Roberto Júnior

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Orlando and the second or paternal family name is Affonso. "Júnior" is a generational suffix used for someone whose name is the same as their father, like "Jr." in English.

Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior (Chinese: 羅拔圖; born 28 May 1983), commonly known as Roberto Júnior, is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in Brazil, he played for the Hong Kong national team.

Roberto Júnior

Personal information
Full name	Roberto Orlando Affonso Júnior[1]
Date of birth	(1983-05-28) 28 May 1983 (age 42)[2]
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil[3]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Centre back Right back Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2001–2005	Santos
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2005	Santos
2005	→ Paysandu (loan)
2006	São Carlos
2007	América (SP)
2007	Botafogo (SP)
2007–2014	Sun Hei	116	(9)
2014–2017	Eastern	43	(2)
2017–2020	R&F	43	(2)
2021–2024	Kitchee	41	(4)
International career‡
2016–2021	Hong Kong	24	(1)
Managerial career
2023–2024	Kitchee (assistant coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 26 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 June 2021

Roberto Júnior
Traditional Chinese	羅拔圖
Simplified Chinese	罗拔图
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Luó Bátú Yue: Cantonese Jyutping lo4 bat6 tou4

Club career

Roberto started his senior career in Brazil with Santos from the age of 16. In 2007, Roberto joined Sun Hei SC following a dispute with his former club, and spent 7 years with Sun Hei, winning the HKFA League Cup and the Senior Shield in his tenure.

Following Sun Hei's refusal to join the newly established Hong Kong Premier League for the 2014-15 season, Roberto joined Eastern SC and proceeded to win his first league title in the 2015-16 season. Roberto was also a member in Eastern's 2017 AFC Champions League campaign. He was named in the Best XI in the Hong Kong Top Footballer Awards for 2 seasons (2015-16, 2016-17) as an Eastern player.

On 18 June 2017, Eastern's chairman Peter Leung claimed that Roberto was offered a two-year contract by R&F. Two weeks later, the two clubs agreed on a HKD$250,000 transfer fee.^[4]

On 14 October 2020, Roberto left R&F after his club's withdrawal from the HKPL in the new season.

On 17 February 2021, Kitchee announced the signing of Roberto^[5] and helped Kitchee secure the league title that season. He would proceed to win another Hong Kong Premier League title in the 2022-23 season.

On 10 June 2024, it was confirmed that Roberto had left Kitchee.^[6]

International career

Roberto was born and raised in Brazil, but became a naturalized citizen of Hong Kong after 9 years of residence. He got a callup to the Hong Kong national football team and made his international debut in a World Cup qualifier 2–0 loss against Qatar on 24 March 2016.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 May 2021^[8]

Club	Season	League		Senior Shield		League Cup		FA Cup		AFC Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sun Hei	2008–09	?	1	-		-		-		-		-
	2009–10	18	0	-		-		-		-		18	0
	2010–11	15	0	-		-		-		0	0	15	0
	2011–12	17	1	-		1	0	3	0	-		22	1
	2012–13	17	3	2	0	-		1	0	6	0	26	3
	2013–14	15	2	2	0	-		1	0	-		18	2
Eastern	2014–15	12	0	3	1	3	0	2	0	-		20	1
	2015–16	14	2	2	0	3	2	3	0	-		22	2
	2016–17	17	0	2	0	-		1	0	5	0	25	0
R&F	2017–18	17	0	1	1	-		1	0	-		19	1
	2018–19	14	1	0	0	-		1	0	-		15	1
	2019–20	12	1	0	0	-		3	0	-		15	1
Kitchee	2020–21	9	1	-		-		-		-		9	1
	Total	177	12	12	2	7	2	16	0	11	0	224	13

International

As of matches played 15 June 2021

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Hong Kong	2016	9	0
	2017	6	0
	2018	1	0
	2019	6	1
	2020	0	0
	2021	2	0
Total		24	1

International goals

Scores and results list Hong Kong's goal tally first.^[9]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	19 November 2019	Hong Kong Stadium, So Kon Po, Hong Kong	Cambodia	2–0	2–0	2022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Club

Sun Hei

• Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2011–12, 2012–13

Eastern

• Hong Kong Premier League: 2015–16
• Hong Kong Senior Shield: 2014–15, 2015–16

Kitchee

• Hong Kong Premier League: 2020–21, 2022–23
• Hong Kong Senior Challenge Shield: 2022–23, 2023–24
• Hong Kong FA Cup: 2022–23
• HKPLC Cup: 2023–24