José Roberto Assunção de Araújo Filho (born 14 September 1993), known as Zé Roberto, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Sport Recife.
Club career Born in Teixeira de Freitas, Bahia, Zé Roberto represented Bahia as a youth. In 2012 he was loaned to Bahia de Feira, and made his senior debut on 12 April of that year by coming on as a substitute in a 5–2 home loss against São Paulo, for the season's Copa do Brasil.
Upon returning, he only began to feature with the first team in 2014, but was loaned to Série C club Salgueiro on 30 June of that year. He started to appear regularly in the following campaign, as his side eventually missed out promotion.
On 14 September 2016, Zé Roberto was loaned to Série A club Ponte Preta, with Renê Júnior moving in the opposite direction. He made his debut in the category on 1 October, replacing Ravanelli in a 2–1 home loss against Atlético Mineiro.
Zé Roberto subsequently served loan stints at Mirassol, Criciúma and Santos' B-team during the 2017 season.
