Roberto Rodrigo

Roberto
Personal information
Full name	Roberto Porfírio Maximiano Rodrigo
Date of birth	28 November 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth	Porto, Portugal
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Tondela
Number	17
Youth career
1999–2005	Bairro do Falcão
2005–2007	Porto
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006	Porto B
2007–2008	São Pedro Cova
2008	Operário
2008–2009	Oliveira Douro
2009–2011	Tirsense
2011–2012	Naval
2013–2014	Arouca
2014	Tosno
2014–2017	Arouca
2016–2017	→ Moreirense (loan)
2017–2018	Salernitana
2017–2018	→ Arouca (loan)
2018–2020	Estoril
2020–2021	Chaves
2021–2023	Penafiel
2023–	Tondela
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:51, 16 October 2024 (UTC)

Roberto Porfírio Maximiano Rodrigo (born 28 November 1988), known simply as Roberto, is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for C.D. Tondela.

Mainly associated with Arouca whom he represented in three spells, he played 88 Primeira Liga matches and scored 18 goals, also for Moreirense. In LigaPro, he surpassed 250 games and 75 goals in service of six teams.

Club career

Born in Porto, Roberto arrived at FC Porto at the age of 16 and made one half-hour substitute appearance for their reserves in the third division on 7 May 2006, a goalless draw against S.C. Espinho. He carried on playing no higher than that level, for several clubs. After a breakthrough 2010–11 in which he scored 19 goals for F.C. Tirsense, he signed a four-year deal with Associação Naval 1º de Maio of the Segunda Liga.^[2]

After terminating his contract with Naval due to lack of payment at the end of 2012, Roberto moved across the second tier the following January to join F.C. Arouca.^[3] He contributed three goals in 11 matches as they earned a first-ever promotion to the Primeira Liga as runners-up to C.F. Os Belenenses, followed by six more in the top flight.^[4]

In July 2014, Roberto moved abroad to FC Tosno in the Russian First Division but did not play, returning a month later to Arouca on a three-year deal.^[5] He scored six goals as the team stayed up again,^[4] including two in a 3–3 home draw against C.D. Nacional on 8 February 2015.^[6]

Roberto was loaned to fellow top-division club Moreirense F.C. in July 2016.^[7] He played four games as they won the Taça da Liga for the first time in their history, netting twice on 29 December in a 3–3 home draw with Belenenses in the group stage.^[8]

In the summer of 2017, Roberto moved abroad again to US Salernitana 1919 of Italy's Serie B but again returned immediately to Arouca, this time on loan.^[9] He scored nine times in this spell, including a brace on 17 February 2018 in a 3–1 away victory over S.C. Braga B.^[10]

Roberto cut ties with Salernitana after his year in Arouca, signing a two-year contract with second-tier G.D. Estoril Praia on 1 July 2018.^[11] His first season as a Canary was the most prolific of his professional career with 13 goals in 26 games, fourth best in the league.^[12] He followed this with 12 in 22 in his second year,^[13]^[14] including a first professional hat-trick on 3 November 2019 in a 3–1 home defeat of Académico de Viseu FC.^[15]

On 7 July 2020, Roberto agreed to a one-year deal at G.D. Chaves.^[16] He remained in the second division subsequently, with F.C. Penafiel^[17] and C.D. Tondela.^[18]

Honours

Moreirense

Taça da Liga: 2016–17^[19]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Roberto" (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ "Roberto (ex-Tirsense) contratado por quatro temporadas" [Roberto (ex-Tirsense) signed for four seasons] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ Marques, Paulo (15 January 2013). "Avançado Roberto (ex-Naval) assina pelo Arouca" [Forward Roberto (ex-Naval) signs for Arouca]. As Beiras (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Quem é Roberto, o autor do golo?" [Who is Roberto, the goal scorer?]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 23 August 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ "Roberto em Arouca para esquecer a Rússia" [Roberto in Arouca to forget about Russia]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 27 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ "Arouca e Nacional empatam a três golos" [Arouca and Nacional draw three-each]. Tribuna da Madeira (in Portuguese). 8 February 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ "Oficial: Arouca empresta Roberto ao Moreirense" [Official: Arouca loan Roberto to Moreirense] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ "Os seis golos do emocionante Moreirense-Belenenses" [The six goals of the exciting Moreirense-Belenenses]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 29 December 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ "Roberto regressa ao Arouca, por empréstimo do Salernitana" [Roberto returns to Arouca, on loan from Salernitana] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ "II Liga: Arouca vence em Braga com bis de Roberto" [II League: Arouca win in Braga with brace from Roberto] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ Collaro, Gianfranco (1 July 2018). "Salernitana. Ufficiale, Roberto Rodrigo passa all'Estoril" [Salernitana. Official, Roberto Rodrigo goes to Estoril] (in Italian). Sport Campania. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ "Época em revista 2018–19" [2018–19 season review] (in Portuguese). Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Profissional. 2 August 2019. p. 42. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ "Roberto está recuperado" [Roberto has recovered]. Record (in Portuguese). 7 April 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ "Grupo Desportivo de Chaves reforça o ataque" [Grupo Desportivo de Chaves bolster offence] (in Portuguese). Sinal TV. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ "Estoril-Ac. Viseu, 3–1: Hat-trick de Roberto garante três pontos" [Estoril-Ac. Viseu, 3–1: Hat-trick from Roberto guarantees three points]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 November 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ "Roberto, ex-Estoril, é reforço do Desportivo de Chaves" [Roberto, ex-Estoril, is addition to Desportivo de Chaves] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ Mesquita, Filipa (15 June 2021). "Roberto é apresentado em Penafiel após rescindir com o Chaves" [Roberto is presented in Penafiel after cutting ties with Chaves]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 July 2023.
^ "Oficial: Roberto reforça ataque do Tondela" [Official: Roberto strengthens attack of Tondela]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
^ Celso, Marcos (29 January 2017). "Moreirense conquista a Taça da Liga" [Moreirense conquer League Cup] (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. Retrieved 25 September 2020.