Rodrigo Farofa

Rodrigo Antônio Rodrigues (born 21 April 2000), known as Rodrigo Farofa^[1] or just Rodrigo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Operário Ferroviário. Mainly a forward, he can also play as an attacking midfielder.

Rodrigo Farofa

Personal information
Full name	Rodrigo Antônio Rodrigues
Date of birth	(2000-04-21) 21 April 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth	São Carlos, Brazil
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Operário Ferroviário
Youth career
2013–2015	Multi Esporte
2015–2018	Novorizontino
2017	→ Palmeiras (loan)
2018–2019	Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	Novorizontino	3	(0)
2019–2023	Real Madrid B	6	(0)
2020–2022	→ Talavera (loan)	49	(11)
2022–2023	→ Valencia B (loan)	25	(5)
2023–2024	Valencia B	20	(2)
2024–	Operário Ferroviário	0	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:44, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Club career

Novorizontino

Born in São Carlos, São Paulo, Rodrigo Farofa is a Grêmio Novorizontino youth graduate. He joined the club in 2015 and was promoted to the under-20 squad ahead of the 2017 season, and impressed during the year's Copa São Paulo de Futebol Júnior. On 25 January of that year, he was promoted to the main squad.^[2]

On 29 March 2017, Rodrigo Farofa made his professional debut starting and providing the assist for Henrique's goal in a 3–1 away loss against Santos.^[3]

In August 2017, Rodrigo Farofa joined Palmeiras on loan and played at the La Comunidad de Madrid under-17 tournament, scoring five goals in four matches.

Real Madrid

On 13 September 2017, Spanish newspaper Marca announced that Real Madrid had reached an agreement for Rodrigo Farofa.^[4] On 30 May 2018, he signed a six-year contract with Real Madrid and joined the U19 team.^[5]

Rodrigo Farofa made his debut for Castilla on 13 January 2019, starting in a 0–0 Segunda División B away draw against UD Las Palmas Atlético.

On 24 September 2020, Rodrigo Farofa joined Segunda División B side Talavera on a season-long loan deal.^[6]

Career statistics

As of 17 December 2022^[7]

Club	Season	League			State League		National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Novorizontino	2017	Paulista	—		2	0	—		—		—		2	0
	2018		—		1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		—		3	0	—		—		—		3	0
Real Madrid Castilla	2018–19	Segunda División B	2	0	—		—		—		—		2	0
	2019–20		4	0	—		—		—		—		4	0
	Total		6	0	—		—		—		—		6	0
Talavera	2020–21	Segunda División B	19	3	—		0	0	—		0	0	19	3
	2021–22	Primera División RFEF	30	8	—		2	1	—		0	0	32	9
	Total		49	11	—		2	1	—		0	0	51	12
Valencia Mestalla	2022–23	Segunda División RFEF	12	3	—		—		—		0	0	12	3
Career total			67	14	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	72	15

Honours

Club

Operário Ferroviário

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