Robinho

Robinho

Robinho with the Brazil national team in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Robson de Souza
Date of birth	(1984-01-25) 25 January 1984 (age 28)
Place of birth	São Vicente, Brazil
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position	Striker / Winger
Club information
Current club	Milan
Number	70
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2002–2005	Santos	111	(46)
2005–2008	Real Madrid	101	(25)
2008–2010	Manchester City	41	(14)
2010	→ Santos (loan)	2	(0)
2010–	Milan	62	(20)
National team‡
2004	Brazil U23	8	(3)
2003–	Brazil	90	(26)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 May 2012. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 July 2011

Robson de Souza (born 25 January 1984), more commonly known as Robinho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as second striker and winger for Serie A club Milan and the Brazil national team. Robinho is known for his ball control, attacking instinct and speed.^[2]

In 1999, at only 15 years of age, Robinho was personally picked by Brazil legend Pelé as his heir apparent^[3] and went on to lead Santos FC to their first Campeonato Brasileiro title since Pelé himself played for the club.^[4] Since then, he has won another title with Santos and two more with Spanish club Real Madrid. He won the Italian Serie A title in his first season at Milan. Robinho has won one Copa América title and two Confederations Cups with the Brazilian national team.

Club career

Santos

Born in São Vicente, São Paulo State, Robinho signed his first professional contract with Santos FC in 2002 at the age of 18. He made 24 appearances in his debut season and scored one goal as Santos won the 2002 Campeonato Brasileiro. He reached the final of the 2003 Copa Libertadores with Santos, but lost in the final to Boca Juniors. In 2004, Robinho finished with 21 goals in 37 games and led Santos to win another Campeonato Brasileiro.

His form had brought him to the attention of many European clubs in the summer of 2004, but Robinho remained with Santos after the Brazilian club rejected all offers. His form suffered in the 2005 season, however, after his mother, Marina da Silva Souza, was kidnapped by gunmen at her Praia Grande home on 6 November; she was released unharmed six weeks later after a ransom was paid.^[5]

Robinho scored nine goals in 12 league games, and his value continued to increase as his talent became more and more apparent to the powers of European football. Santos began to realize it would become increasingly difficult to hold on to their star player. In July 2005, Spanish giants Real Madrid signed Robinho by agreeing to pay a fee equal to 60 percent of the buyout clause in his contract belonging to Santos (€24,000,000).^[6]

Real Madrid

Robinho earned the #10 shirt for Real Madrid, previously worn by Luís Figo. He ended up making 37 appearances and scored 14 goals in his first season. At the start of the 2006–07 campaign, Robinho and David Beckham were considered too flashy and glamorous and rapidly fell out of favor with new footballing regime instituted by Ramón Calderón and carried out by manager Fabio Capello and he spent much of the first few months of the season as a substitute, this even after being Man of the Match in the first Clásico against FC Barcelona that year. Only after the winter break did Robinho and Beckham find themselves in the starting XI and they both played crucial roles as Real Madrid won their 30th league title. That title was the third league title of Robinho's career.

Capello was subsequently fired, however, and Bernd Schuster was appointed as head coach of Real Madrid. Robinho finished with 11 league goals^[7] and eight assists^[8] for Madrid in the 2007–08 La Liga season as well as four goals during Real Madrid's Champions League campaign. Robinho then got injured at the beginning of the second half of the season. He did not recover fully enough to help Madrid against Roma in the Champions League. The week before though, Robinho saved Real Madrid's La Liga title hopes with a clutch two goal performance on 3 March 2008, as Madrid defeated Recreativo de Huelva away from home.^[9] That game kept a resurgent Barcelona]] at bay and ultimately secured Real Madrid's 31st league title and Robinho's fourth.

Robinho was Real Madrid's third highest scorer during his Madrid years, behind strikers Raúl and Ruud van Nistelrooy. He was also the player with the second most assists, behind Guti, and the only Madrid player, along with goalkeeper Iker Casillas, to finish in the top ten of the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations for 2007–08.

Real Madrid President Ramón Calderón had promised to negotiate a new contract with Robinho at the mid point of the 2007–08 season, which never materialised. Calderón, however, insisted talks would occur in the summer; again Calderón went back on his word. Robinho himself revealved talks never began because Madrid hoped to use him as part of the deal to bring Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid in the summer of 2008.^[10][11] After the failed move for Ronaldo, Madrid finally attempted to negotiate a new contract with Robinho, which he rejected and led to him wanting a transfer to Chelsea.

