Zé Roberto

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Zé Roberto
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Zé Roberto (2017)
Personnel
Surname José Roberto da Silva Júnior
birthday July 6, 1974
place of birth Ipiranga , São Paulo ,  Brazil
size 172 cm
position Defensive Midfield
Juniors
Years station
1981-1992 Pequeninos de Joquey (SP)
1992–199? Palestra Sao Bernardo (SP)
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1994-1997 Portuguesa de Desportos (SP) 61 0(1)
1997 Central Español FC 0 0(0)
1997 real Madrid 15 0(0)
1998 CR Flamengo (RJ) 11 0(0)
1998-2002 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 113 (18)
2002-2006 FC Bayern Munich 110 0(5)
2006-2009 Nacional Montevideo 0 0(0)
2006-2007 →  Santos FC  (loan) 48 (12)
2007-2009 → FC Bayern Munich (loan) 59 0(9)
2009-2011 Hamburger SV 54 0(7)
2011–2012 Al-Gharafa Sports Club 14 0(1)
2012-2014 Gremio Porto Alegre 98 (11)
2015-2017 Palmeiras São Paulo 102 0(4)
2018 Portuguesa de Desportos (SP) 0
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1995-2006 Brazil 84 0(6)
1 Only league games are given.

Zé Roberto (born July 6, 1974 in São Paulo ; real name José Roberto da Silva Júnior ) is a former Brazilian soccer player . He also has German citizenship .

In his active career, he has played in the Bundesliga with Bayer 04 Leverkusen , FC Bayern Munich and Hamburger SV , where he played 339 games in which he scored 38 goals. He was also under contract in Brazil, in Spain with Real Madrid and in Qatar. For the Brazilian national team , with which he was runner-up in 1998 and won two continental titles, Zé Roberto completed 84 games and scored six goals.

societies

From the age of seven to 14, he played at Pequeninos de Joquey, a football school in São Paulo, from which a considerable number of decent professionals have emerged over the past few decades. In 1992 he joined the youth of Palestra São Bernardo in São Bernardo do Campo, part of the Metropolitan Prayer of São Paulo . With the club he became champions of the youth third division in the same year and also took part in the renowned Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior .

Rise to star at Portuguesa

In 1994 he made his debut with the professionals of the Portuguesa de Desportos. In the first half of 1996 he finished third with the Portuguesa in the São Paulo state championship . At that time, he was still hopeful that the Brazilian selection would take part in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta . But coach Mário Zagallo found Zé Roberto too half-hearted and preferred André Luiz from São Paulo FC , who in turn lost his place to Roberto Carlos at Inter Milan .

The second half of the year should bring the last high point in the history of Portuguesa and the first high point of Zé Roberto's playing career. In the Brazilian championship , the Portuguesa was eighth after the first phase of the competition and thus qualified for the play-offs for the title. Via Cruzeiro EC and Atlético Mineiro , both from Belo Horizonte , the team made it into the finals against Gremio FBPA from Porto Alegre . At home he won 2-0 against the later Hertha BSC problem boy Alex Alves in December . A few days later in Porto Alegre there was a defeat of the same amount in Porto Alegre against the hosts, who were instructed by the future world champion coach Luiz Felipe "Felipão" Scolari , in whose ranks the soon-to-be Leverkusen Emerson Ferreira da Rosa at the age of just 20 worked his first miracles in midfield. That made Grêmio champion, because according to the rule, with the same results, the club was champion who was better after the first phase - and there the team from the south came sixth (see also Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 1996 ). There was another high point for Zé Roberto: as one of only four players in the history of Portuguesa, he received the Bola de Prata , the “Silver Ball” for the best player in the championship in his position, in this case as a left full-back.

