Robinho

Robson de Souza (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁɔb(i)sõ d(ʒi) ˈsowzɐ]; born 25 January 1984), known as Robinho (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁɔˈbĩɲu]), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Robinho

Robinho in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Robson de Souza[1]
Date of birth	(1984-01-25) 25 January 1984 (age 40)[2]
Place of birth	São Vicente, Brazil
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
1996–2002	Santos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2005	Santos	138	(65)
2005–2008	Real Madrid	101	(25)
2008–2010	Manchester City	41	(14)
2010	→ Santos (loan)	14	(5)
2010–2015	AC Milan	108	(25)
2014–2015	→ Santos (loan)	33	(11)
2015–2016	Guangzhou Evergrande	10	(3)
2016–2017	Atlético Mineiro	80	(31)
2018–2019	Sivasspor	30	(12)
2019–2020	İstanbul Başakşehir	32	(4)
2020	Santos	0	(0)
Total		542	(173)
National team
2004	Brazil U23	8	(3)
2003–2017	Brazil	100	(28)
Honours Men's Football Representing  Brazil FIFA Confederations Cup Winner 2009 South Africa Winner 2005 Germany Copa América Winner 2007 Venezuela
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3][4]

Club	Season	League			State League		National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Santos	2002	Série A	30	10	—		—		—		—		3[lower-alpha 1]	0	33	10
	2003	Série A	32	9	6[lower-alpha 2]	0	—		—		20[lower-alpha 3]	6	—		58	15
	2004	Série A	35	21	10[lower-alpha 2]	7	—		—		10[lower-alpha 3]	4	—		55	32
	2005	Série A	11	7	14[lower-alpha 2]	11	—		—		9[lower-alpha 4]	6	—		34	24
	Total		108	47	30	18	—		—		39	16	3	0	180	81
Real Madrid	2005–06	La Liga	37	8	—		6	4	—		8[lower-alpha 5]	0	—		51	12
	2006–07	La Liga	32	6	—		4	1	—		7[lower-alpha 5]	1	—		43	8
	2007–08	La Liga	32	11	—		2	0	—		6[lower-alpha 5]	4	2[lower-alpha 6]	0	42	15
	2008–09	La Liga	0	0	—		0	0	—		0	0	1[lower-alpha 6]	0	1	0
	Total		101	25	—		12	5	—		21	5	3	0	137	35
Manchester City	2008–09	Premier League	31	14	—		0	0	0	0	10[lower-alpha 7]	1	0	0	41	15
	2009–10	Premier League	10	0	—		1	1	1	0	—		—		12	1
	Total		41	14	—		1	1	1	0	10	1	0	0	53	16
Santos (loan)	2010	Série A	2	0	12[lower-alpha 2]	5	8	6	—		0	0	—		22	11
AC Milan	2010–11	Serie A	34	14	—		4	1	—		7[lower-alpha 5]	0	—		45	15
	2011–12	Serie A	28	6	—		3	1	—		8[lower-alpha 5]	3	1[lower-alpha 8]	0	40	10
	2012–13	Serie A	23	2	—		1	0	—		3[lower-alpha 5]	0	—		27	2
	2013–14	Serie A	23	3	—		2	1	—		7[lower-alpha 5]	1	—		32	5
	Total		108	25	—		10	3	—		25	4	1	0	144	32
Santos (loan)	2014	Série A	16	4	—		5	5	—		—		—		21	9
	2015	Série A	4	2	13[lower-alpha 2]	5	3	1	—		0	0	—		20	8
	Total		20	6	13	5	8	6	—		0	0	—		41	17
Guangzhou Evergrande	2015	Chinese Super League	10	3	—		0	0	—		—		1[lower-alpha 9]	0	11	3
Atlético Mineiro	2016	Série A	30	12	10[lower-alpha 10]	9	8	3	—		7[lower-alpha 4]	1	—		55	25
	2017	Série A	30	7	10[lower-alpha 10]	3	4	1	—		7[lower-alpha 4]	2	3[lower-alpha 11]	0	54	13
	Total		60	19	20	12	12	4	—		14	3	3	0	109	38
Sivasspor	2017–18	Süper Lig	14	4	—		0	0	—		—		—		14	4
	2018–19	Süper Lig	16	8	—		0	0	—		—		—		16	8
	Total		30	12	—		0	0	—		—		—		30	12
Istanbul Basaksehir	2018–19	Süper Lig	17	4	—		1	0	—		0	0	—		18	4
	2019–20	Süper Lig	15	0	—		4	0	—		6[lower-alpha 12]	0	—		25	0
	Total		32	4	—		5	0	—		6	0	—		43	4
Santos	2020	Série A	0	0	—		0	0	—		0	0	—		0	0
Career total			512	155	75	40	56	25	1	0	115	29	11	0	771	250