Manchester City

Robinho playing for Manchester City in 2009

On 1 September 2008, the final day of the English Premier League summer transfer window, Robinho completed a €42,500,000 (£32,500,000) move to Manchester City, with wages in the region of £160,000 per week, on a four-year deal. This occurred on the same day the club was bought out by the Arab investment company Abu Dhabi United Group.^[12][13]

He had previously been linked with a transfer to Chelsea,^[14] and he had emphasised his desire to play for the London club up to the eve of the transfer.^[15] On 27 August, Chelsea Chief Executive Peter Kenyon said that the club were "confident" that the transaction would go through,^[16] and Madrid had also given their consent for the player to leave.^[16]

In an interview with The Guardian, Robinho stated that City being a big club and the presence of Brazilian friends Jô and Elano were incentives for him to join the team. He made his team debut and scored his very first Premier League goal on 13 September 2008, ironically in a 3–1 home defeat to Chelsea.^[17] On 26 October, he scored his first Premier League hat-trick against Stoke City,^[18] and he scored his first European goal for City in a 3–2 UEFA Cup group stage win over Twente on 6 November. He was given the captain's armband for the match against Hull City, due to Richard Dunne's suspension, which ended in a 2–2 draw.

On 19 April, he scored his 13th league goal for Manchester City in the 2–1 win away at Everton on 25 April, Manchester City's first away win since 31 August 2008. The following week, he scored his third consecutive goal in three games, against Blackburn Rovers, to help City to a 3–1 win. Robinho finished the season as City's top goal scorer with 14 and the fourth top scorer in the league.

His second season at City, however, did not go anywhere nearly as well. He missed three months of the season due to injury and only played 12 games in total (10 in the Premier League), and scored a mere one goal (against lower league club Scunthorpe United in the FA Cup). Due to this, he fell down the pecking order and sought a move away from the club in the January transfer window.

Return to Santos

On 28 January 2010, Robinho returned to his home club Santos due to moving down the pecking order at Manchester City, joining them on a six-month loan deal.^[19] He had publicly stated that at Manchester City he would play every other game, and because of the upcoming World Cup, he wanted to play every game, and so returned to Brazil with Santos after declining a move to São Paulo FC.^[20] On his return to Santos, Robinho scored a backheel against aforementioned admirers São Paulo with five minutes to spare to complete a 2–1 victory for the Peixe.^[21][22] In the final match of his loan deal on 4 August, Robinho helped Santos win the Copa Brasil. Although Santos lost 2–1 to Vitória, they won the tie 3–2 on aggregate to win the competition for the first time in their history.^[23] Shortly afterwards, Robinho stated that he wanted to remain with Santos rather than return to England. Manchester City, however, refused to extend the loan deal and Santos failed to make a transfer bid.^[24]

Robinho returned to training with Manchester City in August 2010 but stated that he was seeking a move away from the club before the end of the summer transfer window on 31 August.^[25] Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş in Turkey opened transfer negotiations with City, but Robinho rejected a move to Turkish football, declaring that he would rather move to a club in Spain or Italy.^[26]

Milan

On 31 August 2010, Robinho moved to Milan from Manchester City for a fee of £15,000,000 (€18,000,000), signing a four-year contract.^[27][28] He made his debut as a substitute in a 2–0 defeat to newly-promoted Cesena. He started his first game with Milan in their 1–0 win over Genoa. He scored his first goal in injury time against Chievo to make the score 3–1 on 16 October 2010. He continued his goalscoring form with a goal the following week in a Serie A match against Napoli on 25 October 2010. He then scored the first goal for Milan against Sampdoria, but Giampaolo Pazzini equalised on the hour mark to end as a draw.

On 4 December 2010, he scored the second goal for Milan against Brescia in their 3–0 win at the San Siro. Eight days later, on 12 December, he again scored the second goal in a 3–0 victory for Milan against Bologna. He scored his first goal of 2011 against Bari to give Milan another 3–0 victory. On 29 January, he scored against Catania following a deflection from a Zlatan Ibrahimović free kick to give Milan a 1–0 lead, then assisted Ibrahimović to give Milan a 2–0 win. On 12 February 2011, he scored his first brace for Milan against Parma to help Milan to a 4–0 win. Against Cagilari, Robinho scored a brace in the 37th week of Serie-A on 14 May 2011, leading to celebrations of the Scudetto winners after the match.

