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Robinho

Robinho

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Robson de Souza (born 25 January 1984 in São Vicente
São Vicente, São Paulo
São Vicente is a coastal city of Southern São Paulo, Brazil. Its estimated population in 2006 was 329 370 inhabitants.It was the first Portuguese permanent settlement in the Americas and the first capital of the Captaincy of São Vicente, now the state of São Paulo...

, São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil and the world's 7th largest metropolitan area. The city is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous Brazilian state. It is also the richest city in Brazil. The name of the city honors Saint Paul. São Paulo exerts strong regional influence in...

), commonly known as Robinho, is a Brazilian footballer, who currently plays for and the Brazilian national team
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation that represents Brazil in international football competitions. They are the most successful national football team in the history of the World Cup, with five championships...

.

Robinho was personally picked by Pelé
Pelé
Edison Arantes do Nascimento , , best known by his nickname Pelé is a Brazilian football player. He was given the title "Athlete of the Century" by the International Olympic Committee...

 as his heir apparent at only 15 years of age and went on to lead Santos to its first Campeonato Brasileiro
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A is the highest division of Brazilian football. It is composed of 20 teams; currently, the bottom four teams in Série A are relegated and the top four teams in Série B are promoted...

 title since Pelé himself played for the same legendary Brazilian club. Since then he won another title with Santos, two more with Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European...

, one Copa América
Copa América
The Copa América is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONMEBOL, the South American football confederation...

 title with Brazil
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation that represents Brazil in international football competitions. They are the most successful national football team in the history of the World Cup, with five championships...

  and two Confederations Cup, as well with Brazil
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation that represents Brazil in international football competitions. They are the most successful national football team in the history of the World Cup, with five championships...

.
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Robson de Souza (born 25 January 1984 in São Vicente
São Vicente, São Paulo
São Vicente is a coastal city of Southern São Paulo, Brazil. Its estimated population in 2006 was 329 370 inhabitants.It was the first Portuguese permanent settlement in the Americas and the first capital of the Captaincy of São Vicente, now the state of São Paulo...

, São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil and the world's 7th largest metropolitan area. The city is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous Brazilian state. It is also the richest city in Brazil. The name of the city honors Saint Paul. São Paulo exerts strong regional influence in...

), commonly known as Robinho, is a Brazilian footballer, who currently plays for and the Brazilian national team
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation that represents Brazil in international football competitions. They are the most successful national football team in the history of the World Cup, with five championships...

.

Robinho was personally picked by Pelé
Pelé
Edison Arantes do Nascimento , , best known by his nickname Pelé is a Brazilian football player. He was given the title "Athlete of the Century" by the International Olympic Committee...

 as his heir apparent at only 15 years of age and went on to lead Santos to its first Campeonato Brasileiro
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A is the highest division of Brazilian football. It is composed of 20 teams; currently, the bottom four teams in Série A are relegated and the top four teams in Série B are promoted...

 title since Pelé himself played for the same legendary Brazilian club. Since then he won another title with Santos, two more with Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European...

, one Copa América
Copa América
The Copa América is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONMEBOL, the South American football confederation...

 title with Brazil
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation that represents Brazil in international football competitions. They are the most successful national football team in the history of the World Cup, with five championships...

  and two Confederations Cup, as well with Brazil
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation that represents Brazil in international football competitions. They are the most successful national football team in the history of the World Cup, with five championships...

. In 2009, Robinho married Vivian Guglielmetti.

Santos


In 2002, at the age of seventeen, Robinho signed his first professional contract with Santos in Brazil. He made 24 appearances in his debut season and scoring 10 goals as Santos won the 2002 Campeonato Brasileiro
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A is the highest division of Brazilian football. It is composed of 20 teams; currently, the bottom four teams in Série A are relegated and the top four teams in Série B are promoted...

. 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 and led Santos to another title.

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. However, his form suffered in the 2004-05 season after his mother, Marina da Silva Souza, was kidnapped by gunmen at her Praia Grande
Praia Grande
Praia Grande is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2003 was 229,532, the density was 1,540.55/km² and the area is 149 km².-Population history:...

 home on November 6, but she was released unharmed six weeks later after a ransom was paid.

