Rodrigo José Galatto or simply Galatto (born April 10, 1983, in

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) is a Brazilian retired

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who last played for Juventude.

Career

In Brazil

Galatto started his youth career at the Grêmio. He made his first team debut in a

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in a 2-0 away win against

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, on May 15, 2005. Galatto became famous the match known as

Batalha dos Aflitos The Batalha dos Aflitos (English: ''Battle of the Afflicted'') is a name used by the Brazilian press to refer to a memorable Campeonato Brasileiro Série B play-off match played on Saturday, 26 November 2005 between Náutico and Grêmio. The na ...

. On November 26, 2005, Nautico and Grêmio was on a match that would guarantee one club in the Brazilian Championship. In stoppage time (90+14), the goalkeeper saved a penalty kick and led his team to the First Division. Even with four players sent off, Grêmio also scored a goal with

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(90+16). In 2008 Galatto transferred to

Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (commonly known as Athletico and formerly known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded on March 26, 1924. The team ...

. He quickly became part of the main team and for one-a-half season earned 58 appearances playing in the

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. With the club Galatto became a champion of

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in 2009 and played at

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Litex Lovech

On January 22, 2010 Galatto was loaned for one year to Bulgarian side

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. He made his debut in the

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in a match against

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, on February 26, 2010.

Málaga CF

On 6 August 2010 he was snapped by

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for a fee of

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1.2 million. After passing his medical, he signed a three-year contract with the Andalusians.El portero brasileño Galatto pasa examen médico previo a firmar por el Málaga
He made his debut on 12 September 2010 in a match against

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. However, after the departure of

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in November, Galatto found himself seemed into surplus under the new coach

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and after the signing of

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, the Brazilian had to start looking for a new club. On 15 June 2011 he was released from his contract with Málaga.

Honours

;Grêmio *

: 2005 *

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho Série A1 (Gaúcho Championship A1 Series or Série A1), officially named as Campeonato da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da FGF - Divisão Especial - Série A1 and commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho or Gauchã ...

: 2006, 2007 ;Atlético Paranaense *

: 2009 ;Litex Lovech *

Bulgarian A PFG The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

2009-2010 ;CRB *

Campeonato Alagoano The Campeonato Alagoano is the football league of the state of Alagoas, Brazil. Format 2020 First Division The Campeonato Alagoano is divided into three stages. *First stage: simple round-robin, in which all eight teams play each other once. ...

: 2013

After Retirement

Galatto ran for federal deputy in Brazil 2018 election, but was not elected

References

External links

CBF

zerozero.pt

galatto.com

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