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Rodrigo Farofa
Brazilian footballer
Rodrigo Antônio Rodrigues (born 21 April 2000), known as Rodrigo Farofa[1] or just Rodrigo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Operário Ferroviário. Mainly a forward, he can also play as an attacking midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rodrigo Antônio Rodrigues | ||
| Date of birth | (2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 24) | ||
| Place of birth | São Carlos, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Operário Ferroviário | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2015 | Multi Esporte | ||
| 2015–2018 | Novorizontino | ||
| 2017 | → Palmeiras (loan) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Real Madrid | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Novorizontino | 3 | (0) |
| 2019–2023 | Real Madrid B | 6 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | → Talavera (loan) | 49 | (11) |
| 2022–2023 | → Valencia B (loan) | 25 | (5) |
| 2023–2024 | Valencia B | 20 | (2) |
| 2024– | Operário Ferroviário | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC) | |||
Novorizontino
Born in São Carlos, São Paulo, Rodrigo Farofa is a Grêmio Novorizontino youth graduate. He joined the club in 2015 and was promoted to the under-20 squad ahead of the 2017 season, and impressed during the year's Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior. On 25 January of that year, he was promoted to the main squad.[2]
On 29 March 2017, Rodrigo Farofa made his professional debut starting and providing the assist for Henrique's goal in a 3–1 away loss against Santos.[3]
In August 2017, Rodrigo Farofa joined Palmeiras on loan and played at the La Comunidad de Madrid under-17 tournament, scoring five goals in four matches.
Real Madrid
On 13 September 2017, Spanish newspaper Marca announced that Real Madrid had reached an agreement for Rodrigo Farofa.[4] On 30 May 2018, he signed a six-year contract with Real Madrid and joined the U19 team.[5]
Rodrigo Farofa made his debut for Castilla on 13 January 2019, starting in a 0–0 Segunda División B away draw against UD Las Palmas Atlético.
On 24 September 2020, Rodrigo Farofa joined Segunda División B side Talavera on a season-long loan deal.[6]
- As of 17 December 2022[7]
| Club | Season | League | State League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Novorizontino | 2017 | Paulista | — | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | — | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| Real Madrid Castilla | 2018–19 | Segunda División B | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| Talavera | 2020–21 | Segunda División B | 19 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | ||
| 2021–22 | Primera División RFEF | 30 | 8 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 32 | 9 | |||
| Total | 49 | 11 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 51 | 12 | ||||
| Valencia Mestalla | 2022–23 | Segunda División RFEF | 12 | 3 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 67 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 15 | ||
- Strini, Antônio; Garcia, Diego (13 September 2017). "Real acerta com atacante destaque de Mundial sub-17 pelo Palmeiras, que levará R$ 1 milhão". espn.com.
- "Novorizontino promove cinco jogadores da Copa São Paulo ao profissional" [Novorizontino promote five Copa São Paulo players to the professional squad] (in Portuguese). Futebol Interior. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- "Reservão do Santos vence Novorizontino de virada e decidirá vaga em casa" [Santos' reserve team defeat Novorizontino in a comeback and will decide the qualification at home] (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- "Real Madrid sign 17-year-old Brazilian prospect Rodrigo". Marca. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- "Real Madrid sign young Brazilian forward Rodrigo". Reuters. 30 May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
- @CFTalavera_ (September 24, 2020). "BIENVENIDO Acuerdo de cesión con el @realmadrid hasta final de temporada por el delantero above Rodrigo Rodrigues" (Tweet). Retrieved 25 September 2020 – via Twitter.
- NG Soccer profile (in Portuguese)
- Real Madrid profile
- Rodrigo Farofa at BDFutbol
- Rodrigo Farofa at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Rodrigo Farofa at Soccerway