Robinho scored nine goals in twelve 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
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European...

 signed Robinho by agreeing to pay a fee equal to 60 percent of the buyout clause in his contract belonging to Santos (
Euro
The euro is the official currency of 16 of the 27 Member States of the European Union . The states, known collectively as the Eurozone, are Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain...

24 million).

Real Madrid


Robinho earned the shirt number 10 for Real Madrid, previously worn by Luís Figo
Luís Figo
Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo is a former Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder for Sporting Clube de Portugal, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Internazionale during a career which spans over 20 years. He retired from football on 31 May 2009...

. 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
David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who currently plays in midfield for American Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy and the England national team....

 were considered too flashy and glamorous and rapidly fell out of favor with new footballing regime instituted by Ramon Calderon and carried out by manager Fabio Capello
Fabio Capello
Fabio Capello is an Italian football manager and former professional player. He is the current manager of the England national football team, having started the role in January 2008 after the dismissal of Steve McClaren,who was sacked after England failed to qualify for Euro 2008...

 and he spent much of the first few months of the season on the bench, this even after being player of the match in the first Super Classico against Barcelona that year. Only after the winter break did Robinho and Beckham find themselves in the starting eleven and they were both played crucial roles as Real Madrid won their thirtieth league title. That title was the third league title of Robinho's career.

However, Capello was subsequently fired and Bernd Schuster
Bernd Schuster
Bernhard Schuster is a German football coach and former player.-Club career:Schuster started his professional career with 1. FC Köln at age 18 in 1978 after a number of promising performances with the West German Under-18 National team. Schuster left Köln after the 1980 European campaign to sign...

 was appointed as head coach of Real Madrid. Robinho finished with eleven league goals and eight assists for Madrid in the 2007–08 La Liga season as well as four goals during Real Madrid's UEFA Champions League
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe...

 campaign. Robinho then got injured at the beginning of the second half of the season. He didn't recover fully enough to help Madrid against Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is an Italian professional football club from Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated at the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence bar one season in the early 50s...

 in the Champions League. The week before though, Roinho saved Real Madrid's La Liga title hopes with a clutch two goal performance on 3 March 2008, as Madrid defeated Recreativo
Recreativo de Huelva
Real Club Recreativo de Huelva, S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Huelva in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 23 December 1889, it is the oldest football team in Spain, and currently plays in the second division, holding home games at the Estadio Nuevo Colombino, which has...

 away from home. That game kept a resurgent Barcelona
FC Barcelona
Fútbol Club Barcelona , also known simply as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça , is a football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The team was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Spanish men led by Joan Gamper. The club has become a Catalan institution, hence the motto "Més que...

 at bay and ultimately secured Real Madrid's thirty-first league title and Robinho's fourth.

Despite being Real Madrid's third highest scorer during his Madrid years behind strikers Raul and Van Nistelrooy, the player with the most assists behind Guti, and the only Madrid player, along with goalkeeper Casillas, to finish in the top ten of the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year
FIFA World Player of the Year
The FIFA World Player of the Year is an association football award given annually to the male and female player who are thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams...

 nominations for 2007–08.

Rumors suggest, there were dark clouds forming over team president Ramon Calderon's refusal to renew his contract which was first promised to take place at mid-season then promised to happen at the end of the season. Calderon went back on his word twice, as moves were already underway to use Robinho as trade bait to bring in Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United. Robinho only found out about it when the initial deal with Cristiano Ronaldo fell through as a result of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson's outright refusal to bargain with Real Madrid, who then backtracked and tried to finally make a concerted effort to renew Robinho's contract once their attempts to sign Cristiano Ronaldo failed.

Robinho demanded to be traded and a deal with Chelsea looked to be in the making. Chelsea didn't meet Real Madrid's asking price, which eventually led Robinho to choose Manchester City, as his new destination in the Barclay's English Premiership.

Manchester City


On 1 September 2008, the final day of the Premier League summer transfer window
Transfer window
In association football, the transfer window is the period during the year in which a football club can transfer players from other countries into their playing staff. Such a transfer is completed by registering the player into the new club through FIFA...

, Robinho completed a €42.5 million (£32.5m) move to , with wages in the region of £160,000 per week. This occurred on the same day the club was bought out by the Arab investment company Abu Dhabi United Group
Abu Dhabi United Group
The Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment is a United Arab Emirates private equity company owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Abu Dhabi Royal Family and Minister of Presidential Affairs for the UAE...