He started the 2011–12 Serie A season well, taking part in Milan's win over Internazionale in the Supercoppa Italiana.

International career

Robinho playing against Switzerland.

Robinho earned his first cap for Brazil in the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup match on July 13, which Brazil lost 1–0 to Mexico. Although Brazil chose to send their under-23 team, the CONCACAF Gold Cup matches are considered as full international matches by FIFA. He was part of Brazil squad for 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup, which Brazil went on to win.

He played in four of Brazil's five matches as a reserve, but finished the tournament goalless. Robinho, however, was in top form in the Copa América 2007 a year later. For the tournament, he wore the #11 shirt, the same number that his childhood hero Romário wore. Robinho scored all four of Brazil's group stage goals via a hat-trick in Brazil's 3–0 group stage match against Chile, and a penalty in a 1–0 win over Ecuador. His last two goals came in a 6–1 quarter-final thrashing of Chile. Robinho reaped the individual honors, finishing as the Golden Boot winner in addition to being named the best player of the tournament.

On 28 June 2009, he was a member of the Brazil team that won the 2009 Confederations Cup in South Africa. He played in every game in the competition, as Brazil defeated the United States 3–2 to win the tournament.^[29] On 28 June 2010, he scored against Chile as Brazil won 3–0 to advance to the quarter-finals of the 2010 World Cup.^[30] He scored the opener in the quarter-final match against Netherlands on 2 July 2010, but Brazil eventually lost 2–1 and was eliminated.

Career statistics

As of 13 May 2012

¹Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and Copa Libertadores.

²Includes the Supercopa de España, Supercoppa Italiana and São Paulo State Tournament 2010.

International statistics

As of 2 July 2010^{[31][32][33][34][35]}

National team Club Season Apps Goals Brazil Santos 2003 5 0 2004 1 0 2005 11 4 Real Madrid 2005–06 10 1 2006–07 15 6 2007–08 13 2 Manchester City 2008–09 15 6 2009–10 2 0 Santos 2010 8 6 Milan 2010–11 3 0 Total 83 25

