Roberto Hilbert
{{Short description|German footballer (born 1984)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| image = Roberto-Hilbert.jpg
| caption = Hilbert with Bayer Leverkusen in 2014.
| fullname = Roberto Jan Hilbert{{cite web | url = http://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=1343677 | title = ROBERTO JAN HİLBERT | publisher = tff.org | access-date = 16 February 2013}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|10|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Forchheim, West Germany
| height = 1.82m
| position = Right back, midfielder
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1990–1993
| youthclubs1 = SpVgg Jahn Forchheim
| youthyears2 = 1993–1996
| youthclubs2 = 1. FC Nürnberg
| youthyears3 = 1996–1998
| youthclubs3 = SpVgg Jahn Forchheim
| youthyears4 = 1998–2000
| youthclubs4 = 1. FC Nürnberg
| youthyears5 = 2000–2002
| youthclubs5 = Greuther Fürth
| years1 = 2002–2004
| clubs1 = 1. SC Feucht
| caps1 = 48
| goals1 = 20
| years2 = 2004–2006
| clubs2 = Greuther Fürth
| caps2 = 60
| goals2 = 8
| years3 = 2006–2010
| clubs3 = VfB Stuttgart
| caps3 = 120
| goals3 = 16
| years4 = 2010–2013
| clubs4 = Beşiktaş
| caps4 = 76
| goals4 = 5
| years5 = 2013–2017
| clubs5 = Bayer Leverkusen
| caps5 = 58
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2017–2019
| clubs6 = Greuther Fürth
| caps6 = 25
| goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2019
| clubs7 = Greuther Fürth II
| caps7 = 2
| goals7 = 1
| totalcaps = 389
| totalgoals = 52
| nationalyears1 = 2005–2006
| nationalteam1 = Germany U21
| nationalcaps1 = 12
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 2007–2008
| nationalteam2 = Germany
| nationalcaps2 = 8
| nationalgoals2 = 0
}}
Roberto Jan Hilbert (born 16 October 1984) is a German former professional footballer.{{cite web | url = http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/roberto-hilbert/ | title = Roberto Hilbert | publisher = worldfootball.net | access-date = 25 August 2012}} At international level, he earned eight caps with the Germany national team and twelve caps with the U21 team.
Club career
Born in Forchheim, West Germany, Hilbert played for local club SpVgg Jahn Forchheim In his youth before playing for the youth teams of 1. FC Nürnberg and SpVgg Greuther Fürth. In 2002, he was transferred to 1. SC Feucht in the fourth-tier Bayernliga, where he was one of the key players and started his professional career. After his club was promoted to the third-tier Regionalliga the following season, he scored ten goals in 26 games.
On the basis of this performances at Feucht, Greuther Fürth re-signed him where he played in the 2. Bundesliga. In the 2005–06 season, he played in 34 games, scoring three times.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/players/rhilbertdata.html | title = Roberto Jan Hilbert - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 28 May 2020 | access-date = 28 May 2020 | publisher = RSSSF.com}}
In the summer of 2006, Hilbert joined top Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart. In his first season at Stuttgart, he became a regular in the first team which won the club's first championship in 15 years in May 2007. He usually played in right midfield, but is some times used as a right-back. After the injury of key striker Mario Gómez in the final phase of the 2007 championship, Hilbert played a more offensive part for several weeks and scored a number of decisive goals. He finished as Stuttgart's third best goalscorer, scoring seven times, like his teammate Thomas Hitzlsperger.
On 22 June 2010, Hilbert signed a three-year contract with Beşiktaş. He scored his first goal for Beşiktaş against HJK Helsinki in the first leg of UEFA Europa League match on 17 August 2010.
On 12 July 2013, Bayer Leverkusen announced on their homepage that they signed Hilbert on a free transfer.{{cite web | url = http://www.bayer04.de/B04-DEU/de/_md_aktuell-dt.aspx?aktuell=aktuell-8924 | title = Bayer 04 verpflichtet Roberto Hilbert | publisher = bayer04.de | date = 12 July 2013 | access-date = 12 July 2013 | language = de}} Hilbert was given a two-year contract. At the end of the 2016–17 season, he left the club after four years.{{cite news|title=Hilbert und Bayer gehen getrennte Wege|url=https://www.kicker.de/hilbert-und-bayer-gehen-getrennte-wege-678508/artikel|access-date=20 May 2017|work=kicker Online|date=20 May 2017|language=de}}
In October 2017, free agent Hilbert joined former club Greuther Fürth for a second stint there, signing a two-year contract.{{cite news|title=Rückholaktion: Hilbert zurück in Fürth|url=https://www.kicker.de/rueckholaktion_hilbert-zurueck-in-fuerth-707759/artikel|access-date=6 October 2017|work=kicker Online|date=6 October 2017|language=de}}
On 6 January 2019, it was announced that Hilbert finished his active professional career and from now on would play for the reserve team of Greuther Fürth. He was also going to do an apprenticeship as an athletic trainer.{{cite web | url = https://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/fussball/greuther-fuerth-roberto-hilbert-beendet-profi-karriere-59394078.bild.html | title = Hilbert beendet Profi-Karriere | language = de | website = bild.de | date = 6 January 2019 | access-date = 23 March 2019}}
International career
Hilbert has also made twelve appearances in the Germany U21 team, scoring three times. He made his international debut for the Germany national team in a friendly against Denmark on 28 March 2007.{{Cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/rhilbert-intl.html | title = Roberto Jan Hilbert - International Appearances | first = Matthias | last = Arnhold | date = 28 May 2020 | access-date = 28 May 2020 | publisher = RSSSF.com}}
Career statistics
=Club=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes DFB-Pokal, Turkish Cup}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1. SC Feucht
|26 | 11 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 26 | 11 | ||||
| rowspan="3"|Greuther Fürth
|rowspan="2"|2. Bundesliga |26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 5 | |||
| 2005–06
|34 | 3 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 3 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!60 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 8 | |
| rowspan="5"|VfB Stuttgart
|rowspan="4"|Bundesliga |34 | 7 | 5 | 2 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 39 | 9 | |||
| 2007–08
|32 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5{{efn|name=UCL|Appearances in UEFA Champions League}} | 0 | 1{{efn|Appearance in DFL-Ligapokal}} | 0 | 41 | 6 | |
| 2008–09
|31 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11{{efn|name=UC|Appearances in UEFA Cup}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 45 | 5 | ||
| 2009–10
|23 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 28 | 2 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!120 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 153 | 22 | |
| rowspan="4"|Beşiktaş
|rowspan="3"|Süper Lig |25 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 11{{efn|name=UEL|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 1 | colspan="2"|— | 45 | 3 | ||
| 2011–12
|19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5{{efn|name=UEL}} | 1 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| 2012–13
|32 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 4 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!76 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 110 | 9 | |
| rowspan="5"|Bayer Leverkusen
|rowspan="4"|Bundesliga |16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 1 | ||
| 2014–15
|23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16
|12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17
|7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=UCL}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 9 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!58 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 1 | |
| rowspan="3"|Greuther Fürth
|rowspan="2"|2. Bundesliga |22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19
|3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| Greuther Fürth II
|2 | 1 | colspan="2"|– | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 1 | ||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!367 | 43 | 37 | 7 | 48 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 458 | 53 |
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External links
- {{Fussballdaten|hilpertroberto|Roberto Hilbert}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hilbert, Roberto}}
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