Roberto Firmino

**Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira** (born 2 October 1991) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Ahli, which he captains, and the Brazil national team.

Firmino started his career in Brazil, first playing for CRB and later Figueirense. In 2011, he joined the Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim, where he spent four-and-a-half seasons. He signed for Premier League side Liverpool in June 2015.

Firmino has played for Brazil since 2014. He played for them during the 2015 Copa América and 2018 FIFA World Cup.

## Hoffenheim

Firmino joined Hoffenheim in December 2010, including a contract running until June 2015. He flew to Hoffenheim on January 1, 2011. Ernst Tanner, which is the manager of Hoffenheim said “they were pleased to have a talented Brazilian soccer player on there team”.  He made his debut after a month in a Bundesliga defeat against a team called Mainz ,when he got substituted with Sebastian Rudy at the 75th minute. Firmino made his first professional goal with Hoffenheim on April 16 the only goal of a league victory against Eintracht Frankfurt. In July 2013, A Russian club named Lokomotiv Moscow which made a €12 million bid for firmino Hoffenheim captain Andreas Beck halied Firmino's development as "outstanding" in August 2013. He completed his 2013–14 Bundesliga season with a he was the fourth highest score with 16 goals.

## Liverpool

On June 23, 2015, while he was competing for Brazil at the Copa América, Hoffenheim and Firmino both agreed the terms for him to transfer him to the Premier League club called Liverpool for about £29 million on conclusion of the tournament, Liverpool confirmed the signing the next day The deal was finalised on 4 July.

On 23 August, Firmino scored his first goal of the 2016–17 season,and scoring 5-0 goals and a win over Burton Albion.

He was took Jordan Ibe for the final 12 minutes in a game against 1-0 Stoke City. In January 2016, the Irish Examiner said Firmino was steadily

On December 21, 2019, he scored the goal in the FIFA Club World Cup Final, giving the title to Liverpool.

## Al-Ahli

Firmino joined Al-Ahli on July 4 2023, signing a contract until 2026. He scored a hat-trick in his first game for the team on August 11.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Figueirense|2009|Série B|2|0|0|0|—|—|||2|0|||
|2010|Série B|36|8|0|0|—|—|||36|8|||||
|rowspan="6"|TSG Hoffenheim|2010–11|Bundesliga|11|3|—|—|—|—|11|3|||||
|2011–12|Bundesliga|30|9|3|0|—|—|—|33|7||||||
|2012–13|Bundesliga|33|5|1|0|—|—|2|2|36|7|||||
|2013–14|Bundesliga|33|16|4|6|—|—|—|37|22||||||
|2014–15|Bundesliga|33|7|3|3|—|—|—|36|10||||||
|rowspan="9"|Liverpool|2015–16|Premier League|31|10|0|0|5|0|13|1|—|49|11||
|2016–17|Premier League|35|11|2|0|4|1|—|—|41|12|||||
|2017–18|Premier League|37|15|2|1|0|0|15|11|—|54|27||||
|2018–19|Premier League|34|12|1|0|1|0|12|4|—|48|16||||
|2019–20|Premier League|38|9|2|0|0|0|8|1|4|2|52|12|||
|2020–21|Premier League|36|9|2|0|0|0|9|0|1|0|48|9|||
|2021–22|Premier League|20|5|5|1|3|0|7|5|—|35|11||||
|2022–23|Premier League|25|11|0|0|1|0|8|2|1|0|35|13|||
|Al-Ahli|2023–24|Saudi Pro League|12|3|2|0|—|—|—|14|3|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="8"|Brazil|2014|2|1|
|2015|9|3|||
|2016|2|1|||
|2017|5|0|||
|2018|11|3|||
|2019|15|5|||
|2020|4|3|||
|2021|7|1|||

- _Scores and results list Brazil's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Firmino goal_

