| Rodrigão | |
| Fullname: | Rodrigo Gomes dos Santos |
| Birth Date: | 13 October 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Belmonte, Brazil |
| Position: | Striker |
| Years1: | 2013–2015 |
| Caps1: | 26 |
| Goals1: | 8 |
| Years2: | 2015 |
| Caps2: | 5 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2015–2016 |
| Caps3: | 23 |
| Goals3: | 16 |
| Years4: | 2016–2022 |
| Caps4: | 32 |
| Goals4: | 8 |
| Years5: | 2017 |
| Clubs5: | → Bahia (loan) |
| Caps5: | 14 |
| Goals5: | 5 |
| Years6: | 2018 |
| Clubs6: | → Avaí (loan) |
| Caps6: | 29 |
| Goals6: | 8 |
| Years7: | 2019 |
| Clubs7: | → Coritiba (loan) |
| Caps7: | 42 |
| Goals7: | 21 |
| Years8: | 2020 |
| Clubs8: | → Ceará (loan) |
| Caps8: | 5 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Years9: | 2020–2021 |
| Clubs9: | → Avaí (loan) |
| Caps9: | 6 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2021 |
| Clubs10: | → Ponte Preta (loan) |
| Caps10: | 25 |
| Goals10: | 5 |
| Years11: | 2022 |
| Caps11: | 10 |
| Goals11: | 2 |
| Years12: | 2022 |
| Caps12: | 7 |
| Goals12: | 1 |
| Years13: | 2023 |
| Caps13: | 0 |
| Goals13: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 16:06, 19 October 2023 (UTC) |
Rodrigo Gomes dos Santos (born 13 October 1993), commonly known as Rodrigão (pronounced as /pt-BR/), is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a striker.
Born in Belmonte, Bahia,[1] Rodrigão joined Democrata-GV in late 2013, after impressing on a trial basis.[2] He made his debut for the club in the following year, in Campeonato Mineiro Módulo II. In March 2015 he moved to Boa Esporte.
Rodrigão made his professional debut on 8 May 2015, starting in a 0–1 away loss against Atlético Goianiense for the Série B championship.[3] On 9 June, after appearing in only five games, he was released.[4]
On 19 June 2015 Rodrigão joined Campinense in Série D.[5] On 12 July he scored a brace in a 2–0 home win against Globo, and added a hat-trick in a 3–1 win against Coruripe on 16 August.[6]
Rodrigão started the 2016 season with a match-winning goal in a 2–1 Campeonato Paraibano home success over CSP on 30 January.[7] He also scored two further hat-tricks in the following month, against Esporte de Patos (7–1 home win)[8] and Imperatriz (3–0 away win).[9]
On 19 March 2016 Rodrigão agreed to a pre-contract with Série A club Santos, with the deal being effective on 1 June.[10] He signed a five-year contract with the club on 30 May, being immediately included in the first team squad.[11]
Rodrigão made his Peixe – and Série A – debut on 22 June 2016, starting and scoring his team's first in a 4–2 away win against Fluminense; he also provided the assist for Luiz Felipe's fourth goal.[12] He added his second goal four days later, the second in a 3–0 home success over São Paulo.[13]
Rodrigão acted mainly as a backup to Ricardo Oliveira during the rest of the year, and scored only league three goals. He started the 2017 campaign by scoring a double in a 6–2 Campeonato Paulista home routing of Linense, as Oliveira was still recuperating from mumps.[14]
On 7 July 2017, after struggling with injuries and being demoted to third-choice after the arrival of Kayke, Rodrigão was loaned to fellow top tier club Bahia until the end of the season.[15]
Back to Santos, Rodrigão began the 2018 season as a starter under new manager Jair Ventura. On 9 April of that year, after losing competition to new signings Eduardo Sasha and Gabriel, he was loaned to Série B side Avaí until December.[16]
On 6 February 2019, Rodrigão was presented at Coritiba still in the second division, after agreeing to a one-year loan deal.[17] On 30 December, after helping with 13 league goals as his side achieved promotion, he joined Ceará in the top tier, on loan for one year.[18]
In November 2020, after falling down the pecking order, Rodrigão left Ceará and returned to his former side Avaí, also in a temporary deal.[19] He also featured rarely at his new side, and moved to Ponte Preta on loan on 8 June 2021.[20]
In February 2022, Rodrigão terminated his contract with Santos and joined Sport Recife on a short-term deal.[21]
| Club | Season | League | State League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Democrata-GV | 2014 | Mineiro Módulo II | — | 16 | 7 | — | — | — | 16 | 7 | |||||
| 2015 | Mineiro | — | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||||||
| Subtotal | 0 | 0 | 26 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 8 | |||
| Boa Esporte | 2015 | Série B | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Campinense | 2015 | Série D | 8 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 5 | |||||
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | — | — | 12[22] | 9 | 26 | 18 | |||||
| Subtotal | 8 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 34 | 23 | |||
| Santos | 2016 | Série A | 15 | 3 | — | 4 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 4 | ||||
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 | 3 | ||||
| 2018 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| Subtotal | 17 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 8 | ||||
| Bahia (loan) | 2017 | Série A | 14 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 5 | |||||
| Avaí (loan) | 2018 | Série B | 27 | 7 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 29 | 8 | ||||
| Coritiba (loan) | 2019 | Série B | 33 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 42 | 21 | |||
| Ceará (loan) | 2020 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Avaí (loan) | 2020 | Série B | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||||
| Ponte Preta (loan) | 2021 | Série B | 25 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 5 | |||||
| Sport Recife | 2022 | Série B | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Vitória | 2022 | Série C | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||||
| Cascavel | 2023 | Série D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 144 | 39 | 68 | 30 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 239 | 82 | |||