International appearances and goals App Date Venue Opponent Result Goal Competition 2003 1. 13 July 2003 Mexico City, Mexico  Mexico 0–1 0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Brazil U-23) 2. 16 July 2003 Mexico City, Mexico  Honduras 2–1 0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Brazil U-23) 3. 19 July 2003 Miami, United States  Colombia 2–0 0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Brazil U-23) 4. 23 July 2003 Miami, United States  United States 2–1 0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Brazil U-23) 5. 27 July 2003 Mexico City, Mexico  Mexico 0–1 0 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup (Brazil U-23) 15 November 2003 São Paulo, Brazil Corinthians 2–0 1 Unofficial friendly (Brazil U-23) November 2003 Santos, Brazil Santos 3–1 1 Unofficial friendly (Brazil U-23) 2004 7 January 2004 Concepción, Chile  Venezuela 4–0 1 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23) 9 January 2004 Concepción, Chile  Paraguay 3–0 1 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23) 11 January 2004 Concepción, Chile  Uruguay 1–1 1 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23) 15 January 2004 Concepción, Chile  Chile 1–1 0 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23) 18 January 2004 Valparaíso, Chile  Colombia 3–0 0 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23) 21 January 2004 Valparaíso, Chile  Argentina 0–1 0 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23) 23 January 2004 Viña del Mar, Chile  Chile 3–1 0 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23) 25 January 2004 Viña del Mar, Chile  Paraguay 0–2 0 2004 Olympic Games qualification (Brazil U-23) 6. 5 September 2004 São Paulo, Brazil  Bolivia 3–1 0 2006 World Cup qualification 2005 7. 9 February 2005 Hong Kong  Hong Kong 7–1 1 Friendly 2005 Carlsberg Cup 8. 27 March 2005 Goiânia, Brazil  Peru 1–0 0 2006 World Cup qualification 9. 30 March 2005 Montevideo, Uruguay  Uruguay 1–1 0 2006 World Cup qualification 10. 27 April 2005 São Paulo, Brazil  Guatemala 3–0 0 Friendly 11. 5 June 2005 Porto Alegre, Brazil  Paraguay 4–1 1 2006 World Cup qualification 12. 8 June 2005 Buenos Aires, Argentina  Argentina 1–3 0 2006 World Cup qualification 13. 16 June 2005 Leipzig, Germany  Greece 3–0 1 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 14. 19 June 2005 Hanover, Germany  Mexico 0–1 0 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 15. 22 June 2005 Cologne, Germany  Japan 2–2 1 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 16. 25 June 2005 Nuremberg, Germany  Germany 3–2 0 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 17. 29 June June 2005 Frankfurt, Germany  Argentina 4–1 0 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup 2005–2006 18. 17 August 2005 Split, Croatia  Croatia 1–1 0 Friendly 19. 4 September 2005 Brasília, Brazil  Chile 5–0 1 2006 World Cup qualification 6 September 2005 Seville, Spain Sevilla 1–1 0 Unofficial friendly 20. 9 October 2005 La Paz, Bolivia  Bolivia 1–1 0 2006 World Cup qualification 21. 12 October 2005 Belém, Brazil  Venezuela 3–0 0 2006 World Cup qualification 22. 12 November 2005 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  United Arab Emirates 8–0 0 Friendly 30 May 2006 Basel, Switzerland FC Lucerne Selection 8–0 1 Unofficial friendly 23. 4 June 2006 Geneva, Switzerland  New Zealand 4–0 0 Friendly 24. 13 June 2006 Berlin, Germany  Croatia 1–0 0 2006 World Cup 25. 18 June 2006 Munich, Germany  Australia 2–0 0 2006 World Cup 26. 22 June 2006 Dortmund, Germany  Japan 4–1 0 2006 World Cup 27. 1 July 2006 Frankfurt, Germany  France 0–1 0 2006 World Cup 2006–07 28. 16 August 2006 Oslo, Norway  Norway 1–1 0 Friendly 29. 3 September 2006 London, England  Argentina 3–0 0 Friendly 30. 5 September 2006 London, England  Wales 2–0 0 Friendly 7 October 2006 Kuwait City, Kuwait Al Kuwait Selection 4–0 1 Unofficial friendly 31. 10 October 2006 Stockholm, Sweden  Ecuador 2–1 0 Friendly 32. 15 November 2006 Basel, Switzerland  Switzerland 2–1 0 Friendly 33. 24 March 2007 Gothenburg, Sweden  Chile 4–0 0 Friendly 34. 27 March 2007 Stockholm, Sweden  Ghana 1–0 0 Friendly 35. 1 June 2007 London, England  England 1–1 0 Friendly 36. 5 June 2007 Dortmund, Germany  Turkey 0–0 0 Friendly 37. June 2007 Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela  Mexico 0–2 0 Copa América 2007 38. 1 July 2007 Maturín, Venezuela  Chile 3–0 3 Copa América 2007 39. 