José Roberto de Oliveira

Zé Roberto
Personal information
Full name José Roberto de Oliveira
Date of birth 9 December 1980 (1980-12-09) (age 31)
Place of birth Itumbiara, Goiás, Brazil
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Attacking Midfielder
Club information
Current club Internacional
Number 23
Youth career
1996–1997 Coritiba
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1998 Mirassol – (–)
1999 Juventus – (–)
2000 Cruzeiro 3 (0)
2001 → Benfica (loan) – (–)
2001 Portuguesa – (–)
2002–2003 Vitória 42 (9)
2004 Kashiwa Reysol 18 (1)
2005 Vitória 4 (1)
2005–2008 Botafogo 71 (14)
2008–2010 Schalke 04 3 (1)
2009 → Flamengo (loan) 25 (5)
2010 Vasco da Gama 24 (5)
2011– Internacional 15 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 December 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).

José Roberto de Oliveira, or simply Zé Roberto (born 9 December 1980 in Itumbiara), is a Brazilian association footballer, who plays as an attacking midfielder for Internacional.

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Career

Zé Roberto's representatives agreed to a €3 million fee with both Botafogo and FC Schalke 04 in August 2007. In January 2008 they finalised the deal and Zé Roberto joined the German side.[1][2] He made his debut for Schalke 04 on the 3 February 2008 scoring a goal in the 90th minute, only 33 seconds after being substituted on. On 12 December 2008, he was loaned out to Flamengo to the end of the season[3] On 21 October 2009, he announced his wish to stay with Clube de Regatas do Flamengo after the end of his loan contract.[4]

Flamengo

Zé Roberto made his first match for Flamengo on 4 February 2009, playing against Mesquita. After only six minutes of playing, he scored his first goal for his new club. He played 72 minutes and Flamengo won 4–1 at Maracanã Stadium.[5][6]

Vasco da Gama

Zé Roberto moved to Vasco da Gama on May 2010 (effective in August), signed a contract until July 2011.[7][8]

Club career statistics

Club performance League
Season Club League Apps Goals
Brazil League
2000 Cruzeiro Série A 3 0
2001 Portuguesa Desportos Série A 0 0
2002 Vitória Série A 8 3
2003 36 6
Japan League
2004 Kashiwa Reysol J. League 1 18 1
Brazil League
2005 Vitória Série B 0 0
2005 Botafogo Série A 17 3
2006 30 9
2007 24 2
Germany League
2007/08 Schalke Bundesliga 3 1
2008/09 0 0
Brazil League
2009 Flamengo Série A 25 5
Germany League
2009/10 Schalke Bundesliga
Country Brazil 143 27
Japan 18 1
Germany 3 1
Total 164 29

Flamengo career statistics

(Correct as of 6 December 2009)
Club Season Carioca League Brazilian Série A Brazilian Cup Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Flamengo 2009 14 3 4 25 5 2 4 2 0 - - - 1 0 0 44 10 6

according to combined sources on the.[9]

Honours

Personal honours

References

  1. ^ "Kein Interesse an Zé Roberto". kicker.de. 24 August 2007. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/artikel/368999/. Retrieved 11 December 2007.  (German)
  2. ^ "Ze Roberto offenbar zu Schalke". sport1.de. 17 October 2007. http://www.sport1.de/de/apps/news/news-meldung/news_1821023.html. Retrieved 11 December 2007.  (German)
  3. ^ transfermarkt.de (German)
  4. ^ Schalker Zé Roberto will bei Flamengo bleiben
  5. ^ Fla goleia o Mesquita com direito a gols do estreante Zé Roberto e de Bruno (Portuguese)
  6. ^ Flamengo goleia e se aproxima da semifinal (Portuguese)
  7. ^ "Zé Roberto é apresentado" (in Portuguese). CR Vasco da Gama. 14 May 2010. http://www.crvascodagama.com/index.php/materia/index/517/Z-Roberto-apresentado. Retrieved 29 July 2010. 
  8. ^ "Zé Roberto joins Vasco da Gama". FC Schalke 04. 10 June 2010. http://www.schalke04.com/news/single-view/artikel/ze-roberto-joins-vasco-da-gama.html. Retrieved 29 July 2010. 
  9. ^ Flamengo official website (Portuguese)

External links
S.C. Internacional – current squad