Rodrigo Juliano Lopes de Almeida (born 7 August 1976), usually called Rodrigo is a former Brazilian footballer. He was also called Rodrigo Beckham due to his modelling career and hairstyle similar to

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Career

He started his career at local club

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in 1995, having played for the club in

Campeonato Paulista The Campeonato Paulista Série A1, commonly known as Campeonato Paulista, nicknamed Paulistão, is the top-flight professional football league in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. Run by the FPF, the league is contested between 16 clubs and ty ...

matches and was loaned to Guarani for the

1997 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A The 1997 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 41st edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. It was competed for by 26 teams, and Vasco da Gama won the title. First phase Second phase Final ---- ---- Vasco da Gama were declared as ...

. After returning to Portuguesa Santista, he was loaned to Gama and was a key player for the club as they won

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, scoring 9 goals in 14 matches. In 1999, Rodrigo joined

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, shining at national level and becoming the club top goalscorer at the

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and

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editions, also being touted to a call-up to

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. In 2002, he was loaned to

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, where he injured his right knee in a match against Cruzeiro. Rodrigo was signed on loan for Everton in July 2002, choosing his name to be printed as ''Rodrigol''. However, his knee injury was not properly diagnosed and he suffered a ruptured ligament in September and did not play for the club again before being released in May the following year, having played only four mataches. He went on trial with

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in the summer of 2003. After returning to Brazil, he joined

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in 2004, but he dealt with persistent injuries and surgeries to his knee and could not recover his previous form. Later, he had unsuccessful spells at Juventude,

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, Paraná and Boavista, before ending his playing career at

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in 2010. After retiring, Rodrigo worked as a pundit and, in 2014, became an assistant manager for Boavista, being promoted to manager in the following year. He stayed as manager in 2016 and was replaced by

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in 2017.

Honours

;Gama *

Campeonato Brasileiro Série B The Campeonato Brasileiro Série B is commonly referred to as the Brasileirão Série B (Série B), and until 2022 was officially called Brasileirão Sportingbet by sponsorship reasons. It is the second tier of the Brazilian football league system ...

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: 1998 ;Boavista * Campeonato Carioca Série B: 2006 ;Fortaleza *

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: 2009 ;Red Bull Brasil *

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: 2010

References

External links

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Profile at CBF

Profile at futpedia
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