Robson de Souza (Brazilian Portuguese: ['??psõ] or ['??bisõ d(?i) 'sowz?], born 25 January 1984), more commonly known as Robinho (Brazilian Portuguese: [??'bi?u]), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Turkish club Istanbul Basaksehir.In 1999, at 15 years of age, Robinho was picked by Brazil legend Pelé as his heir apparent and, in 2002, went on to lead Santos FC to their first Campeonato Brasileiro title since Pelé himself played for the club.
Since then, he has won a second title with Santos and two more with Spanish club Real Madrid.
He won the Italian Serie A title in his first season at Milan.
Robinho has won one Copa América title and two FIFA Confederations Cups with the Brazilian national team, and played at two FIFA World Cups. In November 2017, an Italian court convicted Robinho of sexual assault in the January 2013 gang rape of a 22-year-old Albanian woman at a Milan nightclub.