Roberto Rodrigo

Roberto Porfírio Maximiano Rodrigo (born 28 November 1988), known simply as Roberto, is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a forward for G.D. Chaves.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Maximiano and the second or paternal family name is Rodrigo.
Roberto
Personal information
Full name Roberto Porfírio Maximiano Rodrigo
Date of birth (1988-11-28) 28 November 1988
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Chaves
Youth career
1999–2005 Bairro do Falcão
2005–2007 Porto
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Porto B 1 (0)
2007–2008 São Pedro Cova
2008 Operário 9 (2)
2008–2009 Oliveira Douro 21 (12)
2009–2011 Tirsense 56 (28)
2011–2012 Naval 41 (6)
2013–2014 Arouca 37 (9)
2014 Tosno 0 (0)
2014–2017 Arouca 40 (8)
2016–2017 → Moreirense (loan) 22 (4)
2017–2018 Salernitana 0 (0)
2017–2018 → Arouca (loan) 31 (9)
2018–2020 Estoril 48 (25)
2020– Chaves
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 February 2020

Mainly associated with Arouca whom he represented in three spells, he played 88 Primeira Liga games and scored 18 goals, also for Moreirense. In LigaPro, he surpassed 125 games and 40 goals, for four teams.

Football career

Born in Porto, Roberto arrived at FC Porto at the age of 16 and made one half-hour substitute appearance for their reserves in the third tier on 7 May 2006, a goalless draw against S.C. Espinho. He carried on playing no higher than that level, for several clubs. After a breakthrough 2010–11 in which he scored 19 goals for F.C. Tirsense, he signed a four-year deal with Associação Naval 1º de Maio of the Segunda Liga.[1]

After terminating his contract with Naval due to lack of payment at the end of 2012, Roberto moved across the second tier the following January to join F.C. Arouca.[2] He contributed three goals in eleven games as they earned a first-ever promotion to the Primeira Liga, as runners-up to C.F. Os Belenenses, followed by six more in the top flight.

In July 2014, Roberto moved abroad to FC Tosno in the Russian First Division but did not play, returning a month later to Arouca on a three-year deal.[3] He contributed six goals as the team stayed up again, including two in a 3–3 home draw with C.D. Nacional on 8 February 2015.[4]

Roberto was loaned to fellow top-tier club Moreirense F.C. in July 2016.[5] He played four games of their Taça da Liga winning campaign, scoring twice on 29 December in a 3–3 home draw with Belenenses.[6]

In the summer of 2017 Roberto moved abroad again to U.S. Salernitana 1919 of Italy's Serie B but again returned immediately to Arouca, this time on loan.[7] He scored nine times in this spell, including a brace on 17 February in a 3–1 win at S.C. Braga B.[8]

Roberto cancelled his Salernitana contract after his year in Arouca, signing for G.D. Estoril Praia for two years.[9] His first season as a Canary was the most prolific of his professional career with 13 goals in 26 games, fourth best in the league; he followed this with 12 in 22 in his second year, including a first professional hat-trick on 3 November 2019 in a 3–1 home win over Académico de Viseu FC.[10]

On 7 July 2020, Rodrigo signed a one-year contract with G.D. Chaves.[11]

Honours

Moreirense

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References
  1. "Roberto (ex-Tirsense) contratado por quatro temporadas" [Roberto (ex-Tirsense) signed for four seasons] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  2. Marques, Paulo (15 January 2013). "Avançado Roberto (ex-Naval) assina pelo Arouca" [Striker Roberto (ex-Naval) signs for Arouca]. As Beiras (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. "Roberto em Arouca para esquecer a Rússia" [Roberto in Arouca to forget about Russia]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 27 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  4. "Arouca e Nacional empatam a três golos" [Arouca and Nacional draw three-each]. Tribuna da Madeira (in Portuguese). 8 February 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  5. "Oficial: Arouca empresta Roberto ao Moreirense" [Official: Arouca loan Roberto to Moreirense] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  6. "Os seis golos do emocionante Moreirense-Belenenses" [The six goals of the exciting Moreirense-Belenenses game]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 29 December 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  7. "Roberto regressa ao Arouca, por empréstimo do Salernitana" [Roberto returns to Arouca, on loan from Salernitana] (in Portuguese). 30 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  8. "II Liga: Arouca vence em Braga com bis de Roberto" [II Liga: Arouca win in Braga with brace from Roberto] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  9. "Salernitana. Ufficiale, Roberto Rodrigo passa all'Estoril" [Salernitana. Official, Roberto Rodrigo goes to Estoril] (in Italian). Sport Campania. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  10. "Estoril-Ac. Viseu, 3-1: Hat-trick de Roberto garante três pontos" [Estoril-Ac. Viseu, 3-1: Hat-trick from Roberto guarantees three points]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 November 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  11. "Roberto, ex-Estoril, é reforço do Desportivo de Chaves" [Roberto, ex-Estoril, is addition to Desportivo de Chaves] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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