Zé Roberto
Ze Roberto in August 2010
José Roberto da Silva Júnior, known as Zé Roberto (born 6 July 1974 in Ipiranga, SP, Brazil ) is a Brazilian footballer who also has a German passport.
Clubs
Emerged from the youth of Pequeninos de Joquey, Zé Roberto reached the age of 20 for the football department of Associação Portuguesa de Desportos, a sports club from São Paulo. For his first professional club, he completed in four seasons, 61 league games and scored one goal. 1997 signed him to the Spanish champions Real Madrid. But after only nine months and 15 league games, he returned to Brazil for Flamengo.
In 1998 he moved to Europe for a second time, this time on Bundesliga side Bayer 04 Leverkusen, for whom he made his debut in the Bundesliga on August 15 (1st Round ) 3-1 victory at home against Hansa Rostock. His greatest successes with the club he had in his last season: Second place in the Championship, finalist in the DFB Cup and the Champions League, in which they lost to Real Madrid 1-2.
The only successes were gearing between 2002 and 2009, when he - moved to FC Bayern Munich - together with Michael Ballack. After first four seasons and 110 Bundesliga games for Bayern, the club's management could not agree with Zé Roberto on a contract extension. Then the player was officially transferred to the Uruguayan club Nacional Montevideo, who received the transfer rights to the player. However, Zé Roberto returned to his Brazilian homeland and played - lending business due - from 1 September 2006 for a year (seasonally across ) with Santos and came in 48 league games to twelve gates and 2007 State Championship of São Paulo.
For the season 2007/ 08 Zé Roberto returned to Bayern Munich, also a lending transaction with Nacional, which was a million euros expensive. A renewed contract extension after the summer of 2009 failed because Zé Roberto insisted on a further two years, the club wanted to bind him but only for one year ahead.
For the season 2009/10 he undertook the League rival Hamburger SV, with whom he signed a contract until 30 June 2011. The Hamburg acquired while the transfer rights of Nacional Montevideo for a transfer fee of around four million euros. At the same Zé Roberto showed good performance from the outset. During the first twelve days of game he scored five goals and had three assists; an injury forced him to suspend the remainder of the season so far.
In May 2011, the negotiations broke down over a contract extension with the HSV. Zé Roberto, who would like to have extended his contract by two years, took a one-year contract offered by the HSV not to.
In July 2011, Zé Roberto moved free transfer to Qatari club Al- Gharafa Sports Club. He signed a two-year contract until 30 June 2013. Two days later, he caused confusion when he announced in an interview with the image that he would return to the 2012/13 season in the Bundesliga. According to him, he had " already fixed agreement with a top club from Germany". Later it became known that the second year of the contract with Al- Gharafa had only one option, would make no use of the Zé Roberto. In early February 2012, the current contract was terminated by mutual agreement.
Returned in the summer of 2012 in his Brazilian homeland, Zé Roberto plays since July 1, 2012 ( 7th Round ) for the first division club Grêmio Foot -Ball Porto Alegrense. He scored his first league goal on 18 October 2012 ( 31 Matchday) the away match against Fluminense in Rio de Janeiro the deficit to 2-2 draw in the 86th minute. At the end of the championship he won with his club the third place, five points behind champions Fluminense FC distance and a behind Atlético Mineiro.
National
On August 12, 1995 Zé Roberto made his debut in the senior national team of his country, won in Suwon 1-0 over South Korea. His first of six international goals he scored on 29 June 1997, La Paz in the final of the South American championship 3-1 over Bolivia.
For the World Cup 2002 is not taken into account, he then took part at the 2006 tournament in Germany and lost on July 1, 0-1 in the quarter- final against France. This was also his last international game, as he was not appointed in the following period. Therefore, he announced on 8 June 2007 announced his retirement from the national team, which he later regretted.
Achievements
National
- South American champions in 1997, 1999
- Confed Cup winner in 1997, 2005
Clubs
- Spanish Champion in 1997 with Real Madrid
- Spanish Supercup final in 1997 with Real Madrid
- German Champion 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008 with FC Bayern Munich
- DFB Cup winners 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008 with FC Bayern Munich
- League Cup winners 2004, 2007 with FC Bayern Munich
- Champion of São Paulo in 2007
- T-Home Cup winner in 2009 with the Hamburger SV
Others
In 1993 and 1994 he won with his youth club Pequeninos de Joquey the Gothia Cup, the biggest soccer tournament in the world, based on the number of participants, and was elected 30 years after passing into the All -Star team.
In the 2:4 home defeat 11 December 2010 (16th Round ) against Bayer 04 Leverkusen graduated Zé Roberto his 320th top-flight, making it the most widely used Brazilian football players in the Bundesliga. With his 336th Bundesliga game ( Hamburger SV - Borussia Mönchengladbach 1:1) 14 May 2011 (34th Round ), he became the most widely used in the Bundesliga foreign footballers. Meanwhile, his former companion of FC Bayern Munich Claudio Pizarro holds this record. ( Zé Roberto occupied together with Levan Kobiaschwili place. )
Zé Roberto is married and has three children.