1. Appearances in Torneio Rio–São Paulo
2. Appearances in Campeonato Paulista
3. Appearances in Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana
4. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
5. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
6. Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
7. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
8. Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
9. Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
10. Appearances in Campeonato Mineiro
11. Appearances in Primeira Liga
12. Appearances in UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Brazil
	2003	5	0
	2004	1	0
	2005	11	5
	2006	10	0
	2007	17	6
	2008	11	5
	2009	12	3
	2010	11	6
	2011	7	1
	2013	2	1
	2014	3	0
	2015	4	1
	2016	0	0
	2017	1	0
Total		100	28

Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first^[10]

List of international goals scored by Robinho

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	9 February 2005	Hong Kong Stadium, Wanchai, Hong Kong	Hong Kong	6–0	7–1	2005 Lunar New Year Cup
2	5 June 2005	Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil	Paraguay	4–1	4–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	16 June 2005	Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, Germany	Greece	2–0	3–0	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
4	22 June 2005	RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany	Japan	1–0	2–2	2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
5	4 September 2005	Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília, Brazil	Chile	2–0	5–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
6	1 July 2007	Estadio Monumental de Maturín, Maturín, Venezuela	Chile	1–0	3–0	2007 Copa América
7				2–0
8				3–0
9	4 July 2007	Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Barcelona, Venezuela	Ecuador	1–0	1–0	2007 Copa América
10	7 July 2007	Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Barcelona, Venezuela	Chile	3–0	6–1	2007 Copa América
11				4–0
12	6 February 2008	Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland	Republic of Ireland	1–0	1–0	Friendly
13	31 May 2008	CenturyLink Field, Seattle, United States	Canada	3–2	3–2	Friendly
14	7 September 2008	Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos, Santiago, Chile	Chile	2–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
15	12 October 2008	Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal, Venezuela	Venezuela	2–0	4–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
16				4–0
17	10 February 2009	Emirates Stadium, London, England	Italy	2–0	2–0	Friendly
18	10 June 2009	Estádio do Arruda, Recife, Brazil	Paraguay	1–1	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
19	18 June 2009	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, South Africa	United States	2–0	3–0	2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
20	2 March 2010	Emirates Stadium, London, England	Republic of Ireland	2–0	2–0	Friendly
21	2 June 2010	National Sports Stadium, Harare, Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2–0	3–0	Friendly
22	7 June 2010	National Stadium, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	Tanzania	1–0	5–1	Friendly
23				2–0
24	28 June 2010	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	Chile	3–0	3–0	2010 FIFA World Cup
25	2 July 2010	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Netherlands	1–0	1–2	2010 FIFA World Cup
26	10 August 2011	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Stuttgart, Germany	Germany	1–2	2–3	Friendly
27	19 November 2013	Rogers Centre, Toronto, Canada	Chile	2–1	2–1	Friendly
28	27 June 2015	Estadio Ester Roa, Concepción, Chile	Paraguay	1–0	1–1 (aet), (3–4 p)	2015 Copa América

Honours

Santos^[11]

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2002, 2004
• Copa do Brasil: 2010
• Campeonato Paulista: 2010, 2015

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 2006–07, 2007–08^[11]
• Supercopa de España: 2008^[11]

AC Milan

• Serie A: 2010–11^[11]
• Supercoppa Italiana: 2011^[11]

Guangzhou Evergrande

• Chinese Super League: 2015^[11]

Atlético Mineiro

• Campeonato Mineiro: 2017^[11]

İstanbul Başakşehir

• Süper Lig: 2019–20^[12]

Brazil^[11]

• FIFA Confederations Cup: 2005, 2009
• Copa América: 2007

Individual

• South American Team of the Year: 2002, 2003, 2004^[13]
• Bola de Prata: 2002, 2004, 2016
• Bola de Ouro: 2004
• World Soccer Young Player of the Year: 2005^[14]
• Copa América Best Player: 2007
• Copa América Golden Boot: 2007
• Campeonato Paulista Team of the Year: 2015^[15]
• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Team of the Year: 2016^[16]

References

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