Garry Mendes Rodrigues (born 27 November 1990) is a professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

and the Cape Verde national team. Born in the Netherlands, he represents the Cape Verde national team. In February 2013, Rodrigues announced that he would like to represent Cape Verde, and made his debut in August 2013.Cape Verde vs. Gabon report
He represented the side at the 2015 and

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Africa Cup of Nations. He formerly played for PAOK,

Elche CF Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Elx Club de Futbol, S.A.D.) is a professional football based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1923, the club competes in La Liga, holding home matches at ''Es ...

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, FC Boshuizen, ADO Den Haag,

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Levski Sofia Levski Sofia ( bg, Левски София) is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia, which competes in the First League, the top division of the Bulgarian football league system. The club was founded on 24 May 1914 ...

and

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. He is a cousin of

Jerson Cabral Jerson Cabral (born 3 January 1991) is a Dutch-Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Super League Greece club Ionikos. Career Feyenoord Cabral was scouted by Feyenoord at the age of seven. He made his professional ...

Career

As a youth player Rodrigues played for

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and Portuguese

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. Rodrigues joined

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club ADO Den Haag from amateur FC Boshuizen on 16 May 2012, signing a 1+1 years contract. In July, he was loaned out to

Eerste Divisie The Eerste Divisie (, en, First Division) is the second-highest tier of football in the Netherlands. It is linked with the top-level Eredivisie and with the third-level Tweede Divisie via promotion/relegation systems. It is also known as t ...

club

. Rodrigues made his league debut in a 1–1 away draw against Emmen on 10 August, playing the full 90 minutes.

Levski Sofia

On 11 February 2013, Rodrigues signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with

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n club

. He made his debut away at Chernomorets Burgas in a 2–0 win on 3 March. On 13 March, he scored his first goal for Levski in the 22nd minute of a

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quarter-final first leg tie against

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. On 20 April, in a 2–1 away victory over Litex, Rodrigues netted his first league goal and assisted

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. On 21 July 2013, Rodrigues opened the scoring in Levski's first match of the 2013–14 A PFG season against Botev Plovdiv, but was subsequently

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after an altercation with

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. During the first half of the 2013–14 season Rodrigues scored 14 goals in total helping Levski Sofia to overcome several teams and progress to the 3rd place in the league ranking. He also scored a penalty in the 7–6 win after penalties against

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in a Bulgarian Cup Eternal Derby third round tie, eventually helping the team to reach the quarter-finals of the competition. The strong overall performance led to the interest of several European clubs. In January 2014,

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sent an offer to Levski for a trial, but Rodrigues refused it, stating that he would only negotiate with a team which is guaranteed to offer him a contract.

Elche

On 27 January 2014, Rodrigues signed with

on a six-month loan through Promoesport (an investment fund linked to

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), with a buyout clause. He made his

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debut on 1 March, coming on as a second-half substitute in the 1–0 home win over

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, and scored his first goal in the category on 3 May, netting the game's only in an away success against Málaga CF. In the 2014 summer Rodrigues signed a four-year deal with the

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club, after his buyout clause was activated. On 31 July 2015 he rescinded his link.

PAOK

On 4 August 2015, Rodrigues signed a three years' contract with PAOK for an undisclosed fee. On 23 September 2015, in a home derby game against

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he scored his first goal in Greek Super League. On 11 January 2016, PAOK turned down

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's offer in the region of €1.7 million for Garry Rodrigues. He finished the season with 7 goals being the third scorer of the club. On 24 November 2016 in

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group stage away match against ACF Fiorentina in the dying seconds Rodrigues storms downfield, cuts in from the left and fires into the roof of the net, giving his club an incredible 3–2 win.

Galatasaray

On 9 January 2017, PAOK officially announced the transfer of Garry Rodrigues to Galatasaray for a fee of €3.7m. The transfer has been announced, thanks to the contribution of the 27-year-old player for so long. In February 2018, Galatasaray's Cape Verde winger Garry Rodrigues has emerged as a transfer target for

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. The 27-year-old Blue Sharks star has racked up five goals and eight assists in 22 Super Lig appearances since the start of the 2017–18 season. The attacker is value at around €16 million and Lyon may face competition from the likes of

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and

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for his signature. He is finally contracted to Galatasaray until the summer of 2021.

Al-Ittihad

On 6 January 2019, Rodrigues joined Al-Ittihad of

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for a fee of €9m.

Fenerbahçe

On 13 July 2019, Fenerbahçe announced the signing of Rodrigues on loan for 2 years from Al-Ittihad.

Olympiacos

On 18 September 2021, Olympiacos F.C. officially announced the signing of Rodrigues signing a three years' contract with €1 million annual fee, including bonuses.

International career

Rodrigues received his first international call-up in August 2013 to play friendly match against

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on the 14th of that month. He substituted

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at halftime. On 30 December 2013, Rodrigues appeared as a starter in the 1–4 loss against

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in a

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, assisting his team's goal that was scored by Djaniny. On 6 September 2014 he scored his first international goal in a 3–1 away win over

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. Rodrigues was included in their squad for the finals in Equatorial Guinea, but due to competition from Kuca, Djaniny and

Júlio Tavares Júlio Tavares (born 19 November 1988) is a Cape Verdean footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Professional League club Al-Raed and the Cape Verde national team. Club career Dijon On 28 October 2017, Tavares became Dijon's all time le ...

he played only in the goalless draw with

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, which confirmed their elimination from

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Career statistics

International

:''Scores and results list Cape Verde's goal tally first.''

Honours

Club

Levski Sofia *

runner-up:

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Galatasaray *

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: 2017–18 Olympiacos * Super League Greece: 2021–22

Individual

* Super League Greece Team of the Year: 2015–16 *

Team of the Year: 2017–18

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodrigues, Garry Mendes 1990 births Living people Association football wingers Footballers from Rotterdam Dutch footballers Dutch sportspeople of Cape Verdean descent Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Spain Cape Verdean footballers Cape Verde international footballers Cape Verdean expatriate footballers Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Spain ADO Den Haag players FC Dordrecht players PFC Levski Sofia players Elche CF players PAOK FC players Galatasaray S.K. footballers Ittihad FC players Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Eerste Divisie players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players La Liga players Super League Greece players Süper Lig players Saudi Professional League players Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Cape Verdean expatriate sportspeople in Greece 2015 Africa Cup of Nations players 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players