Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira is a Brazilian professional footballer. He plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Liverpool and the Brazil national team. He started his career with Figueirense before spending four-and-a-half seasons at Hoffenheim. In July 2015, he signed for Premier League club Liverpool. In the 2018–19 season he won the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup, the FIFA Club World Cup after scoring the winner in the final, and the 2019–20 Premier League title. He made his international debut for Brazil in November 2014.
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Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira is a Brazilian professional footballer. He plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Liverpool and the Brazil national team. He started his career with Figueirense before spending four-and-a-half seasons at Hoffenheim. His 16 goals in 33 games for the 2013–14 Bundesliga season earned him the award for the league’s Breakthrough Player. In July 2015, he signed for Premier League club Liverpool. In the 2018–19 season he won the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup, the FIFA Club World Cup after scoring the winner in the final, and the 2019–20 Premier League title, Liverpool’s first league title in 30 years. He made his international debut for Brazil in November 2014. He represented the nation at the 2015 Copa América, the 2018 FIFA World Cup and was part of the Brazil team that won the 2019 Copa américa. He was voted to be Liverpool’s Player of the Month in January 2016, and ended the league season as the top scorer with ten goals. He has been compared to Raheem Sterling, with manager Jürgen Klopp calling him the ‘engine’ of Liverpool’s counter-attacking system. In November 2016, he scored his first goal for Liverpool in a 4–1 victory over Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. He also assisted in a 5–4 win over Arsenal and Norwich City in which he also scored a brace. In January 2013, Lokomotiv Moscow made a €12 million bid for Firmini, but he turned down the offer.
He signed a three-year contract with the club in March 2014, with the option of a further two years. In June 2015, while he was competing for Brazil at the CopaAmérica he agreed terms for him to transfer to Liverpool for up to £29 million on conclusion of the tournament, subject to a work permit. He played in a pre-season friendly away to Swindon Town on 2 August, and his league debut a week later, replacing Jordon Ibe for the final 12 minutes of a 1–0 win at Stoke City. He scored two more goals against Wolfsburg and Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 2012–13 season, and made 36 appearances and scored seven goals in the 2011–12 Bundesliga season. In April 2013, he was named the Bundesliga’s Breakout Player. On 27 March 2014 he signed a contract extension with the Bundesliga club, with his contract running until June 2015. In May 2010 he scored the winner against São Caetano in the Série B championship. On 24 October 2009, he came on as a half-time substitute for Toninho in a 1-2 home loss against Ponte Preta, for the Série B championship. In January 2010 he was promoted to the main squad. On January 2011 he was dropped from the first-team squad along with Chinedu Obasi at the end of November 2011 for showing up late for training.
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