Roberto Hilbert

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Roberto Hilbert

Full name	Roberto Hilbert
Date of birth	October 16, 1984 (1984-10-16) (age 23)
Place of birth	Forchheim, West Germany
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Right-wing or Right-back
Club information
Current club	VfB Stuttgart
Youth clubs
1990-1993 1993-1996 1996-1998 1998-2000 2000-2002	SpVgg Jahn Forchheim 1. FC Nürnberg SpVgg Jahn Forchheim 1. FC Nürnberg SpVgg Greuther Fürth
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2004 2004-2006 2006-present	1. SC Feucht SpVgg Greuther Fürth VfB Stuttgart	26 (10) 60 0(8) 66 0(11)
National team²
2007–present	Germany	08 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 17, 2008. ² National team caps and goals correct as of February 5, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Roberto Hilbert (born 16 October 1984 in Forchheim) is a German football player. He has two children, Shakira and Luis.

1 Club career
2 International career
3 Honours
4 External links

[edit] Club career

In his youth, Hilbert played for SpVgg Jahn Forchheim, 1. FC Nürnberg and SpVgg Greuther Fürth. In 2002, he was transferred to Bayernliga (4th division) side 1. SC Feucht, where he was one of the key players. After his club was promoted to the Regionalliga (3rd division) the following season, he scored ten goals in 26 games. On the basis of this performance, Fürth called him back. There he played for the 2nd Bundesliga team of the club.

In the 2005–06 season, he played in 34 games, scoring three times. In the summer of 2006, he joined top Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart. In his first season at Stuttgart, Hilbert became a regular in the first team that won the club's first championship in 15 years, in May 2007. He usually plays in right midfield, but is some times used as a right back. After the injury of key striker Mario Gomez in the final phase of the 2007 championship, Hilbert played a more offensive part for several weeks and scored a number of decisive goals. He finished as Stuttgart's third best goalscorer, scoring seven times, like his team mate Thomas Hitzlsperger.

[edit] International career

Hilbert has also made twelve appearances in the Germany national under-21 football team, scoring three times. He made his international debut for the Germany national football team in a friendly against Denmark on 28 March 2007.