.

He had previously been linked with a transfer to , and he had emphasised his desire to play for the London club up to the eve of the transfer. On 27 August, Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon
Peter Kenyon
Peter Kenyon is a British businessman who has served as the chief executive of English Premier League clubs Manchester United and Chelsea Football Club.-Early life:Kenyon was educated in Tameside at West Hill School....

 said that the club were "confident" that the transaction would go through, and Madrid had also given their consent for the player to leave.

In an interview with The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Founded in 1821, it is unique among major British newspapers in being owned by a foundation .The Guardian Weekly, which circulates worldwide, provides a compact digest of four newspapers...

, Robinho stated that City being a big club and the presence of friends
JO
JO may refer to:* Jordan , a country in western Asia*JALways , airline subsidiary of Japan Airlines* Journal Officiel de la République Française, the official gazette of the Government of France...

 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, in a 3–1 home defeat to Chelsea.
On 26 October, he scored his first Premier League hat-trick against , and he scored his first European goal for City in a 3–2 UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup 2008–09
The UEFA Cup 2008–09 was the 38th edition of the UEFA Cup football tournament. The final was played at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium, home ground of Fenerbahçe, in Istanbul, Turkey, on 20 May 2009...

 group stage win over Twente
FC Twente
FC Twente is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, playing in the Eredivisie. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Eredivisie Champions, Sportclub Enschede and Enschedese Boys. The new club has never won the league, but has finished as runners-up twice, were...

 on 6 November. He was given the captain's armband for the match against , due to Richard Dunne
Richard Dunne
Richard Patrick Dunne is an Irish footballer, who currently plays in the Premier League as a defender for Aston Villa. He also plays for the Irish national team.-Everton:...

'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 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
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire.The club was established in 1875, becoming a founding member of The Football League in 1888. It is one of only three clubs to have been both a founder member of the Football League...

 to help Manchester City to a 3–1 win. Robinho has his own song from the City fans, which is simply "We've got Robinho", which they sang on the night they signed him and continue to sing on match days. Robinho finished the season as City's top goal scorer with 14 and the 4th top scorer in the league. However he has since been linked with a move away from the City of Manchester stadium with Barcelona front runners to secure his services.

International career


Robinho earned his first cap for Brazil in the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
The 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the seventh edition of the Gold Cup, the football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean ....

 match on July 13, which Brazil lost 1–0 to Mexico
Mexico national football team
The Mexico national football team represents Mexico in international football competition and is managed by the Mexican Football Federation Association...

. Although Brazil chose to send their under-23 team
Brazil Olympic football team
Brazil Olympic football team represents Brazil in international football competitions in Olympic Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overage players. The team is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation...

, the CONCACAF Gold Cup matches are considered as full international matches by FIFA
FIFA
The International Federation of Association Football, commonly known by its French acronym, FIFA , is the international governing body of association football. Its headquarters are in Zürich, Switzerland, and its current president is Sepp Blatter...

. He was part of Brazil squad for 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
The 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup football tournament was the seventh FIFA Confederations Cup. It was held in Germany between 15 June and 29 June 2005. The tournament was won by 2002 FIFA World Cup winners Brazil, who defeated Argentina 4–1 in the final Waldstadion in Frankfurt...

, which Brazil went on to win.

He played in four of Brazil's five matches as a reserve, but finished the tournament goalless. However, Robinho was in top form in the Copa América 2007
Copa América 2007
The 2007 Copa América was the 42nd edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for South America. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body, and was held in Venezuela, who hosted the tournament for the first time, between June 26...

 a year later. For the tournament, he wore the number 11 jersey, the same number that his childhood hero Romário
Romário
Romário de Souza Faria , better known simply as Romário, is a Brazilian football center forward who helped the Brazil national team win the 1994 FIFA World Cup and is one of the most prolific strikers in the world....

 wore. Robinho scored all four of Brazil's group stage goals via a hat-trick
Hat-trick
A hat-trick in sports is associated with succeeding at anything three times, generally in three consecutive attempts. In North America it is often rendered as hat trick, with no hyphen. The Oxford English Dictionary lists it unhyphenated and gives a variety of examples published in the 19th and...

 in Brazil's 3-0 group stage match against Chile
Chile national football team
The Chilean national football team represents Chile in all major international football competitions. The team is controlled by the Federación de Fútbol de Chile which was established in 1895...

