Rodolfo (footballer, Born 1991)
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Rodolfo Alves de Melo (born 19 March 1991), simply known as Rodolfo, is a Brazilian
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays as a
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for Oeste, on loan from
Fluminense Fluminense Football Club () is a Brazilian sports club based in the neighbourhood of Laranjeiras, in Rio de Janeiro, being the oldest football club in the state since its foundation in 1902. It competes in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, th ...
.


Club career

Born in
Santos, São Paulo Santos (, ''Saints''), officially Municipality of Estância Balneária de Santos, is a city and Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the Brazilian States of Brazil, state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, founded in 1546 by the Portuguese n ...
, Rodolfo joined
Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (abbreviated CAP, commonly known as Athletico Paranaense and up to 2019 known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded o ...
's youth setup in 2011, aged 20. He was promoted to the main squad in the following year, being one of the five goalkeepers in the roster. Rodolfo made his professional debut on 19 May 2012, starting in a 4–1 away win against
Joinville Joinville () is the largest city in Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina, in the Southern Brazil, Southern Region of Brazil. It is the third largest municipality in the southern region of Brazil, after the much larger state capitals of Curitib ...
, for the Série B championship. He appeared in three further matches during the campaign, which ended in promotion. In July 2012, Rodolfo was suspended for 30 days after failing a doping exam, being later revealed that due to the use of
cocaine Cocaine is a tropane alkaloid and central nervous system stimulant, derived primarily from the leaves of two South American coca plants, ''Erythroxylum coca'' and ''Erythroxylum novogranatense, E. novogranatense'', which are cultivated a ...
. He later admitted being a drug dependent, and was interned in a rehabilitation clinic. Rodolfo was caught in a second exam in August 2012. After being suspended from football for two years, he returned to action in September 2013, however. After returning from his ban, Rodolfo was included in ''Furacão's'' under-23 squad, being appointed captain of the side in January 2014. On 2 December of that year, he was loaned to Ferroviária until the end of
Campeonato Paulista Série A2 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 is the second tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF). Clubs 2025 Série A2 List of champions There a ...
. Rodolfo was an undisputed starter for ''Ferrinha'', which returned to São Paulo's top level after a 19-year absence. On 7 October 2015 he signed a new contract with Atlético, running until 2018.


Honours

Ferroviária *
Campeonato Paulista Série A2 Campeonato Paulista Série A2 is the second tier of the professional state football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is run by the São Paulo State Football Federation (FPF). Clubs 2025 Série A2 List of champions There a ...
: 2015


References


External links


Atlético Paranaense profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodolfo 1991 births Living people Footballers from Santos, São Paulo Brazilian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players Campeonato Brasileiro Série C players Paraná Clube players Club Athletico Paranaense players Associação Ferroviária de Esportes players Fluminense FC players Oeste Futebol Clube players Brazilian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in association football 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen