Rodrygo

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Silva and the second or paternal family name is de Goes.

Rodrygo
Rodrygo playing for Real Madrid in 2023
Personal information
Full name Rodrygo Silva de Goes[1]
Date of birth (2001-01-09) 9 January 2001 (age 23)[2]
Place of birth Osasco, Brazil
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Right winger, Forward
Team information
Current team
 Real Madrid
Number 11
Youth career
2011–2017 Santos
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2019 Santos 63 (13)
2019– Real Madrid 153 (29)
2019 Real Madrid B 3 (2)
International career‡
2017–2018 Brazil U17 4 (3)
2018–2019 Brazil U20 10 (3)
2019–2021 Brazil U23 5 (1)
2019– Brazil 31 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:04, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:05, 15 October 2024 (UTC)

Rodrygo Silva de Goes (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁoˈdɾiɡu ˈsiwvɐ dʒi ˈɡɔjs];[4] born 9 January 2001), better known as Rodrygo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right winger or forward for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Brazil national team.

Rodrygo began his career with Santos, where he played 80 games and scored 17 goals before a €45 million transfer to Real Madrid in 2019. At international level, he made his senior debut for Brazil in 2019, aged only 18.

Rodrygo Goes made his senior debut for the Brazilian national team on Nov 7, 2019. Rodrygo represented his national team at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, where they reached the quarter-finals. Rodrygo was passed the iconic number 10 shirt in the Brazil national team.[5]

  1. ^ "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 – Squad list: Brazil (BRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 4. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Inspiração em Neymar e pai jogador: conheça Rodrygo, nova joia do Santos" [Inspiration in Neymar and father footballer: know Rodrygo, new pearl of Santos] (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. 16 August 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Real Madrid profile". Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  4. ^ "How to pronounce Rodrygo Goes". Forvo. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  5. ^ Brennan, Feargal (26 March 2023). "Rodrygo Goes 'honoured' to wear Pele's Brazil No.10". Football España. Retrieved 13 July 2024.