Robinho was born in São Vicente, São Paulo State. He signed his first professional contract with Santos FC in 2002 at the age of 18. In July 2005, Spanish giants Real Madrid signed Robinho by agreeing to pay a fee equal to 60% of the buyout clause in his contract belonging to Santos. Robinho has won one Copa América title and two FIFA Confederations Cups with the Brazilian national team. He won the Italian Serie A title in his first season at Milan. In January 2009, he was named the FIFA Player of the Year at the World Cup in Brazil. He currently plays for Brazilian club Internacional.
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Robinho was born in São Vicente, São Paulo State. He signed his first professional contract with Santos FC in 2002 at the age of 18. In July 2005, Spanish giants Real Madrid signed Robinho by agreeing to pay a fee equal to 60% of the buyout clause in his contract belonging to Santos. Robinho has won one Copa América title and two FIFA Confederations Cups with the Brazilian national team, and played at two FIFA World Cups. He won the Italian Serie A title in his first season at Milan. In November 2017, an Italian court convicted Robinho of sexual assault in the January 2013 gang rape of a 22-year-old Albanian woman at a Milan nightclub. 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 Year nominations for 2007–08. He has won a second title with Santos and two more with Spanish club Real Madrid. 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. He is the son of former Brazil international and Santos player Joao Moutinho and Brazilian legend Luiz Felipe Scolari. He also has a brother, Luiz, who is a former Santos and Real Madrid player. He currently plays for Brazilian club Internacional and is a member of the Real Madrid squad that won the La Liga title in 2008.
He previously played in the Champions League for Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid. He played for Santos between 2002 and 2004. 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 Brasilesiro. 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. He ended up making 37 appearances and scored 14 goals in the first season. He finished with 11 league goals and eight assists for Madrid in the 2007-08 La Liga season, as well as four goals during Real Madrid’s Champions League campaign. He did not recover fully enough to help Madrid against Roma in the second half of the season. In September 2008, the final day of the Premier League transfer window, he completed his transfer to Chelsea. After his move to Chelsea, he became the club’s all-time leading goalscorer. He became the first player to win the Serie A league title with AC Milan in his second season at the club. In January 2009, he was named the FIFA Player of the Year at the World Cup in Brazil.
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