Rodrigo José Galatto or simply Galatto (born 10 April 1983) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a

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Career

In Brazil

Born in

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, ; , ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian Federative units of Brazil, state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, 11th-most p ...

, Galatto started his youth career with Grêmio. He made his first team debut in a

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in a 2–0 away win against

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, on 15 May 2005. Galatto became famous the match known as Batalha dos Aflitos. On 26 November 2005, Nautico and Grêmio was on a match that would guarantee one club in the

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. In stoppage time (90+14), the goalkeeper saved a penalty kick and led his team to the

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. Even with four players sent off, Grêmio also scored a goal with Anderson (90+16). In 2008 Galatto transferred to

Atlético Paranaense Club Athletico Paranaense (abbreviated CAP, commonly known as Athletico Paranaense and up to 2019 known as Atlético Paranaense) is a Brazilian football team from the city of Curitiba, capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, founded o ...

. He quickly became part of the main team and for one-a-half season earned 58 appearances playing in the

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. With the club Galatto became a champion of

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in 2009 and played at

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Litex Lovech

On 22 January 2010, Galatto was loaned for one year to Bulgarian side

Litex Lovech FC Lovech (; formerly Litex Lovech) is a Bulgarian professional association football, football club based in Lovech, that competes in the Second Professional Football League (Bulgaria), Second League. The club was founded in 1921 as Hisarya Spor ...

. He made his debut in the

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in a match against

Lokomotiv Mezdra FC Lokomotiv Mezdra (ФК Локомотив Мездра) was a Bulgarian football club from the town of Mezdra, which last played in the A RFG Vratsa, the fourth tier of Bulgarian football. The club's home ground was the Lokomotiv Stadium i ...

, on 26 February 2010.

Málaga

On 6 August 2010, Galatto was snapped by

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for a fee of €1.2 million. After passing his medical, he signed a three-year contract with the Andalusians.El portero brasileño Galatto pasa examen médico previo a firmar por el Málaga
He made his debut on 12 September 2010 in a match against

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. However, after the departure of

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in November, Galatto found himself seemed into surplus under the new coach

Manuel Pellegrini Manuel Luis Pellegrini Ripamonti (; ; born 16 September 1953) is a Chilean professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Football player, player who is the head coach of Real Betis. As a coach, he has managed clubs in S ...

and after the signing of Sergio Asenjo, the Brazilian had to start looking for a new club. On 15 June 2011, he was released from his contract with Málaga.

After retirement

Galatto ran for federal deputy in Brazil 2018 election, but was not elected

Honours

;Grêmio *

: 2005 *

Campeonato Gaúcho The Campeonato Gaúcho (English: Gaúcho Championship), officially named as Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Série A and commonly known as the Gauchão or the Gauchão Ipiranga (company), Ipiranga for sponsorship reasons, is the top-flight profess ...

: 2006, 2007 ;Atlético Paranaense *

: 2009 ;Litex Lovech *

Bulgarian A PFG The First Professional Football League (), commonly known as Parva Liga or Bulgarian First League (currently known as the efbet League for sponsorship reasons), is a professional association football league in Bulgaria and the highest level of t ...

2009–2010 ;CRB *

Campeonato Alagoano The Campeonato Alagoano is the top-flight professional state football league in the Brazilian state of Alagoas Alagoas () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region, Brazil, North ...

: 2013

References

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