Transfer to Real Madrid - Intermezzo at Flamengo

As soon as it came to light, Zé Roberto had already signed a preliminary contract with Real Madrid in the run-up to Christmas 1996 and the Spanish newspapers had already announced that it would be completed. The transfer was delayed, however, as the Portuguesa were in negotiations with Cragnotti & Partners (owner of the food company Cirio ) about a sponsorship agreement . This included, among other things, the transfer of Zé Roberto to the top Roman club SS Lazio , which was once owned by the group's owner Sergio Cragnotti, for around 5.5 million US dollars. Finally, the move was confirmed in early March. Zé Roberto was awarded a five-year contract that earned him an annual income of $ 1.5 million. The Portuguesa received a $ 7.5 million transfer fee and Real Madrid paid Zé Roberto 15% of this amount as a one-off payment.

That was the official story. As it turned out later, Zé Roberto was sold for $ 4.6 million to the Uruguayan second division club Central Español , who in turn received $ 10 million from Real Madrid. The Portuguesa President Manoel Pacheco said he could explain all of this, but then did not and resigned from office. In Uruguay this led to changes in legislation. The deal also clearly showed the handwriting of Zé Roberto's manager, players' agent Juan Figer , who was supposed to further develop his reputation in this regard; in the matter of Zé Roberto later also with the triangular deal via Nacional Montevideo .

On March 30, he made his debut at 1-1 in the league guest game at CD Tenerife in the team of the master coach Fabio Capello , who at that time had already announced his departure at the end of the season after ongoing quarrels with club president Lorenzo Sanz . Another eight games were added by the end of the season. In the last three games of the season he was no longer used, but was still allowed to celebrate after winning the championship.

In the new season under coach Jupp Heynckes he won the Supercup at the beginning of the season in the games against FC Barcelona , but he did not manage to play in the regular formation. Up to the 13th matchday he came only six times in the league to train. There were also four games in the group games for the 1997/98 Champions League . In the 4-1 win against Rosenborg BK he also scored his only goal for the "Royal" with the goal to make it 2-1. Real won the competition in the final against Juventus for the first time after a 30-year hiatus, but by that point he was already out. During the winter break he moved to Rio de Janeiro to join the CR Flamengo .

There he played in the team of coach Paulo Autuori alongside Romário , Palinha , the later Leverkusen-based Juan and his colleague from the 1996 runner-up team, Rodrigo Fabri for the state championship in Rio de Janeiro , where only a disappointing second place jumped out.

Vice with Bayer Leverkusen

In 1998 he moved to Europe a second time, this time to Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen , for whom he made his debut in the Bundesliga on August 15 (1st matchday) in a 3-1 win at home against Hansa Rostock . He had his greatest successes with the club in his last season: second place in the championship, finalist in the DFB Cup and in the Champions League , in which they lost 2-1 to Real Madrid . He didn't learn any German during his time at Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Title flood at Bayern Munich

Zé Roberto in the jersey of FC Bayern Munich (2006)

The first titles came between 2002 and 2009 when he - together with Michael Ballack - moved from Leverkusen to Bayern Munich . He was with the club u. a. four times German champions and four times cup winners. During this time, Zé Roberto learned the German language after meeting Giovane Elber in his first season in Munich , who refused to speak Portuguese with Zé Roberto .

After four seasons and 110 Bundesliga games for Bayern , the club's management was unable to agree on a contract extension with Zé Roberto. The player was then officially transferred to the Uruguayan first division club Nacional Montevideo in the summer of 2006 , who received the transfer rights to the player. However, Zé Roberto returned to his Brazilian homeland and played - due to loan business - from September 1, 2006 for one year (all seasons) for FC Santos and scored twelve goals in 48 league games and won the 2007 São Paulo state championship .

For the 2007/08 season , Zé Roberto returned to Bayern Munich, also a loan deal with Nacional that cost one million euros. Another contract extension after the end of the summer of 2009 failed because Zé Roberto insisted on another two years, but the club only wanted to tie him to them for one year.

Hamburger SV

Zé Roberto in the jersey of Hamburger SV (2009)

For the 2009/10 season he was signed by the league competitor Hamburger SV , with whom he received a contract valid until June 30, 2011. The Hamburg-based company acquired the transfer rights from Nacional Montevideo for a transfer fee of around four million euros. In Hamburg, Zé Roberto performed well from the start. On the first twelve match days, he scored five goals and made three assists; an injury forced him to suspend the rest of the first half of the season.

In May 2011, negotiations about a contract extension with HSV failed. Zé Roberto, who would have liked to extend his contract by two years, did not accept a one-year contract offered by HSV.

Al-Gharafa Sports Club

Zé Roberto during his time at Al Gharafa Sports Club (2011)

In July 2011, Zé Roberto moved to the Qatari club Al-Gharafa Sports Club on a free transfer, where he signed a contract valid until June 30, 2013. Just two days later he caused confusion when he announced in an interview with Bild that he would return to the Bundesliga for the 2012/13 season. According to his statement, he “already has a fixed agreement with a top club from Germany”. It was later announced that the second year of the contract with Al-Gharafa was just an option that Zé Roberto did not want to make use of. At the beginning of February 2012, the current contract was terminated by mutual agreement.

Porto Alegre

Returned to his Brazilian homeland in the summer of 2012, Zé Roberto played from July 1, 2012 (7th matchday) for the first division club Gremio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense . He scored his first league goal on October 18, 2012 (31st match day) in the away game against Fluminense FC with the goal to make it 2-2 in the 86th minute. At the end of the championship he and his club finished third in the table with five points behind champions Fluminense FC and one behind Atlético Mineiro . In the following season he contributed with 22 league games and three goals scored to second place (11 points behind Cruzeiro Belo Horizonte ) in the championship. In 2014, Zé Roberto played 31 of 38 league games, remained without scoring and took seventh place in the championship with the team.

Palmeiras São Paulo

Zé Roberto in the jersey of Palmeiras (2017)

On December 22, 2014, Zé Roberto went to league competitor Palmeiras São Paulo , where his former teammate from FC Bayern Munich, Lúcio , was also active. On December 2, 2015, he won the Brazilian Cup with Palmeiras . In the 4-3 victory he was the first Palmeiras shooter to score on penalties against the final opponent FC Santos . With the club he won the national championship in 2016. His last contract ran until December 31, 2017. On the penultimate matchday of the 2017 championship season , Palmeiras announced on November 25, 2017 via Twitter that Zé Roberto would end his playing career at the end of the year. In the published video, Zé Roberto himself invited Palmeiras fans to come to his final game at his home stadium. On November 27, 2017 (37th matchday), he played his 1161st and last football game in a 2-0 home win against Botafogo FR .

farewell

In the first week of January 2018, he laced his boots again for his first professional club, the Portuguesa, which held the first Copa Rubro-Verde , named after the national colors of Portugal, in the local Canindé Stadium . In addition to the Portuguesa de Desportos, the Portuguesas from Santos , Rio de Janeiro and Londrina in Paraná also took part. There was a 2-0 victory over the team from Londrina and in the final the hosts lost on penalties, but Zé Roberto did not participate.

“Portuguesa was the club that introduced me to the world. I have to say thank you. I was very happy to receive this invitation. Being here is like stepping back in time. There are good memories. I get the affection of the fans here. It's very moving, ”he said.

On January 13, 2019, he also got a farewell game from Palmeiras, where old stars of the club held a peat festival with "Friends of Zé" in front of 20,000 spectators in the Allianz Parque . At 6: 6 he scored two goals himself. Ademir da Guia , Alex Mineiro , Túlio Maravilha , Paulo Nunes and Clarence Seedorf took part.

National team

On August 12, 1995, Zé Roberto made his debut in the "Seleção" , which won 1-0 in Suwon against the selection of South Korea . His first of six international goals he scored on June 29, 1997 in La Paz in the final of the Copa America in a 3-1 victory over the selection of Bolivia .

