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Brazilian footballer Roberto Firmino on 22 June 2018, during the 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage match between Brazil and Costa Rica. Photo sourced on

Top 10 Interesting Facts about Roberto Firmino

Robert Firmino is a Brazilian professional footballer with versatile and multiple attacking positions. He plays for his Brazilian national team and Premier League club, Liverpool.

Firmino is multilingual and speaks German, English and his native Portuguese.

Learn more about Roberto Firmino in these top 10 interesting facts.

1. Roberto Firmino childhood

Roberto Firmino Barbosa de Oliveira was born on October 2, 1991 in Maceio, Alagoas in Brazil. The community he grew up in was crime-infested, but his parents were very protective of him and did not give him much freedom.

Most young Brazilian boys love football; Firmino grew up playing and loving football. He found his freedom in playing football.

2. Firmino Football Talent was Discovered by a Dentist

FIFA Friendly Match Austria vs. Brazil 2018/06/10 in Vienna/Ernst-Happel-Stadium. Picture shows Stefan Hierl盲nder (AUT), Roberto Firmino (BRA). Photo by Granada-

When Firmino was 14, he joined the Club de Regatas Brasil youth academy. He started playing for the youth team in local competitions, and his good performance got the eye of a dentist named Marcellus Portella.

The dentist recommended him to his friends in charge of the Figueirense football club youth academy. He was signed to the youth club in 2008, aged 17, where he played mostly as a defensive midfielder.

He made his first professional debut for the team on October 24, 2009, and was a half-time substitute against Ponte Preta. In January 2010, he was promoted to Figueirense’s first team member.

He scored his first professional goal on May 8, 2010, netting the winner in an away game against Sao Caetano. Firmino contributed eight goals in 36 appearances during the season as he returned to Serie A.

3. Firmino is a Brazilian Professional Footballer Who Can Play Many Positions

As a footballer, he plays primarily as an attacking midfielder and a second striker. He is also used as a forward, winger or central midfielder, using his speed, close control and vision wherever he is deployed.

He is signed by Premier League club Liverpool and plays for the Brazil national team as a forward or attacking midfielder. One of his teammates in Liverpool described him as a tricky player because he can dribble, shoot, and play a lot of through balls and his assistants are very good.

His teammates, managers and pundits have praised Firmino for his professional sense, intelligent movement, mobility and ability to make attacking runs off the ball, drawing opposing players away and creating space for his teammates.

He is often referred to as Liverpool’s most important player and Thierry Henry (a French professional football coach) described him as 鈥渢he most complete striker in the Premier League鈥�.

4. He is a Brand Endorser for Adidas

Firmino is signed to Adidas, he uses their boots while playing and other accessories. He has been heavily involved in many Adidas campaigns and featured in many ads alongside Messi, Pogba, and Zidane, among many others.

He was one of the key figures and appeared as a poster boy for the Adidas campaign for their NEMEZIZ range of shoes.

5. Firmino plays for Brazilian National Team

FIFA Friendly Match Austria vs. Brazil 2018/06/10 in Vienna/Ernst-Happel-Stadium. Picture shows Stefan Hierl盲nder (AUT), Roberto Firmino (BRA). Photo by Granada-

 Firmino disclosed that it was his dream to play for the national team. He made his first international debut for Brazil in 2014 when he received a call for a  friendly match against Turkey and Austria.

From then he started being featured in the Brazil national team games. In June 2021, he was in Brazil鈥檚 team squad for the 2021 Copa America on home soil. He made a substitute appearance in his nation鈥檚 1-0 defeat to rivals Argentina in the final on 10 July.

6. He Played for Hoffenheim

Firmino was signed with Hoffenheim in December 2012 with a contract running until June 2015. He made his first debut in a Bundesliga defeat against Mainz, where he came on as a 75th-minute substitute for Sebastian Rudy.

He scored his first goal on April 16, 2011, the only goal of a league victory against Eintracht Frankfurt. At the end of November, he, alongside Chinedu Obasi, were dropped from the first team because of showing up late for training and missing the league match against Bayer Leverkusen.

On March 27, 2014, he extended his contract in Hoffenheim for three years and finished the 2013-2014 season as the fourth highest scorer with 16 goals and was named the league鈥檚 Breakthrough player.

7. He plays for Liverpool

Roberto Firmino playing for Liverpool in 2017. Photo by r @cfcunofficial (Chelsea Debs) London-

Premier League Liverpool signed Firmino on June 23, 2015, and the deal was finalized on July 4, 2015. 

He has played for Liverpool from the 2015-2016 season up to the current 2022-2023 season, making 232 appearances and scoring 71 goals. His contract  in Liverpool is still active.

Liverpool fans love him because of the passion with which he plays and how he has played a crucial role in Liverpool鈥檚 rise to the top.

The Liverpool fans have a nickname and chant for him. He is nicknamed 鈥淏obby鈥� while the chant goes like 鈥�, There鈥檚 something that the Kop wants you to know, the best in the world is Bobby Firmino..鈥�.

8. Firmino was Once Arrested

He was arrested in December 2016 for driving while drunk. He was fined and revoked his license for a year when sentenced at Liverpool Magistrate鈥檚 Court in February 2017.

9. Firmino is a Family Man

He married his long-time girlfriend Larissa Pereira in 2017 in his hometown in Brazil. He has two daughters named Valentina and Bella.

Firmino is a religious man who believes in God and follows his religion, which is evident in his body’s tattoos. He is a Christian and was baptized in 2020 in the swimming pool of his Liverpool teammate Alisson

10. Firmino Loves Tattoos

He has countless tattoos on his body, talking about his tattoos in an interview, he explained the meaning behind some of his tattoos.

He has a picture of his parents tattooed on his right arm and a message written in German 鈥渇amily unending love鈥�. Firmino has a rose which symbolizes love, a four-leaf clover as a symbol of luck, a peace sign on his forearms and the number 1991 on his knuckles which stands for his year of birth.

Firmino has the words 鈥淕od is faithful鈥� tattooed on his chest and 鈥淒eus鈥� on his neck, which is Portuguese for God. He has tattoos on his back that the story and meaning behind it are unknown. He said some tattoos have no particular meaning and is still looking for more ideas.