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Brazilian footballer

Rodrigo Farofa
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Antônio Rodrigues
Date of birth (2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth São Carlos, Brazil
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team Operário Ferroviário
Youth career
2013–2015 Multi Esporte
2015–2018 Novorizontino
2017 → Palmeiras (loan)
2018–2019 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Novorizontino 3 (0)
2019–2023 Real Madrid B 6 (0)
2020–2022 → Talavera (loan) 49 (11)
2022–2023 → Valencia B (loan) 25 (5)
2023–2024 Valencia B 20 (2)
2024– Operário Ferroviário 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Rodrigo Antônio Rodrigues (born 21 April 2000), known as Rodrigo Farofa or just Rodrigo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Operário Ferroviário. Mainly a forward, he can also play as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Novorizontino

Born in São Carlos, São Paulo, Rodrigo Farofa is a Grêmio Novorizontino youth graduate. He joined the club in 2015 and was promoted to the under-20 squad ahead of the 2017 season, and impressed during the year's Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior. On 25 January of that year, he was promoted to the main squad.

On 29 March 2017, Rodrigo Farofa made his professional debut starting and providing the assist for Henrique's goal in a 3–1 away loss against Santos.

In August 2017, Rodrigo Farofa joined Palmeiras on loan and played at the La Comunidad de Madrid under-17 tournament, scoring five goals in four matches.

Real Madrid

On 13 September 2017, Spanish newspaper Marca announced that Real Madrid had reached an agreement for Rodrigo Farofa. On 30 May 2018, he signed a six-year contract with Real Madrid and joined the U19 team.

Rodrigo Farofa made his debut for Castilla on 13 January 2019, starting in a 0–0 Segunda División B away draw against UD Las Palmas Atlético.

On 24 September 2020, Rodrigo Farofa joined Segunda División B side Talavera on a season-long loan deal.

Career statistics

As of 17 December 2022
Club Season League State League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Novorizontino 2017 Paulista — 2 0 — — — 2 0
2018 — 1 0 — — — 1 0
Total — 3 0 — — — 3 0
Real Madrid Castilla 2018–19 Segunda División B 2 0 — — — — 2 0
2019–20 4 0 — — — — 4 0
Total 6 0 — — — — 6 0
Talavera 2020–21 Segunda División B 19 3 — 0 0 — 0 0 19 3
2021–22 Primera División RFEF 30 8 — 2 1 — 0 0 32 9
Total 49 11 — 2 1 — 0 0 51 12
Valencia Mestalla 2022–23 Segunda División RFEF 12 3 — — — 0 0 12 3
Career total 67 14 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 72 15

References

  1. Strini, Antônio; Garcia, Diego (13 September 2017). "Real acerta com atacante destaque de Mundial sub-17 pelo Palmeiras, que levará R$ 1 milhão". espn.com.
  2. "Novorizontino promove cinco jogadores da Copa São Paulo ao profissional" [Novorizontino promote five Copa São Paulo players to the professional squad] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  3. "Reservão do Santos vence Novorizontino de virada e decidirá vaga em casa" [Santos' reserve team defeat Novorizontino in a comeback and will decide the qualification at home] (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  4. "Real Madrid sign 17-year-old Brazilian prospect Rodrigo". Marca. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  5. "Real Madrid sign young Brazilian forward Rodrigo". Reuters. 30 May 2018. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  6. @CFTalavera_ (24 September 2020). "BIENVENIDO Acuerdo de cesión con el @realmadrid hasta final de temporada por el delantero above Rodrigo Rodrigues" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 September 2020 – via Twitter.
  7. Rodrigo at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 March 2017.

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