Roberto Massimo (born 12 October 2000) is a professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a wingerand wing-back for club Greuther Fürth. Born in

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, he has represented Germany at youth level.

Club career

Massimo made 18 appearances for

Arminia Bielefeld DSC Arminia Bielefeld (; full name: ; commonly known as Arminia Bielefeld (), also known as ''Die Arminen'' or ''Die Blauen'' ), or just Arminia (), is a German sports club from Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. Arminia offers the sports of ...

's U-17 team and played seven games for the first team. In May 2018, Massimo signed a contract with

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side

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

, but initially remained on loan at Bielefeld until 30 June 2019. On 22 July 2022, Massimo joined Académico de Viseu in Portugal on loan for the 2022–23 season. On 18 May 2024,

announced that Massimo will leave the club after this season when his contract expires.

International career

Massimo was born in Ghana to a Liberian mother and an Italian father. He was raised in Germany and is a German citizen. Massimo is a youth international for the Germany U18s.

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* * 2000 births Living people Footballers from Accra German men's footballers Ghanaian people of Italian descent Germany men's youth international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers German sportspeople of Italian descent German people of Liberian descent Sportspeople of Liberian descent Naturalized citizens of Germany Men's association football forwards Arminia Bielefeld players VfB Stuttgart players Académico de Viseu F.C. players SpVgg Greuther Fürth players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal German expatriate sportspeople in Portugal {{Germany-footy-forward-2000s-stub