Rúben da Rocha Rodrigues (born 2 August 1996) is a

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player who plays as a

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for club

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Club career

He played in the

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since the junior levels and started his career in the lower divisions. On 27 December 2017,

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announced that Rodrigues will join the club for training immediately and he also signed a professional contract with a beginning date of 1 July 2018. He previously played for Den Bosch's junior squad. He made his

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debut for Den Bosch on 17 August 2018 in a game against

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as a 61st-minute substitute for

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. On 23 January 2019, Rodrigues was loaned out to

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for the rest of the season. On 7 August 2020, he signed for

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. After scoring seven goals in the month, Rodrigues was awarded the league's Player of the Month award for May 2021. On 13 June 2023, Rodrigues signed with

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. He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–0 home victory over

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on 23 September.

Career statistics

Honours

Notts County *

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Individual *

Player of the Month: May 2021 *

Player of the Year: 2020–21 *

Team of the Year: 2021–22,

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* 1996 births People from Oliveira de Azeméis Living people Portuguese men's footballers Men's association football forwards FC Den Bosch players De Treffers players Notts County F.C. players Oxford United F.C. players Eerste Divisie players Tweede Divisie players National League (English football) players Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in England Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in England Footballers from Aveiro District {{Portugal-footy-forward-stub