Rodrigo Corrêa Dantas (born October 20, 1989 in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of the same name, Brazil's List of Brazilian states by population, third-most populous state, and the List of largest citi ...

) is a Brazilian footballer, who currently plays for

Casa Pia :''This article refers to the institution. For the child abuse scandal, see Casa Pia child sexual abuse scandal.'' The Casa Pia is a Portuguese institution founded by Maria I, known as ''A Pia'' ("Mary the Pious"), and organized by Police Inten ...

Career

The

attacking midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

began his career with

Botafogo Botafogo (local/standard alternative Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: ) is a beachfront neighborhood (''bairro'') in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of M ...

, later played on loan for Portuguesa-RJ and América-RN. In March 2011, he joined Swedish club

Västerås SK Fotboll Västerås SK is a Swedish football club based in Västerås. The club was formed on 29 January 1904. Season to season ''* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at Tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a ...

on a loan deal lasting until 31 May 2011.Rodrigo Dantas - Fotbolltransfers.com
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Honors

Taça Rio Taça Rio, or Rio Trophy, is an annual Rio de Janeiro football tournament. It is the second stage competition of the Campeonato Carioca, the state football championship in Rio de Janeiro. It has been organized since 1982 by the Rio de Janeiro S ...

: 2007, 2008 **

Taça Guanabara The Taça Guanabara, or Guanabara Cup, is a football tournament organized annually since 1965 by the Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. In its first four editions (1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968), the Taça Guanabara was a tournament in its o ...

: 2009

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* * 1989 births Living people Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate footballers Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Campeonato de Portugal (league) players Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players Associação Atlética Portuguesa (RJ) players América Futebol Clube (RN) players Västerås SK Fotboll players C.F. Os Belenenses players Varzim S.C. players C.D. Fátima players Esporte Clube São Bento players Maringá Futebol Clube players Macaé Esporte Futebol Clube players Tupi Football Club players Madureira Esporte Clube players Casa Pia A.C. players Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate footballers in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Portugal Association football midfielders Footballers from Rio de Janeiro (city) {{Brazil-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub