Rodrigo Conceição

Rodrigo Fernandes da Conceição (born 2 January 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward.

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Fernandes and the second or paternal family name is Conceição.
Rodrigo Conceição
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Fernandes da Conceição
Date of birth (2000-01-02) 2 January 2000
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
2011–2012 Belenenses
2013 Imortal
2012–2013 Olhanense
2013–2014 Anadia
2014–2015 Boavista
2015– Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Benfica B 17 (3)
National team‡
2016 Portugal U16 9 (3)
2016–2017 Portugal U17 10 (2)
2018 Portugal U18 8 (0)
2019– Portugal U19 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 September 2019

Club career

Born in Porto, Conceição passed through several youth teams before joining S.L. Benfica in 2015, aged 15. On 3 November 2018, he made his professional debut with the reserves in a 2018–19 LigaPro match against F.C. Paços de Ferreira, as a substitute for the last 15 minutes.[1]

Conceição scored his first senior goal on 3 November 2019, opening a 3–1 home loss to G.D. Chaves.[2]

Personal life

Conceição is the second of five sons born to Portuguese international footballer Sérgio Conceição. All of the first four embarked on football careers, including one also named Sérgio.[3]

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See also

References
  1. "Paços de Ferreira vence Benfica B por 1–0 e consolida liderança da II Liga" [Paços de Ferreira defeat Benfica B 1–0 and consolidate lead of II Liga]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 3 November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  2. "Benfica B-Chaves, 1-3: Transmontanos regressam aos triunfos" [Benfica B-Chaves, 1-3: Team from Tras-os-Montes return to winning ways]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. Tovar, Rui Miguel; Torres, Carlos (16 May 2019). "Sabe onde jogam os quatro filhos de Sérgio Conceição?" [Do you now where Sérgio Conceição's four sons play?]. Sábado (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 November 2019.


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