Rodrigo Conceição

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Fernandes and the second or paternal family name is Conceição.

Rodrigo Conceição
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Fernandes da Conceição
Date of birth (2000-01-02) 2 January 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right-back, winger
Team information
Current team
 FC Zürich
Number 27
Youth career
2011–2012 Belenenses
2013 Imortal
2012–2013 Olhanense
2013–2014 Anadia
2014–2015 Boavista
2015–2019 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Benfica B 24 (3)
2020–2021 Porto B 39 (1)
2021–2023 Porto 16 (0)
2021–2022 → Moreirense (loan) 13 (0)
2023– FC Zürich 36 (1)
International career‡
2016 Portugal U16 9 (3)
2016–2017 Portugal U17 10 (2)
2018 Portugal U18 8 (0)
2018–2019 Portugal U19 3 (0)
2019 Portugal U20 2 (0)
2022 Portugal U21 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 August 2023

Rodrigo Fernandes da Conceição (born 2 January 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back or winger for Swiss Super League club FC Zürich.

Club career

Benfica

Born in Lisbon, 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 match away to Paços de Ferreira, as a substitute for the last 15 minutes of a 1–0 loss in place of Florentino Luís.[1]

Conceição scored his first senior goal on 3 November 2019, opening a 3–1 home loss to Chaves.[2]

Porto

On 27 August 2020, having left Benfica, Conceição signed a three-year deal for Porto, being again assigned to the reserve team.[3] He played 30 times in his first season, scoring to conclude a 4–0 win at Mafra on 29 March 2021 after assisting two other goals.[4] On 22 May, in the last game of the campaign, he was sent off in a 2–1 loss at his previous team and suspended for two games.[5]

Conceição was loaned to Primeira Liga club Moreirense for the season on 22 July 2021.[6] 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 three minutes later for telling the fourth official 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.[7]

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.[8] A week later, he made his first start in a 1–1 draw at Estoril.[9] In April 2023, he dropped back into the B-team.[10]

At the end of the 2022–23 season, after having participated in the club's victorious Taça da Liga and Taça de Portugal campaigns, Conceição left Porto upon expiration of his contract.[11]

FC Zürich

On 17 August 2023, Conceição signed for Swiss Super League club FC Zürich.[12] Three months later, he extended his contract with the side until 2027.[13]

International career

Conceição earned 34 caps 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 in Vila Real de Santo António; he scored the equaliser and his team won on penalties.[14] On 3 April, he scored both goals of a win against Switzerland in Póvoa de Varzim as his team finished a local tournament with a 100% record.[15] On 7 September 2018, he was sent off in the under-19 team's 1–0 friendly win away to Italy.[16] He made his debut for the under-21 side in a 9–0 win against Liechtenstein in Vaduz on 7 June 2022.[17]

Personal life

Conceição is the second of five sons born to Portuguese international footballer Sérgio Conceição. All of the first four embarked on football careers, including one also named Sérgio and Francisco.[18]

Career statistics

As of match played 12 November 2023[19]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Benfica B 2018–19 LigaPro 4 0 — — — — 4 0
2019–20 LigaPro 20 3 — — — — 20 3
Total 24 3 — — — — 24 3
Porto B 2020–21 Liga Portugal 2 30 1 — — — — 30 1
2022–23 Liga Portugal 2 9 0 — — — — 9 0
Total 39 1 — — — — 39 1
Porto 2022–23 Primeira Liga 16 0 3 0 4 0 2[a] 0 0 0 25 0
Moreirense (loan) 2021–22 Primeira Liga 13 0 1 0 0 0 — 2[b] 0 16 0
FC Zürich 2023–24 Swiss Super League 10 0 3 0 — — — 13 0
Career total 102 4 7 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 117 4
  1. ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  2. ^ Appearances in Primeira Liga relegation play-offs

Honours

See also

References

  1. ^ "Paços de Ferreira vence Benfica B por 1–0 e consolida liderança da II Liga" [Paços de Ferreira defeat Benfica B 1–0 and consolidate lead of II Liga]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 3 November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Benfica B-Chaves, 1-3: Transmontanos regressam aos triunfos" [Benfica B-Chaves, 1-3: Team from Tras-os-Montes return to winning ways]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Rodrigo Conceição (ex-Benfica) assinou pelo FC Porto: "Uma alegria juntar-me a esta nação"" [Rodrigo Conceição (ex-Benfica) signed for FC Porto: "A great joy for me to join this nation"]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. ^ "FC Porto B goleia Mafra com "reforços" e Rodrigo Conceição em destaque" [FC Porto B thrash Mafra with "additions" and Rodrigo Conceição the highlight]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 29 March 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Rodrigo Conceição suspenso por dois jogos após expulsão com o Benfica B" [Rodrigo Conceição suspended for two games after sending-off against Benfica B]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  6. ^ "OFICIAL: Rodrigo Conceição é reforço do Moreirense" [OFFICIAL: Rodrigo Conceição is Moreirense addition] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  7. ^ ""Abre os olhos": A expressão que valeu um vermelho direto a Rodrigo Conceição" ["Open your eyes": The expression that was worth a straight red for Rodrigo Conceição] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  8. ^ "FC Porto vence Desp. Chaves e isola-se provisoriamente no segundo lugar" [FC Porto defeat Desp. Chaves and make second place their own for now]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 10 September 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  9. ^ "O onze do FC Porto para o jogo com o Estoril: Rodrigo Conceição titular e Pepe nem no banco" [FC Porto's XI for the game with Estoril: Rodrigo Conceição starter and Pepe not even on the bench] (in Portuguese). 17 September 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  10. ^ "Rodrigo Conceição, David Carmo, Gonçalo Borges e Veron titulares no FC Porto B" [Rodrigo Conceição, David Carmo, Gonçalo Borges and Veron starters for FC Porto B]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 April 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  11. ^ Monteiro, Bruno Filipe (6 June 2023). "Rodrigo Conceição termina contrato com o FC Porto e equaciona o futuro" [Rodrigo Conceição ends contract with FC Porto and measures up the future]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  12. ^ "RODRIGO CONCEIÇÃO WECHSELT ZUM FC ZÜRICH" [RODRIGO CONCEIÇÃO IS MOVING TO FC ZURICH]. www.fcz.ch (in German). 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  13. ^ "Krasniqi, Conceição und Kostadinovic verlängern ihre verträge beim FCZ" [Krasniqi, Conceição and Kostadinovic extend their contracts with FCZ] (in German). FC Zürich. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  14. ^ "Portugal vence Alemanha nas grandes penalidades" [Portugal defeat Germany on penalties]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 February 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Portugal faz pleno de vitórias no Porto" [Portugal win every game in Porto]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  16. ^ "La Nazionale Under 19 perde 1-0 la prima delle due amichevoli con il Portogallo" [Under-19 National Team lose 1-0 in the first of two friendlies with Portugal] (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Portugal goleia Liechtenstein" [Portugal routs Liechtenstein] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  18. ^ Tovar, Rui Miguel; Torres, Carlos (16 May 2019). "Sabe onde jogam os quatro filhos de Sérgio Conceição?" [Do you now where Sérgio Conceição's four sons play?]. Sábado (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  19. ^ "Portugal - Rodrigo Conceição - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 July 2023.