Rodrigo Farofa

Rodrigo Farofa
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)

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.

Club career

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]

Career statistics

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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Real Madrid sign 17-year-old Brazilian prospect Rodrigo". Marca. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Real Madrid sign young Brazilian forward Rodrigo". Reuters. 30 May 2018. Archived from the original on 25 July 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  6. ^ @CFTalavera_ (24 September 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.
  7. ^ Rodrigo at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 March 2017.