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|18 November 2014|Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna, Austria|2||2–1|2–1|Friendly|||||||||||
|2|29 March 2015|Emirates Stadium, London, England|4||1–0|1–0|Friendly|||||||||||
|3|10 June 2015|Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil|6||1–0|1–0|Friendly|||||||||||
|4|21 June 2015|Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile|9||2–0|2–1|2015 Copa América|||||||||||
|5|6 October 2016|Arena das Dunas, Natal, Brazil|12||5–0|5–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|6|3 June 2018|Anfield, Liverpool, England|20||2–0|2–0|Friendly|||||||||||
|7|2 July 2018|Cosmos Arena, Samara, Russia|24||2–0|2–0|2018 FIFA World Cup|||||||||||
|8|7 September 2018|MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, United States|26||1–0|2–0|Friendly|||||||||||
|9|26 March 2019|Sinobo Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic|31||1–1|3–1|Friendly|||||||||||
|10|9 June 2019|Estádio Beira-Rio, Porto Alegre, Brazil|32||6–0|7–0|Friendly|||||||||||
|11|22 June 2019|Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil|35||2–0|5–0|2019 Copa América|||||||||||
|12|2 July 2019|Mineirão, Belo Horizonte, Brazil|37||2–0|2–0|2019 Copa América|||||||||||
|13|10 October 2019|National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore|41||1–0|1–1|Friendly|||||||||||
|14|9 October 2020|Arena Corinthians, São Paulo, Brazil|45|rowspan="2"|style="text-align: center;"|2–0|5–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|15|3–0|||||||||||||||||
|16|13 November 2020|Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil|47||1–0|1–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|17|23 June 2021|Estádio Olímpico Nilton Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil|52||1–1|2–1|2021 Copa América|||||||||||

## Honours

**Liverpool**
- Premier League: 2019–20
- FA Cup: 2021–22
- EFL Cup: 2021–22; runner-up: 2015–16
- FA Community Shield: 2022
- UEFA Champions League: 2018–19; runner-up: 2017–18, 2021–22
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2015–16
- UEFA Super Cup: 2019
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2019

**Brazil**
- Copa América: 2019; runner-up: 2021

**Individual**
- Bundesliga Breakthrough of the Season: 2013–14
- PFA Player of the Month: January 2016
- PFA Fans' Player of the Month: January 2016
- UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2017–18
- Samba Gold: 2018
- Highest-scoring Brazilian player in Premier League history: 82 goals

## Other websites

- Roberto Firmino profile at the Liverpool F.C. website
- Roberto Firmino career stats at Soccerbase

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Roberto Firmino
- **image**: 20180610 FIFA Friendly Match Austria vs. Brazil Roberto Firmino 850 1557.jpg
- **caption**: Firmino with Brazil national football team, Brazil in 2018
- **full name**: Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira
- **birth place**: Maceió, Brazil
- **height**: 1.81 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward, attacking midfielder
- **currentclub**: Al-Ahli Saudi FC, Al-Ahli
- **clubnumber**: 10
- **youthyears1**: 2004–2008
- **youthclubs1**: Clube de Regatas Brasil, CRB
- **youthyears2**: 2008–2009
- **youthclubs2**: Figueirense FC, Figueirense
- **years1**: 2009–2011
- **clubs1**: Figueirense FC, Figueirense
- **caps1**: 38
- **goals1**: 8
- **years2**: 2011–2015
- **clubs2**: TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, TSG Hoffenheim
- **caps2**: 140
- **goals2**: 38
- **years3**: 2015–2023
- **clubs3**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps3**: 256
- **goals3**: 82
- **years4**: 2023–
- **clubs4**: Al-Ahli Saudi FC, Al-Ahli
- **caps4**: 12
- **goals4**: 3
- **nationalyears1**: 2014–2021
- **nationalteam1**: Brazil national football team, Brazil
- **nationalcaps1**: 55
- **nationalgoals1**: 17
- **club-update**: 21:16, 9 November 2023 (UTC)