Berlin - After helping his team tying 0-0 away against Hoffenheim on Saturday night, Hamburg's Brazil midfielder set a new record in Bundesliga as the most capped foreign player.
Jose Robert da Silva Jr., commonly known as Ze Roberto, has played in 331 Bundesliga matches, renewing the 330-match record set by Bosnia international Sergej Barbarez who retired in 2008.
"Holding this record for me is like winning an Oscar," said Ze Roberto, who won 84 caps for Brazil and scored 6 goals.
The 37-year-old stepped on the stage of Bundesliga in the summer of 1998 and spent four seasons in Bayer Leverkusen before transferring to German giants Bayern Munich in 2002.
Ze Roberto spent six seasons in two spells in Bayern Munich, winning four league titles and four German Cup finals, before signing with his current club Hamburg in 2009.
Ze Roberto's contract in Hamburg will expire at the end of the season but the midfielder has already expressed his will to keep playing until he is 40.
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