Rodrigo Nascimento França, known as Rodrigo Becão (born 19 January 1996) is a Brazilian professional

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who plays as a centre-back or right-back for

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club Fenerbahçe.

Career

Bahia

Becão made his Campeonato Brasileiro Série B debut for

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on 28 November 2015 in a game against

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CSKA Moscow

On 4 July 2018, Becão joined the

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club

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on loan for the 2018–19 season. He made his first appearance for CSKA on 27 July 2018, in their 2018 Russian Super Cup victory over

Lokomotiv Moscow FC Lokomotiv Moscow (''FC Lokomotiv Moskva'', russian: link=no, Футбольный клуб "Локомотив" Москва, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Lokomotiv have won the Russian Premier League on three oc ...

. On 19 September 2018, he made his

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debut with 2–2 away tie against

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Udinese

On 6 July 2019, Rodrigo Becão signed to Italian

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side

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for €1.6 million. On 25 August 2019, Becão scored the winning goal on his Serie A debut in a 1–0 victory over

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at Dacia Arena.

Fenerbahçe

On 20 July 2023, Turkish

side Fenerbahçe announced the signing of Becão on a five-year contract for €8.31 million. On 10 August 2023, he scored his first goal in his debut in

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against NK Maribor at the

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, Fenerbahçe won 3–1. On 13 August 2023, he made his Süper Lig debut against Gaziantep FK at the

, Fenerbahçe won 2–1.

Career statistics

Honours

Bahia * Copa do Nordeste: 2017 *

Campeonato Baiano The Campeonato Baiano is the football league of the state of Bahia, Brazil. The championship has been played since 1905 without interruption. 2020 format First stage: 10 teams are included in one group, playing once only against all teams i ...

: 2018 CSKA Moscow *

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2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...

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* 1996 births Footballers from Salvador, Bahia Living people Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Esporte Clube Bahia players PFC CSKA Moscow players Udinese Calcio players Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Russian Premier League players Serie A players Süper Lig players Brazilian expatriate men's footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey {{Brazil-footy-defender-1990s-stub