Roberto Hilbert

Football player infobox
playername = Roberto Hilbert


fullname = Roberto Hilbert
height = height|m=1.82
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1984|10|16
cityofbirth = Forchheim
countryofbirth = West Germany
currentclub = VfB Stuttgart
clubnumber = 19
position = Right winger or Right-back
youthyears = 1990–1993
1993–1996
1996–1998
1998–2000
2000–2002
youthclubs = SpVgg Jahn Forchheim
Nuremberg
SpVgg Jahn Forchheim
Nuremberg
Greuther Fürth
years = 2002–2004
2004–2006
2006–
clubs = SC Feucht
Greuther Fürth
Stuttgart
caps(goals) = 26 (10)
60 0(8)
72 (12)
nationalyears = 2005–2006
2007–
nationalteam = Germany U-21
Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 12 0(3)
08 0(0)
pcupdate = October 4, 2008
ntupdate = February 5, 2008

Roberto Hilbert (born October 16, 1984 in Forchheim) is a German footballer. He has two children, Shakira and Luis.

Club career

In his youth, Hilbert played for SpVgg Jahn Forchheim, 1. FC Nuremberg and SpVgg Greuther Fürth. In 2002, he was transferred to Bayernliga (4th division) side 1. SC Feucht, where he was one of the key players. After his club was promoted to the Regionalliga (3rd division) the following season, he scored ten goals in 26 games. On the basis of this performance, Fürth called him back. There he played for the 2nd Bundesliga team of the club.

In the 2005–06 season, he played in 34 games, scoring three times. In the summer of 2006, he joined top Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart. In his first season at Stuttgart, Hilbert became a regular in the first team that won the club's first championship in 15 years, in May 2007. He usually plays 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 team mate Thomas Hitzlsperger.

International career

Hilbert has also made twelve appearances in the Germany national under-21 football team, scoring three times. He made his international debut for the Germany national football team in a friendly against Denmark on 28 March 2007.

Honours

With Stuttgart:
*Bundesliga (2006-07)

External links

* [http://fussballdaten.de/spieler/hilpertroberto/ Career stats at Fussballdaten.de] de icon