4 July 2007 Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela  Ecuador 1–0 1 Copa América 2007 40. 7 July 2007 Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela  Chile 6–1 2 Copa América 2007 41. 10 July 2007 Maracaibo, Venezuela  Uruguay 2–2 0 Copa América 2007 42. 15 July 2007 Maracaibo, Venezuela  Argentina 3–0 0 Copa América 2007 2007–08 43. 22 August 2007 Montpellier, France  Algeria 2–0 0 Friendly 44. 9 September 2007 Chicago, United States  United States 4–2 0 Friendly 45. 12 September 2007 Boston, United States  Mexico 3–1 0 Friendly 46. 14 October 2007 Bogotá, Colombia  Colombia 0–0 0 2010 World Cup qualification 47. 17 October 2007 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Ecuador 5–0 0 2010 World Cup qualification 48. 18 November 2007 Lima, Peru  Peru 1–1 0 2010 World Cup qualification 49. 21 November 2007 São Paulo, Brazil  Uruguay 2–1 0 2010 World Cup qualification 50. 6 February 2008 Dublin, Ireland  Republic of Ireland 1–0 1 Friendly 51. 26 March 2008 London, England  Sweden 1–0 0 Friendly 52. 31 May 2008 Seattle, United States  Canada 3–2 1 Friendly 53. 6 June 2008 Boston, United States  Venezuela 0–2 0 Friendly 54. 15 June 2008 Asunción, Paraguay  Paraguay 0–2 0 2010 World Cup qualification 55. 18 June 2008 Belo Horizonte, Brazil  Argentina 0–0 0 2010 World Cup qualification 22 June 2008 Volta Redonda, Brazil Rio de Janeiro State Selection 1–0 0 Unofficial friendly (Brazil U-23) 2008–09 56. 7 September 2008 Santiago, Chile  Chile 3–0 1 2010 World Cup qualification 57. 10 September 2008 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Bolivia 0–0 0 2010 World Cup qualification 58. 10 October 2008 San Cristóbal, Venezuela  Venezuela 4–0 2 2010 World Cup qualification 59. 15 October 2008 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Colombia 0–0 0 2010 World Cup qualification 60. 19 November 2008 Brasília, Brazil  Portugal 6–2 0 Friendly 61. 10 February 2009 London, England  Italy 2–0 1 Friendly 62. 29 March 2009 Quito, Ecuador  Ecuador 1–1 0 2010 World Cup qualification 63. 1 April 2009 Porto Alegre, Brazil  Peru 3–0 0 2010 World Cup qualification 64. 6 June 2009 Montevideo, Uruguay  Uruguay 4–0 0 2010 World Cup qualification 65. 10 June 2009 Recife, Brazil  Paraguay 2–1 1 2010 World Cup qualification 66. 15 June 2009 Bloemfontein, South Africa  Egypt 4–3 0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 67. 18 June 2009 Pretoria, South Africa  United States 3–0 1 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 68. 21 June 2009 Pretoria, South Africa  Italy 3–0 0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 69. 25 June 2009 Johannesburg, South Africa  South Africa 1–0 0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 70. 28 June 2009 Johannesburg, South Africa  United States 3–2 0 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup 2009–10 71. 12 August 2009 Tallinn, Estonia  Estonia 1–0 0 Friendly 72. 5 September 2009 Rosario, Argentina  Argentina 3–1 0 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 73. 2 March 2010 London, England  Republic of Ireland 2–0 1 Friendly 74. 2 June 2010 Harare, Zimbabwe  Zimbabwe 3–0 1 Friendly 75. 7 June 2010 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania  Tanzania 5–1 2 Friendly 76. 15 June 2010 Johannesburg, South Africa  North Korea 2–1 0 2010 FIFA World Cup 77. 20 June 2010 Johannesburg, South Africa  Côte d'Ivoire 3–1 0 2010 FIFA World Cup 78. 28 June 2010 Johannesburg, South Africa  Chile 3–0 1 2010 FIFA World Cup 79. 2 July 2010 Port Elizabeth, South Africa  Netherlands 1–2 1 2010 FIFA World Cup 2010–11 80. 10 August 2010 New Jersey, United States  United States 2–0 0 Friendly . 7 September 2010 Sant Joan Despí, Spain FC Barcelona B 3–0 0 Unofficial friendly 81. 7 October 2010 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates  Iran 3–0 0 Friendly 82. 11 October 2010 Derby, England  Ukraine 2–0 0 Friendly 83. 17 November 2010 Doha, Qatar  Argentina 0–1 0 Friendly 84. 9 February 2011 Saint-Denis, France  France 0–1 0 Friendly 85. 4 June 2011 Goiânia, Brazil  Netherlands 0–0 0 Friendly 86. 7 June 2011 São Paulo, Brazil  Romania 1–0 0 Friendly 87. 3 July 2011 La Plata, Argentina  Venezuela 0–0 0 Copa América 2011 88. 13 July 2011 Córdoba, Argentina  Ecuador 4-2 0 Copa América 2011 89. 17 July 2011 La Plata, Argentina  Paraguay 0-0 0 Copa América 2011 2011–12 90. 10 August 2011 Stuttgart, Germany  Germany 2-3 1 Friendly

