João Rodrigo Explained

João Rodrigo
Fullname:João Rodrigo Silva Santos
Height:1.81 m
Birth Date:8 November 1977
Death Place:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Position:Forward
Years1:1996–2005
Caps1:101
Goals1:30
Years2:1998–1999
Clubs2:Olimpia (loan)
Years3:1999
Clubs3:Nacional-SP (loan)
Years4:2000
Clubs4:Atlético Sorocaba (loan)
Years5:2003
Clubs5:Öster (loan)
Caps5:6
Goals5:1
Years6:2004–2005
Years7:2005
Years8:2005
Years9:2006–2007
Years10:2008
Years11:2008–2009
Years12:2009
Years13:2009
Years14:2010
Years15:2013

João Rodrigo Silva Santos (8 November 1977 –), known as just João Rodrigo, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.[1]

Career

João Rodrigo played for Brazilian clubs Bangu, Madureira, Duque de Caxias, Remo, Volta Redonda, Tigres, Duque de Caxias, Olaria, Botafogo (DF) and Bonsucesso.[2] He also spent a short time in Honduras with Olimpia.[3] In 2003, he played briefly for Swedish club Öster, where he played six matches and scored one goal in Allsvenskan.[4] [5]

Death

João Rodrigo was murdered by suspected drug traffickers on 29 October 2013, aged 35, in Rio de Janeiro. He did not return home that night. When his wife opened the door on her way to work the next morning, she found his severed head on the step of their front and, according to the police, inside a backpack. His eyes and tongue had been gouged out, according to Brazilian media reports.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.bangu.net/informacao/porondeanda/81-jrodrigo.php JOÃO RODRIGO, ex-jogador do Bangu
  2. http://www.footballdatabase.eu/football.joueurs..joao-rodrigo.215292.en.html Football : João Rodrigo
  3. http://www.lancenet.com.br/minuto/Ex-jogador-Zona-Oeste-Rio-Janeiro_0_1019898062.html Ex-jogador de futebol é assassinado na Zona Oeste do Rio de Janeiro
  4. https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/person/?playerid=3722 João Rodrigo – statistics
  5. http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/article17748669.ab Förre Öster-spelaren hittad halshuggen
  6. Web site: Former Brazilian footballer's head left on his doorstep . Darlington . Shasta . Shoichet . Catherine E. . 31 October 2014 . cnn.com . 3 November 2013.