Higor Inácio Platiny de Oliveira Rodrigues (born 2 October 1990), known as Platiny, is a Brazilian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
forward
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People
* Forward (surname)
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* Forward (association football)
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for
Liga Portugal 2 club
Marítimo.
Career
Born in
Goiânia
Goiânia (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region and the 10th-largest in the country. Its metropolitan area has a population ...
, Platiny started in Monte Cristo EC, in the Brazilian regional leagues. After three seasons competing in Brazil, on 29 August 2012, Platiny joined Portuguese side
Feirense
Clube Desportivo Feirense, commonly known as CD Feirense or just Feirense, is a Portuguese football club based in Santa Maria da Feira. Founded on 18 March 1918, Feirense play in the LigaPro, the second tier of Portuguese football. Their chairma ...
on a one-year deal.
In his debut professional season, he scored 9 goals, being the team fourth highest goalscorer, with one less than the top three. His performances attracted interest from larger clubs, signing with
S.C. Braga in late June 2013, spending one season competing in their
B-team.
A year later, Platiny joined
Aves
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, on a loan deal from
Grêmio Anápolis, scoring eight goals in over 30 caps at
Vila das Aves
Aves is an industrial town and civil parish (freguesia) in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 8,458, in an area of 6.16 km². . On 21 July 2015, he returned to Feirense for a second-spell. His performances there, earned him accolades for
Segunda Liga Player of the Month in February 2016, and with 17 goals, he finished runner-up in the scoring charts, helping Feirense return to the
Primeira Liga
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. After two years with Feirense, Platiny moved to
Chaves.
On 5 August 2022, Platiny signed a one-year contract with
recently-relegated to the
Liga Portugal 2 club
Moreirense
Moreirense Futebol Clube is a Portuguese professional football club based in Moreira de Cónegos, Guimarães Municipality, in Minho. Founded on 1 November 1938, it plays in the Liga Portugal 2, holding home games at Parque de Jogos Comendador Joa ...
.
On 25 June 2023, Platiny signed for
Marítimo, who had just been
relegated to the Liga Portugal 2, on a one-year deal.
Honours
Moreirense
*
Liga Portugal 2:
2022−23
Individual
* Liga Portugal 2 Goal of the Month: December 2023
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
Footballers from Goiânia
Brazilian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Brazilian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
C.D. Feirense players
S.C. Braga players
C.D. Aves players
G.D. Chaves players
Colinas Esporte Clube players
Moreirense F.C. players
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C.S. Marítimo players