Premier League - Who is Robinho?

Eurosport - Tue, 02 Sep 16:47:00 2008

A 60-second guide to Manchester City's British record signing Robinho, who joined from Real Madrid for £32.5 million on transfer deadline day.

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* Born: Sao Vicente near Santos, Brazil - January 25, 1984.

* Robinho was discovered by Santos in 1996 and started playing in club's junior divisions. In 1999, Pele saw Robinho taking part in a youth team training session and was reported as saying: "This lad takes me back to the start of my career."

* He signed a professional contract with Santos in 2002 and in December the club beat Corinthians to win the Brazilian championship. The most replayed moment of the two-legged tie was when Robinho performed seven successive stepovers to provoke an opponent into giving away a penalty.

* He helped Santos reach the South American Libertadores Cup final for the first time in 40 years in June 2003, where they lost to Argentina's Boca Juniors.

* He made his Brazil debut in 1-0 defeat against Mexico in July 2003 at the Gold Cup finals. He helped them win the Confederations Cup in June 2005 and the Copa America in 2007, finishing as the tournament's top scorer with six goals.

* His mother Marina de Souza was kidnapped by two armed men in November 2004. She was released in December and two days later, Robinho helped Santos beat Vasco da Gama 2-1 in their last game to clinch their second Brazilian championship in three years. He finished as joint top scorer for Santos with 21 goals.

* After a tug-of-war transfer saga, Real Madrid reached a deal with Santos to buy the Brazilian club's 60 percent share in the player for £17m. He signed a five-year deal with Real in August 2005.

* He made a dazzling debut as a substitute for Real, sparking them to a 2-1 victory against Cadiz in the opening game of the campaign, but struggled throughout first season in Spain scoring eight league goals in 37 outings.

* He won his first Spanish league title under coach Fabio Capello in 2007, but often featured as a substitute and only managed six league goals from 32 appearances.

* Robinho hit the headlines in October 2007 when details of a wild party after Brazil's 5-0 victory over Ecuador in a World Cup qualifier were revealed in the local media. Real took disciplinary measures after he missed a league game following his late return from international duty.

* He helped Real to second consecutive league title in 2008 with his best season for the club so far, scoring 11 goals from 32 outings in the league, and a further four in the Champions League.

* Made it clear in last week of August 2008 he wanted to leave Real for Chelsea after the club considered selling him to finance a move for Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo.

* Real accept offer from Manchester City for the player, who signs a four-year contract at Eastlands.

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  1. city can buy a stadium ten times bigger than united,­ remember we are the riches in the world and dont forget­ you dumb @#$% united are still in debt..

    From chris_clark_1989, on Thu 4 Sep 12:25PM

  2. Doe,s the take over of City mean they will now buy a­ stadium of thier own or will they still leech on the­ rate payers of Manchester, United may not have a money­ bags owner but they do have a stadium they can call­ thier own.

    From IAN, on Thu 4 Sep 9:22AM

  3. COME ON THE BLUES

    From AMANDA, on Wed 3 Sep 2:23PM

  4. For Robinho, it's sad he agreed a move to Man.­ City. But I see it as a last minute desperation to­ leave Madrid since Chelsea was not forthcoming with­ Madrid asking price. I still forsee him ending up in­ Chelsea in the nearest future. He is a fine player with­ a lot of potentials but he needs the balls to blossom­ as a forward striker. Will the supplies come? Will he­ be patient if City is not getting the results? Robinho!­ best of luck to you and welcome to the Premiership

    From litoje76, on Wed 3 Sep 11:10AM

  5. Why is Robihno with city? cos even chelsea seen that­ he is OVERPRICED, way too overhyped......and­ now.....he's over here.....playing with a wannabe­ contender to the crown of the vastly superior BIG 4­ (united, chelsea, arsenal, and liverpool)
    Maybe the­ carling cup or uefa cup qualification this season city­ fans, but, unless you have a fairygodfather, who can­ wave a wand, and make up 4 years of neglect, i doubt­ you'll be going anywhere this season, even with the­ biggest player you've ever bought !! PS. Mark­ Hughes is the sucessor to Sir Alex.....ha ha ha ha

    From Paul, on Wed 3 Sep 10:41AM

  6. u know what, i think robinho been told by his agent­ that manchester bid for him and accepted straight away,­ he doesn't realised that he is going to­ 'other' manchester... just what i think when i­ heard this news...

    From azli_420, on Wed 3 Sep 4:34AM

  7. city fans, wake up!! lets take a little lesson from­ history, manchester city will fall flat on their faces,­ they always fall flat on their faces, this little blip­ in the man city soap opera is no different. im just­ waitin for the whole thing to turn to custard!! im­ surprised u guys even have any optimism left!!

