8	2
Daegu FC	2018	K League 1	11	3	—		1	2	—		—		12	5
Mirassol	2019	Paulista	—		7	2	—		—		—		7	2
	2020	Série D	0	0	2	2	—		—		—		2	2
	Total		0	0	9	4	—		—		—		9	4
São Bento (loan)	2019	Série B	33	14	—		—		—		—		33	14
Atlético Goianiense (loan)	2020	Série A	0	0	1	1	0	0	—		—		1	1
Baniyas (loan)	2019–20	UAE Pro League	4	1	—		—		—		—		4	1
Ponte Preta (loan)	2020	Série B	6	0	—		3	1	—		—		9	1
Atlético Goianiense	2020	Série A	25	3	4	4	—		—		—		29	7
	2021		34	6	7	5	6	3	6[b]	2	—		53	16
	Total		59	9	11	9	6	3	6	2	—		82	23
Ceará	2022	Série A	21	2	2	1	3	0	6[b]	2	8[a]	1	40	6
Mirassol (loan)	2023	Série B	0	0	13	4	—		—		—		13	4
Coritiba (loan)	2023	Série A	0	0	—		0	0	—		—		0	0
Career total			192	39	76	29	22	8	14	4	34	4	339	84

1. Appearance(s) in Copa do Nordeste
2. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
3. Appearance(s) in Copa Paulista

Honours

Atlético Goianiense

• Campeonato Goiano: 2020