, and a penalty in a 1–0 win over Ecuador
Ecuador national football team
The Ecuadorian national football team is controlled by the Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol and represents Ecuador in international football competitions...

. His last two goals came in a 6–1 quarterfinal 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. Robinho has one cap as captain and that was a friendly against Algeria
Algeria national football team
The Algeria national football team, nicknamed Les Fennecs and also moharibou essahra , is the national team of Algeria and is controlled by the Fédération Algérienne de Football...

 on 22 August 2007, due to the absence of regular captains, Lúcio
Lúcio
Lucimar Ferreira da Silva , commonly known as Lúcio, is a Brazilian football defender who currently plays for Italian Serie A club Internazionale and the Brazilian national team, of which he is the captain. He is widely considered as Brazil's best central defender and a key member of the Brazilian...

 and Gilberto Silva
Gilberto Silva
Gilberto Aparecido da Silva, , born 7 October 1976) commonly known as Gilberto Silva, is a Brazilian footballer. He currently plays for the Greek club , as a defensive midfielder....

, while Kaká
Kaká
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite , commonly known as Kaká, is a Brazilian football midfielder who currently plays for Real Madrid and the Brazilian national team. He is widely considered as one of the best footballers of his generation, often drawing comparisons in style and ability to other great...

 and Ronaldinho
Ronaldinho
Ronaldo de Assis Moreira , commonly known as Ronaldinho or Ronaldinho Gaúcho, is a Brazilian footballer who plays forItalian Serie A side Milan and the Brazilian national team...

 were on the bench.

On 28 June 2009, he was a member of the Brazil team that won the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
The 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was the eighth Confederations Cup, and was held in South Africa from 14 June to 28 June 2009 as a prelude to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The draw was held on 22 November 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The opening match was played at Coca-Cola...

 in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa, with a coastline on the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. To the north lie Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, to the east are Mozambique and Swaziland, while Lesotho is an independent country surrounded by South Africa.Modern...

. He played in every game in the competition, including the final against the United States
United States men's national soccer team
The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international football competitions and is controlled by U.S. Soccer. Though soccer has not traditionally had a high profile in American sporting life, the sport has steadily grown in popularity since the 1970s...

, which Brazil came back from two goals deficit to eventually win the game 3–2.

Career statistics

As of August 22, 2009

|-
|2002
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2002
The 32nd season of the Campeonato Brasileiro began on August 10, 2002, and reached its end on December 15, 2002. The competition was won by Santos Futebol Clube.-Format:The 26 teams played against each other once...

||rowspan="4"|Santos||rowspan="4"|Série A
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A is the highest division of Brazilian football. It is composed of 20 teams; currently, the bottom four teams in Série A are relegated and the top four teams in Série B are promoted...

||30||10||—||—||||||—||—||30||10
|-
|2003
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2003
The 33rd season of the Campeonato Brasileiro began on March 29, 2003, and reached its end on December 14, 2003. The competition was won by Cruzeiro Esporte Clube.-Format:...

||32||9||—||—||||||14||4||46||13
|-
|2004
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2004
The Campeonato Brasileiro of 2004 was won by Santos, coached by Vanderlei Luxemburgo.Runners-up were Atlético Paranaense, which led the competition for 11 weeks and lost the title in the penultimate round...

||37||21||—||—||||||8||4||45||25
|-
|2005
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2005
Corinthians won the 35th edition of the Brazilian national championship, claiming their fourth national title. The season officially kicked off on April 23, 2005 and concluded on December 4.-Champion and contenders:...

||12||6||—||—||||||9||6||21||12
|-
111||46||—||—||||||31||14||142||60
|-

|-
|2005–06||rowspan="3"|Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European...

||rowspan="3"|La Liga
La Liga
The Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, in terms of sponsorship, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional football league in Spain...

||37||8||6||4||—||—||8||0||51||12
|-
|2006–07||32||6||2||1||—||—||7||1||41||8
|-
|2007–08||32||11||2||0||—||—||6||4||40||15
|-
101||25||10||5||—||—||21||5||132||35
|-

|-
|2008–09
Premier League 2008–09
The 2008–09 Premier League season was the seventeenth since its establishment in 1992. Manchester United became champions for the eleventh time on the penultimate weekend of the season, defending their crown after winning their tenth Premier League title on the final day of the previous season...

