Rodrigo Fernandes da Conceição (born 2 January 2000) is a Portuguese professional
footballer
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who plays as a
right-back
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or
winger for
Swiss Super League
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club
FC Zürich
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.
Club career
Benfica
Born in
Lisbon
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, Conceição passed through several youth teams before joining
Benfica in 2015, aged 15. On 3 November 2018, he made his professional debut with
the reserves in a
2018–19 LigaPro
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match away to
Paços de Ferreira
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, as a
substitute for the last 15 minutes of a 1–0 loss in place of
Florentino Luís
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.
Conceição scored his first senior goal on 3 November 2019, opening a 3–1 home loss to
Chaves.
Porto
On 27 August 2020, having left Benfica, Conceição signed a three-year deal for
Porto
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, being again assigned to the
reserve team
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. He played 30 times in his
first season, scoring to conclude a 4–0 win at
Mafra
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on 29 March 2021 after assisting two other goals. On 22 May, in the last game of the campaign, he was
sent off
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in a 2–1 loss at his previous team and suspended for two games.
Conceição was loaned to
Primeira Liga
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club
Moreirense
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for the season on 22 July 2021. He made his top-flight debut on 15 August in a 2–2 draw at
Santa Clara, in which he came on in the 73rd minute for
Rúben Ramos and received a
red card
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three minutes later for telling the
fourth official
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to open his eyes; he was banned for a game and fined €842, while maintaining that he was victimised for being from the Conceição family.
On 10 September 2022, Conceição made his first-team debut under his father's management, as an 82nd-minute substitute for
Pepê in a 3–0 Primeira Liga home win over
Chaves. A week later, he made his first start in a 1–1 draw at
Estoril
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. In April 2023, he dropped back into the B-team.
At the end of the 2022–23 season, after having participated in the club's victorious
Taça da Liga
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and
Taça de Portugal
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campaigns, Conceição left Porto upon expiration of his contract.
FC Zürich
On 17 August 2023, Conceição signed for
Swiss Super League
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club
FC Zürich
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. Three months later, he extended his contract with the side until 2027.
International career
Conceição earned 34
caps
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for Portugal at youth level, scoring five goals. His first appearance was on 4 February 2016 in the
under-16 team's 3–3 draw with
Germany
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in
Vila Real de Santo António
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; he scored the equaliser and his team won on
penalties. On 3 April, he scored both goals of a win against
Switzerland
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in
Póvoa de Varzim
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as his team finished a local tournament with a 100% record. On 7 September 2018, he was sent off in the
under-19 team's 1–0
friendly win away to
Italy
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. He made his debut for the
under-21 side in a 9–0 win against
Liechtenstein
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in
Vaduz
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on 7 June 2022.
Personal life
Conceição is the second of five sons born to
Portuguese international footballer
Sérgio Conceição
Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro da Conceição (; born 15 November 1974) is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who mostly played as a right winger.
Throughout his career, he played for ten teams in five countries. After gain ...
. All of the first four embarked on football careers, including
one also named Sérgio and
Francisco
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.
Career statistics
Honours
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Taça de Portugal
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:
2022–23
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Taça da Liga
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:
2022–23
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See also
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List of association football families
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References
External links
Profileat the FC Porto website
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2000 births
Living people
Footballers from Lisbon
Portuguese men's footballers
Portugal men's youth international footballers
Men's association football fullbacks
Men's association football wingers
C.F. Os Belenenses players
Imortal D.C. players
S.C. Olhanense players
Boavista F.C. players
S.L. Benfica B players
FC Porto B players
Moreirense F.C. players
FC Porto players
FC Zürich players
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Swiss Super League players
Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Conceição family
21st-century Portuguese sportsmen