Rodrigo Oliveira dos Santos (born 18 September 2000), known as Rodrigo Santos or just Rodrigo, is a Brazilian

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who plays as a

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for

Fortaleza Fortaleza ( ; ; ) is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeastern Brazil. It is Brazil's 4th largest city—Fortaleza surpassed Salvador, Bahia, Salvador in 2022 census with a population of slightly over 2.4 mi ...

Career

Born in

Vitória da Conquista Vitória da Conquista is a municipality in Bahia, Brazil, that has a population of approximately 370,879 people as of 2022, according to the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics). It is the third largest city in the state of Bahia ...

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, Rodrigo played for

as a youth, before returning to hometown club

in 2020. In 2021, he was loaned to Barcelona de Ilhéus, and helped the club to win the Campeonato Baiano Segunda Divisão. On 6 April 2022, Grêmio Prudente announced the signing of Rodrigo. He achieved two consecutive promotions with the club, the first one as champions, before signing for

Maringá Maringá () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in southern Brazil founded on 10 May 1947 as a planned urban area. It is the third largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná, with 385,753 inhabitants in the city proper, and 76 ...

on 30 November 2023. On 3 September 2024, after helping Maringá in their promotion from the Série D, Rodrigo was loaned to Série B side

Avaí Avaí is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 5,436 (2020 est.) in an area of 540 km2. Media In telecommunications, the city was served by Companhia Telefônica Brasileira until 1973, when it began to be serve ...

until the end of the year. Back to ''Dogão'' for the 2025 campaign, he was a regular starter in the 2025 Campeonato Paranaense as the club reached the finals. On 11 April 2025, Rodrigo signed a three-and-a-half-year deal with

in the Série A, as the club paid R$ 4 million for 60% of his economic rights.

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