My Take
Robinho is one of the most bittersweet cases in modern football for me — a player so naturally gifted that Pelé himself called him his heir at age twelve, and watching him glide past defenders at Santos in the early 2000s, you genuinely believed the hype. He had that rare first touch that made the ball look magnetic, and his pace with Real Madrid and later Manchester City showed flashes of what could have been a legendary career. The problem is it never quite added up to a legacy that matched the talent: inconsistent form, club-hopping, and ultimately a rape conviction in Italy that makes it impossible to separate the footballer from the man. Whatever joy his skill brought on the pitch, the off-field reality casts a long, ugly shadow that I can't look away from.
Overview
Robson de Souza (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈʁɔb(i)sõ d(ʒi) ˈsowzɐ]; born 25 January 1984), known as Robinho (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁɔˈbĩɲu]), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. In 1996, at 12 years of age, Robinho was picked by Brazil legend Pelé as his heir apparent and, in 2002, went on to lead Santos to their first Campeonato Brasileiro title since Pelé himself played for the club…
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Robinho
- Name (Japanese)
- ロビーニョ
- Reading
- ろびーにょ
- Born
- January 25, 1984 (age 42)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rat
- Origin
- São Vicente, São Paulo, Brazil
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 172 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / futsal player / association football coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://robinhooficial.com.br/
- Xhttps://x.com/Robinho
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A7
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.