||rowspan="2"|||rowspan="2"|Premier League||31||14||0||0||0||0||10||1||41||15
|-
|2009-10
Premier League 2009–10
The 2009–10 Premier League is the eighteenth season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. A total of 20 teams are competing in the league, with Manchester United the defending champions...

||2||0||0||0||1||0||—||—||3||0
|-
33||14||0||0||1||0||10||1||44||15
|-
245||85||10||5||1||0||62||20||318||110
|}

International statistics

As of August 13, 2009

National team Club Season Apps Goals
Brazil
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation that represents Brazil in international football competitions. They are the most successful national football team in the history of the World Cup, with five championships...

Santos 2003 5 0
2004 1 0
2005 11 4
Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European...

2005–2006 10 1
2006–2007 15 7
2007–2008 13 2
Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Manchester. The team is currently a member of the Premier League.The first known competitive fixture was played in November 1880, when the side was known as St...

2008–2009 15 6
2009–2010 1 0
Total 71 19



Honours


Santos
  • Campeonato Brasileiro
    Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
    The Campeonato Brasileiro da Série A is the highest division of Brazilian football. It is composed of 20 teams; currently, the bottom four teams in Série A are relegated and the top four teams in Série B are promoted...

    : 2002
    Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2002
    The 32nd season of the Campeonato Brasileiro began on August 10, 2002, and reached its end on December 15, 2002. The competition was won by Santos Futebol Clube.-Format:The 26 teams played against each other once...

    , 2004
    Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2004
    The Campeonato Brasileiro of 2004 was won by Santos, coached by Vanderlei Luxemburgo.Runners-up were Atlético Paranaense, which led the competition for 11 weeks and lost the title in the penultimate round...



Real Madrid
Real Madrid C.F.
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European...

  • La Liga
    La Liga
    The Primera División of the Liga de Fútbol Profesional , commonly known as La Liga or, in terms of sponsorship, Liga BBVA since 2008, is the top professional football league in Spain...

    : 2006–07, 2007–08
  • Supercopa de España
    Supercopa de España
    The Supercopa de España is a Spanish football championship contested by the winners of the La Liga and the Copa del Rey.The 2009 edition of the Supercopa de España was played between FC Barcelona and Athletic Club Bilbao...

    : 2008
    2008 Supercopa de España
    The 2008 Supercopa de España was two-leg Spanish football matches played on 17 August and 24 August 2008. It was contested by Valencia CF, who were Spanish Cup winners in 2007–08, and Real Madrid, who won the 2007–08 Spanish League. Real Madrid won 6–5 on aggregate for their 8th Supercopa de...



International
  • FIFA Confederations Cup
    FIFA Confederations Cup
    The FIFA Confederations Cup is an association football tournament for national teams, currently held every four years by FIFA. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships , along with the FIFA World Cup winner and the host country, to bring the number of teams...

    : 2005
    2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
    The 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup football tournament was the seventh FIFA Confederations Cup. It was held in Germany between 15 June and 29 June 2005. The tournament was won by 2002 FIFA World Cup winners Brazil, who defeated Argentina 4–1 in the final Waldstadion in Frankfurt...

    , 2009
    2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
    The 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup was the eighth Confederations Cup, and was held in South Africa from 14 June to 28 June 2009 as a prelude to the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The draw was held on 22 November 2008 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. The opening match was played at Coca-Cola...

  • Copa América
    Copa América
    The Copa América is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONMEBOL, the South American football confederation...

    : 2007
    Copa América 2007
    The 2007 Copa América was the 42nd edition of the Copa América, the main international football tournament for South America. The competition was organized by CONMEBOL, South America's football governing body, and was held in Venezuela, who hosted the tournament for the first time, between June 26...



Individual
  • Bola de Ouro
    Bola de Ouro
    The Bola de Ouro is an award given each year, since 1973, by the authoritative Brazilian magazine Placar to the best player in the Brazilian National Championship. It is practically the equivalent to a Footballer of the Year award...

    : 2005
  • World Soccer Young Player of the Year: 2004-2005

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