João Rodrigo

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

João Rodrigo Silva Santos (8 November 1977 – c. 29 October 2013), known as just João Rodrigo, was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.^[2]

João Rodrigo

Personal information
Full name	João Rodrigo Silva Santos
Date of birth	(1977-11-08)8 November 1977
Date of death	c. 29 October 2013(2013-10-29) (aged 35)
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–2005	Bangu	101	(30)
1998–1999	→ Olimpia (loan)
1999	→ Nacional-SP (loan)
2000	→ Atlético Sorocaba (loan)
2003	→ Öster (loan)	6	(1)
2004–2005	Madureira
2005	Remo
2005	Volta Redonda
2006–2007	Boavista
2008	Tigres do Brasil
2008–2009	Duque de Caxias
2009	Olaria
2009	Botafogo-DF
2010	Bonsucesso
2013	Sampaio Corrêa-RJ
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

João Rodrigo played for Brazilian clubs Bangu, Madureira, Duque de Caxias, Remo, Volta Redonda, Tigres, Duque de Caxias, Olaria, Botafogo (DF) and Bonsucesso.^{[citation needed]} He also spent a short time in Honduras with Olimpia.^[3] In 2003, he played briefly for Swedish club Öster, where he played six matches and scored one goal in Allsvenskan.^[4][5]

Death

João Rodrigo was murdered by suspected drug traffickers on 29 October 2013, aged 35, in Rio de Janeiro. He did not return home that night. When his wife opened the door on her way to work the next morning, she found his severed head on the step of their front and, according to the police, inside a backpack. His eyes and tongue had been gouged out, according to Brazilian media reports.^[1]

See also

• Death of Otávio Jordão da Silva
• List of solved missing person cases
• List of unsolved murders