    From evan_kane2000, on Wed 3 Sep 1:16AM

  8. This is really great for M. city and football. Robino­ is five stars player. I watch grow and his talent is­ unbelievable. I like him very much so as a player and­ thank's God he is happy with his new club.
    he will­ bring a lot of smile to the fans..
    Emeth,

    From emethpat, on Tue 2 Sep 11:31PM

  9. NO COMMENT

    From convenant child, on Tue 2 Sep 11:24PM

  10. manchester city are going to fail.4 managers in 3years­ am guessing.u heard it here first

    From loading2010, on Tue 2 Sep 10:51PM

  11. pretty good cv...but is it worth 30 million?

    From j, on Tue 2 Sep 10:45PM

  12. So your at it again, with your gobby comment's, ­ Envy of our fantastic take over, Why car'nt you­ all just except, that we are going to be BIGGER AND­ BETTER, than Utd, REmember your club is in a load of­ DEBT!!! We ar'nt, anymore, HEE HEE HEE!, And our­ new owner's don't give a hoot, what you all­ think, as do us LOYAL FAN'S, May be it might take­ a season or two, to gain What we are after, But mark­ my word's, We will have the last laugh!!! Watch­ out United, we're on your tail's, Big Mamma.­ xxx

    From CAROL C, on Tue 2 Sep 8:48PM

  13. well!!! a fantastic transfer for CİTY hea....I­ think premier leaugue is now harder...and liverpool is­ in danger now cause tottenham,city,and porsmouth are­ very strong in this year and they are going to race for­ the 4th position so everything will going to change­ in.....but im sure that chelsea is the champion in­ premier league so we know the first who is­ second.......

    From yeşim, on Tue 2 Sep 8:18PM

  14. having the best players in the world dosen't mean­ you gonna win titles. i'm a gunner for life and i­ know our boys gon shoot them down the league table and­ make them run back to where they came from. long live­ wenger and his ideology on football. makes me proud to­ a fan of the arsenal

    From jose, on Tue 2 Sep 7:59PM

  15. England has been raping other countries for centuries­ so i guess what goes around comes around!

    From Ender75, on Tue 2 Sep 7:53PM

  16. i am so sorry to see that English football has been­ raped by those outsiders with big money!!!

    From Saw, on Tue 2 Sep 7:05PM

  17. Don't be surprized if manchester city will buy­ players better than Cristiano Ronaldo in the future­ specially from Brazil and don't talk about Robinho­ cuz it's just nothing you seen yet,these people­ have OIL MACHINE and don't depend on trophies or­ fans to have fund for thier players,but if manchester­ city wouldn't be better than ninth place like what­ club did in 2008,you'll find how many coaches will­ be replaced just to pick up a place better than­ ninth,the POOR COACH will damn the day he've been a­ coach for manchester city,I don't know how many­ coaches will replaced just to reach fourth place they­ wish to reach this season,the players would be the­ greatest winner of thier deals at manchester city,if­ MARK HUGHES a CLEVER ,he wouldn't say he needs one­ more player or trust me this will be the START of­ ENDLESS COACHES at this club,you may find manchester­ city having 4 or 5 coaches in one season,and try not to­ luagh much that time
    cuz may be new owners will sell­ manchester city when they realize that laughes in on­ them,cuz also I think owners willn't find a coach­ for thier COVERED MINDED.

    Berbatov had a dream to join­ manchester united unless you would find him in­ manchester city for thier highest bid,let's see­ who's dream to join manchester city?

    I BET­ 1,000,000 $ FOR WHAT I SAID.

    From anmar79, on Tue 2 Sep 7:03PM

  18. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

    From sekalonco, on Tue 2 Sep 6:51PM

  19. Don't be surprized if manchester city will buy­ players better than Cristiano Ronaldo in the future­ specially from Brazil and don't talk about Robinho­ cuz it's just nothing you seen yet,these people­ have OIL MACHINE and don't depend on trophies or­ fans to have fund for thier players,but if manchester­ city wouldn't be better than ninth place like what­ club did in 2008,you'll find how many coaches will­ be replaced just to pick up a place better than­ ninth,the POOR COACH will damn the day he've been a­ coach for manchester city,I don't know how many­ coaches will replaced just to reach fourth place they­ wish to reach this season,the players would be the­ greatest winner of thier deals at manchester city,if­ MARK HUGHES a CLEVER ,he wouldn't say he needs one­ more player or trust me this will be the START of­ ENDLESS COACHES at this club,you may find manchester­ city having 4 or 5 coaches in one season,and try not to­ luagh much that time
    cuz may be new owners will sell­ manchester city when they realize that laughes in on­ them,cuz also I think owners willn't find a coach­ for thier COVERED MINDED.

    I BET 1,000,000 $ FOR WHAT I­ SAID.

    From anmar79, on Tue 2 Sep 6:31PM

  20. He must be on atleast 100k a week.
    I think he is worth­ the 30mil... he is still youngish and has good goal­ record.

    look at rooney, he cost 30m and does nothink­ each week

    Man city are on the up. bout time they got­ some good fortune, lets hope its for real

    From richard, on Tue 2 Sep 5:55PM
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