Personal life

In November 2004, Robinho's mother was kidnapped at gunpoint.^[36] She was released without harm in the next month.^[37]

In 2009, Robinho married Vivian Guglielmetti. The couple have two sons, Robson Jr., who was born on December 17, 2007 in Santos, and Gianluca, who was born on April 20, 2011 in São Paulo.^[38]

In January 2009, Robinho was arrested and bailed following an allegation of serious sexual assault. In April 2009, West Yorkshire Police in England announced that no further action would be taken.^[39]

Honours

Club

Santos

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (2): 2002, 2004
• Campeonato Paulista (1): 2010
• Copa do Brasil (1): 2010

Real Madrid

• La Liga (2): 2006–07, 2007–08
• Supercopa de España (1): 2008

Milan

• Serie A (1): 2010–11
• Supercoppa Italiana (1): 2011

International

Brazil

• FIFA Confederations Cup: 2005, 2009
• Copa América: 2007

Individual

• Copa América: 2007 – Golden Ball (best player of the tournament)
• Copa América: 2007 – Golden Shoe (Top scorer)
• Bola de Ouro: 2005
• World Soccer Young Player of the Year: 2004–05

References

External links

• Robinho career stats at Soccerbase
• Robinho – FIFA competition record
• Complete International Record at RSSSF
• Robinho Profile and Stats – Football Database
• Robinho official website – Official Robinho website
• Robinho Stats – Futpédia
• Robinho Profile – sambafoot.com

Brazil squad v t e Brazil squad – 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup Runners-up 1 Gomes 2 Maicon 3 Luisão 4 Alex 5 Adriano 6 Paulo Almeida 7 Júlio Baptista 8 Kaká (c) 9 Ewerthon 10 Diego 11 Robinho 12 Alexandre Negri 13 Coelho 14 André Bahia 15 Nilmar 16 Nádson 17 Carlos Alberto 18 Thiago Motta Coach: Ricardo Gomes v t e Brazil squad – 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Winners (2nd Title) 1 Dida 2 Maicon 3 Lúcio 4 Roque Júnior 5 Emerson 6 Gilberto 7 Robinho 8 Kaká 9 Adriano 10 Ronaldinho (c) 11 Zé Roberto 12 Marcos 13 Cicinho 14 Juan 15 Luisão 16 Léo 17 Gilberto Silva 18 Juninho 19 Renato 20 Júlio Baptista 21 Oliveira 22 Edu 23 Gomes Coach: Parreira v t e Brazil squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Dida 2 Cafu (c) 3 Lúcio 4 Juan 5 Emerson 6 Roberto Carlos 7 Adriano 8 Kaká 9 Ronaldo 10 Ronaldinho 11 Zé Roberto 12 Rogério Ceni 13 Cicinho 14 Luisão 15 Cris 16 Gilberto 17 Gilberto Silva 18 Mineiro 19 Juninho 20 Ricardinho 21 Fred 22 Júlio César 23 Robinho Coach: Parreira v t e Brazil squad – 2007 Copa América Winners (8th Title) 1 Helton 2 Maicon 3 Alex 4 Juan 5 Mineiro 6 Gilberto 7 Elano 8 Gilberto Silva (c) 9 Vágner Love 10 Diego 11 Robinho 12 Doni 13 Daniel Alves 14 Alex Silva 15 Naldo 16 Kléber 17 Josué 18 Fernando 19 Júlio Baptista 20 Anderson 21 Afonso Alves 22 Fred Coach: Dunga v t e Brazil squad – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Winners (3rd Title) 1 Júlio César 2 Maicon 3 Lúcio (c) 4 Juan 5 Felipe Melo 6 Kléber 7 Elano 8 Gilberto Silva 9 Luís Fabiano 10 Kaká 11 Robinho 12 Victor 13 Daniel Alves 14 Luisão 15 Miranda 16 André Santos 17 Josué 18 Ramires 19 Júlio Baptista 20 Kléberson 21 Pato 22 Nilmar 23 Gomes Coach: Dunga v t e Brazil squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Júlio César 2 Maicon 3 Lúcio (c) 4 Juan 5 Felipe Melo 6 Michel Bastos 7 Elano 8 Gilberto Silva 9 Luís Fabiano 10 Kaká 11 Robinho 12 Gomes 13 Daniel Alves 14 Luisão 15 Thiago Silva 16 Gilberto 17 Josué 18 Ramires 19 Júlio Baptista 20 Kléberson 21 Nilmar 22 Doni 23 Grafite Coach: Dunga v t e Brazil squad – 2011 Copa América 1 Júlio César 2 Daniel Alves 3 Lúcio (c) 4 Thiago Silva 5 Lucas Leiva 6 André Santos 7 Robinho 8 Ramires 9 Pato 10 Ganso 11 Neymar 12 Victor 13 Maicon 14 Luisão 15 Sandro 16 Elano 17 Elias 18 Lucas 19 Fred 20 Jádson 21 Adriano 22 Jefferson 23 David Luiz Coach: Mano Menezes