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Rodrigo Ninja
Carlos Rodrigo da Silva (born 21 November 1981), better known as Rodrigo Ninja, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a Fullback (association football), left back. Career Rodrigo Ninja gained national recognition in 2007, when he scored SE Gama's qualifying goal against CR Vasco da Gama in the 2007 Copa do Brasil, in a match where Romário was expected to score his thousandth goal. After this feat, he ended up being hired by Çaykur Rizespor. After an unsuccessful stay in Turkey, he suffered depression, became involved in marital problems with his wife and began to face problems with alcohol and drug use, frequently having shortened spells at clubs due to missing training or not being able to perform properly. He ended his career definitively in 2015, after testing positive for cocaine in an anti-doping test. Post career He was admitted to a halfway house for addicts in Campinas after retiring. Currently plays in the city's amateur football. Honours ;G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campinas
Campinas (, ''Plains'' or ''Meadows'') is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in São Paulo (state), São Paulo State, part of the country's Southeast Region, Brazil, Southeast Region. According to the 2020 estimate, the city's population is 1,139,047, making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, fourteenth most populous Brazilian city and the São Paulo (state), third most populous municipality in São Paulo state, the fifth most populous municipality in Southeast Brazil, and the largest city in Brazil outside the metro region of a state capital. The city's metropolitan area, Metropolitan Region of Campinas, contains twenty municipalities with a total population of 3,656,363 people. Etymology Campinas means ''grass fields'' in Portuguese and refers to its characteristic landscape, which originally comprised large stretches of dense subtropical forests (mato grosso or thick woods in Portuguese), mainly along the many rivers, interspersed with gently rolling h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
