Rodrigão (footballer, born 1995)
Brazilian footballer
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Rodrigo de Souza Prado (born 11 September 1995), simply known as Rodrigão, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serbian SuperLiga club Red Star Belgrade.
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Rodrigão with Red Star Belgrade in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rodrigo de Souza Prado | ||
| Date of birth | 11 September 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Brasília, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Red Star Belgrade | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2015 | Atlético Mineiro | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Atlético Mineiro | 3 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Caldense (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2016 | → Coimbra (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2018 | → Boa Esporte (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Ferroviária (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2019–2021 | Gil Vicente | 47 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | Sochi | 26 | (2) |
| 2022–2024 | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 40 | (2) |
| 2025– | Red Star Belgrade | 24 | (3) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 30 August 2026 | |||
Club career
A graduate of the Atlético Mineiro club, he signed his first professional contract with the same club. Early in his adult career, he played on loan for the clubs Caldense, Coimbra, Boa Esporte, and Ferroviária in the lower leagues of Brazil and at the state championship level. In 2017, he played 3 incomplete matches for the main squad of Atlético Mineiro in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. He played his debut match in the top division on August 8, 2017, against Avaí.[2]
In the summer of 2019, he moved to the Primeira Liga club in Portugal, Gil Vicente, where he spent two seasons, playing 47 matches and scoring 3 goals in the league, as well as participating in 6 cup matches.
On 1 July 2021, he signed with Russian Premier League club PFC Sochi.[3] He scored a goal in his debut official match for the club on July 22, 2021, in the UEFA Europa Conference League against the club Shamakhi,[4] This goal also became the first in the club's history in European competitions.[5]
On 7 July 2022, Rodrigão signed with Russian champions Zenit Saint Petersburg on a three-year contract with an option to extend.[6] On 28 February 2025, Zenit announced that they reached an agreement for the early termination of Rodrigão's contract.[7]
Career statistics
- As of match played 27 August 2026[8]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Caldense | 2016 | Série D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Atlético Mineiro | 2017 | Série A | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Boa Esporte | 2018 | Série B | 13 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Ferroviária | 2019 | Série D | — | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Gil Vicente | 2019–20 | Primeira Liga | 17 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 19 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | Primeira Liga | 30 | 1 | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 3 | ||
| Sochi | 2021–22 | Russian Premier League | 26 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | 4[b] | 1 | — | 31 | 3 | ||
| Zenit St. Petersburg | 2022–23 | Russian Premier League | 22 | 1 | — | 4 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | |||
| 2023–24 | Russian Premier League | 16 | 1 | — | 7 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 1 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Russian Premier League | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Total | 40 | 2 | — | 15 | 0 | — | 1 | 1 | 56 | 3 | ||||
| Red Star Belgrade | 2025–26 | Serbian SuperLiga | 22 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 11[d] | 0 | — | 36 | 4 | ||
| 2026–27 | Serbian SuperLiga | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1[e] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Total | 23 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | — | 38 | 4 | ||||
| Career total | 153 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 195 | 12 | ||
- Appearances in Taça da Liga
- Appearances in the UEFA Europa Conference League
- Appearance in Russian Premier League
- Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
- One appearance in UEFA Europa League
Honours
- Zenit St. Petersburg
- Russian Premier League: 2022–23,[9] 2023–24[10]
- Russian Cup: 2023–24[11]
- Russian Super Cup: 2022, 2024[12]
Red Star
Individual
- Russian Premier League Centre-back of the Season: 2021–22[13]