Full name: Robson (Robinho) de Souza
Date of birth: January 25, 1984
Robinho was born in Parque Bitaru, a poor neighborhood of São Vicente in Santos, where he began playing football at an early age.
In 1993, at the age of just eight, Robinho played for the Portuários futsal team. He later joined Santos's youth program, which at the time was overseen by Brazilian football legend Pelé.
In 2002, at the age of seventeen, Robinho signed his first professional contract with Santos. 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. Finally in July 2005 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 million)
At the start of the 2006-07 campaign at Real Madrid, Robinho initially found it difficult to adapt to the European style of play and the Brazilian maestro struggled to impress showing only flashes of his outstanding capability. Things didn’t get any better as Robinho fell out of favour with Real Madrid’s then Coach, Fabio Capello. However, Robinho fought back concentrating on the football and had soon pushed his way back into the first team. He spent much of the first few months of the season on the bench.
Only after the winter break did Robinho find himself in the first team. Robinho has become a key member of the squad and was influential in Real Madrid lifting the League title at the end of the 2006-07 season.
September 1: Manchester City beat Chelsea to the signing of Robinho from Real Madrid for a British record transfer fee of about £32.5m. Sports daily Marca said on its Web site that Robinho had signed a five-year contract worth $8.8 million per season
Date of birth: January 25, 1984
Robinho was born in Parque Bitaru, a poor neighborhood of São Vicente in Santos, where he began playing football at an early age.
In 1993, at the age of just eight, Robinho played for the Portuários futsal team. He later joined Santos's youth program, which at the time was overseen by Brazilian football legend Pelé.
In 2002, at the age of seventeen, Robinho signed his first professional contract with Santos. 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. Finally in July 2005 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 million)At the start of the 2006-07 campaign at Real Madrid, Robinho initially found it difficult to adapt to the European style of play and the Brazilian maestro struggled to impress showing only flashes of his outstanding capability. Things didn’t get any better as Robinho fell out of favour with Real Madrid’s then Coach, Fabio Capello. However, Robinho fought back concentrating on the football and had soon pushed his way back into the first team. He spent much of the first few months of the season on the bench.
Only after the winter break did Robinho find himself in the first team. Robinho has become a key member of the squad and was influential in Real Madrid lifting the League title at the end of the 2006-07 season.
September 1: Manchester City beat Chelsea to the signing of Robinho from Real Madrid for a British record transfer fee of about £32.5m. Sports daily Marca said on its Web site that Robinho had signed a five-year contract worth $8.8 million per season
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