For the 2002 World Cup he was not considered by Luiz Felipe Scolari , but took part in the 2006 tournament in Germany under Carlos Alberto Parreira and lost on July 1, 2006 with 0: 1 in the quarter-finals in the Frankfurt Waldstadion against the selection of France . This was also his last international match, as he was no longer appointed in the subsequent period by Parreira's successor Carlos Dunga . Therefore, he announced his retirement from the national team on June 8, 2007. After his performance at HSV, a return to the national team was discussed in public in Brazil and Germany, but Carlos Dunga and his assistant coach Jorginho declined a nomination from Zé Roberto, as he was invited to the squad for the Copa in 2007 America turned down.

successes

National team

societies

Awards

Others

In 1993 and 1994 he won the Gothia Cup with his youth club Pequeninos de Joquey , the largest football tournament in the world based on the number of participants, and was elected to the All-Star Team for its 30th anniversary.

Zé Roberto played his 320th first division game in the 2: 4 home game on December 11, 2010 (16th match day) against Bayer 04 Leverkusen , making him the most frequently used Brazilian football player in the Bundesliga. With his 336th Bundesliga game, a 1-1 draw at home against Borussia Mönchengladbach on May 14, 2011 (34th matchday), he became the foreign soccer player most frequently used in the Bundesliga. Meanwhile, his former companion from FC Bayern Munich Claudio Pizarro holds this record.

At the 2018 World Cup , he worked as an expert for ZDF .

Zé Roberto is married and has three children.

Web links

Commons : Zé Roberto  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Article on spiegel .de
  2. ↑ Galeria de Craques , Pequeninos de Joquey (as of February 20, 2019)
  3. ↑ Paulo Silva Jr .: Palestra São Bernardo, 76 , Ultima Divisão, September 1, 2011.
  4. ↑ Caso Zé Roberto gera 'lei' no Uruguai , Folha de S. Paulo , January 5, 1998.
  5. ↑ a b Zé Roberto and Pfannenstiel as guests
  6. ^ Zé Robertos statistics at FC Santos. on the homepage of FC Santos. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012 ; accessed on November 2, 2016 .
  7. ^ Message on the homepage of FC Bayern Munich
  8. ↑ HSV signs Zé Roberto. Hamburger SV, archived from the original on July 4, 2009 ; accessed on November 2, 2016 .
  9. ↑ HSV bought Zé Roberto from the Uruguayan Club Nacional Montevideo , Spiegel Online , August 29, 2009
  10. ^ Message ( memento of July 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on the Hamburger SV homepage
  11. ↑ Interview on Bild .de
  12. ↑ Report on transfermarkt .de
  13. ↑ Article Warm atmosphere in Ze Roberto's farewell on the homepage of Al-Gharafa Sports Club (English)
  14. ↑ Message ( Memento of December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the homepage of Grêmio Porto Alegre (Portuguese)
  15. ↑ Message on the homepage of Palmeiras São Paulo (Portuguese)
  16. ↑ Report on weltfussball.de
  17. ↑ Ze Roberto celebrates with SE Palmeira's cup victory after penalty shootout , Sport1.de, accessed on December 3, 2015.
  18. ↑ SPIEGEL ONLINE: At the age of 42: Zé Roberto extends contract in Brazil - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Sport. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE. Retrieved January 14, 2017 .
  19. ↑ End of career at Palmeiras , report on otempo.com.br from November 25, 2017, page in portugal, accessed on November 27, 2017.
  20. ↑ Report on weltfussball.de
  21. ↑ Thanks to Portuguesa , report on r7.com from January 5, 2018, page in portug., Accessed on December 15, 2019
  22. ↑ Thiago Kimori: Zé Roberto se emociona em despedida oficial no Allianz Parque: 'Experiência inesquecível' , SE Palmeiras , January 13, 2019
  23. ↑ Report on t-online .de
  24. ^ Message ( memento of February 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on fussball.zdf.de
  25. ↑ All Star Team - Men ( Memento from June 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on gothiacup.se
personal data
SURNAME Zé Roberto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Silva junior, José Roberto da (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Ipiranga , São Paulo , Brazil