Roberto Lopes (footballer, born 1992)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Carlosand the second or paternal family name is Lopes.

Roberto Lopes

Pico with Cape Verde at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
Personal information
Full name	Roberto Carlos Lopes
Date of birth	(1992-06-17) 17 June 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Crumlin, Ireland
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Team information
Current team	Shamrock Rovers
Number	4
Youth career
	Home Farm
	Belvedere
	Bohemians
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2016	Bohemians	140	(3)
2017–	Shamrock Rovers	222	(16)
International career‡
2011	Republic of Ireland U19	1	(0)
2019–	Cape Verde	34	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:04, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Roberto Carlos Lopes (born 17 June 1992), also known as Pico, ^[1] is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Shamrock Rovers. ^[2]

Club career

Shamrock Rovers

In November 2016 Lopes joined Shamrock Rovers after leaving rivals Bohemians. ^[3]

In 2019 Lopes started the FAI Cup final in which Rovers went on to win after defeating Dundalk on penalties winning the cup for the first time since 1987 and for a record 25th time. ^[4] In 2020 Lopes was key member to the Shamrock Rovers squad who won the League of Ireland title for a record 18th time.

International career

Lopes was born in Ireland to a Cape Verdean father and Irish mother. ^[5] Lopes made his international debut for the Cape Verde national team in a 2–0 friendly win over Togo in 2019. ^[6]

He was included in Cape Verde's squad for the delayed 2021 Africa Cup of Nations tournament. ^{[7] [8]}

He was part of the Cape Verdean squad under manager Bubista in the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations tournament where they made an extraordinary run to the quarter finals.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 19 December 2024 ^[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FAI Cup		League of Ireland Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bohemians	2010	LOI Premier Division	0	0	1	0	0	0	0 [a]	0	0 [b]	0	1	0
	2011		3	0	0	0	1	0	0 [c]	0	4 [d]	0	8	0
	2012		15	0	3	1	0	0	0 [c]	0	3 [e]	0	21	1
	2013		30	1	1	0	3	0	—		0 [f]	0	34	1
	2014		30	0	3	0	3	0	—		1 [f]	0	37	0
	2015		31	0	2	0	2	0	—		2 [f]	0	37	0
	2016		31	2	2	0	2	0	—		3 [f]	2	38	4
	Total		140	3	12	1	11	0	0	0	13	2	176	6
Shamrock Rovers	2017	LOI Premier Division	25	1	4	0	3	0	4 [c]	0	0 [f]	0	35	1
	2018		29	4	1	0	0	0	2 [c]	0	0 [f]	0	32	4
	2019		35	3	5	0	1	0	4 [c]	2	0	0	45	5
	2020		15	3	3	1	—		2 [c]	1	—		21	5
	2021		27	1	2	0	—		6 [g]	0	1 [h]	0	36	1
	2022		27	1	0	0	—		7 [i]	0	0 [h]	0	34	1
	2023		31	2	1	0	—		4 [j]	0	1 [f]	0	37	2
	2024		33	1	1	0	—		14 [k]	0	0 [h]	0	48	1
	2025		0	0	0	0	—		0 [l]	0	0 [f]	0	0	0
	Total		222	16	17	1	4	0	43	3	2	0	285	20
Career total			362	19	29	2	15	0	43	3	15	2	461	26

1. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Champions League
2. Appearance(s) in the Setanta Sports Cup & Leinster Senior Cup
3. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Europa League
4. 3 appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup; 1 appearance in the Setanta Sports Cup
5. Appearance(s) in the Setanta Sports Cup
6. Appearance(s) in the Leimster Senior Cup
7. 2 appearances in the UEFA Champions League; 4 appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
8. Appearance in the President of Ireland's Cup
9. 3 appearances in the UEFA Champions League; 4 appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
10. 2 appearances in the UEFA Champions League; 2 appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
11. 4 appearances in the UEFA Champions League; 4 appearances in the UEFA Europa League; 6 appearances in the UEFA Conference League
12. Appearance(s) in the UEFA Conference League

International

As of matches played 3 February 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Cape Verde	2019	1	0
	2020	0	0
	2021	7	0
	2022	7	0
	2023	8	0
	2024	5	0
Total		28	0

Honours

Shamrock Rovers

• League of Ireland Premier Division: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
• FAI Cup: 2019
• President of Ireland's Cup: 2022

Bohemians

• Leinster Senior Cup: 2016

Individual

• PFAI Team of the Year: 2020, 2021, 2023

References

1. "Roberto Lopes". Shamrock Rovers.
2. "Roberto Lopes". Shamrock Rovers F.C. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
3. "Shamrock Rovers sign Corry, Connolly, Lopes & Devine | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
4. "Shamrock Rovers lift FAI Cup after shootout win | Football Association of Ireland". www.fai.ie.
5. "Lopes set for Afcon after call-up via LinkedIn". BBC Sport.
6. "Cape Verde 2-0 Togo". ESPN. Retrieved 19 October 2019.
7. "Group a rivals name squads for Afcon". BBC Sport.
8. "'It's a special moment for me' - Dubliner Roberto Lopes hoping for more AFCON success after opening win". Irish Independent. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
9. Roberto Lopes at Soccerway. Retrieved 19 October 2019.