Rodrigo Fernandes da Conceição (born 2 January 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or right-back for Porto.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rodrigo Fernandes da Conceição | ||
Date of birth | (2000-01-02) 2 January 2000 (age 22) | ||
Place of birth | Porto, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger, right-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Porto | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2012 | Belenenses | ||
2013 | Imortal | ||
2012–2013 | Olhanense | ||
2013–2014 | Anadia | ||
2014–2015 | Boavista | ||
2015–2019 | Benfica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2020 | Benfica B | 24 | (3) |
2020–2021 | Porto B | 30 | (1) |
2021– | Porto | 0 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Moreirense (loan) | 10 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2016 | Portugal U16 | 9 | (3) |
2016–2017 | Portugal U17 | 10 | (2) |
2018 | Portugal U18 | 8 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Portugal U19 | 3 | (0) |
2019 | Portugal U20 | 2 | (0) |
2022– | Portugal U21 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 March 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:07, 13 June 2022 (UTC) |
Born in Porto, Conceição passed through several youth teams before joining Benfica in 2015, aged 15. On 3 November 2018, he made his professional debut with the reserves in a 2018–19 LigaPro match away to Paços de Ferreira, as a substitute for the last 15 minutes of a 1–0 loss in place of Florentino Luís.[1]
Conceição scored his first senior goal on 3 November 2019, opening a 3–1 home loss to Chaves.[2]
On 27 August 2020, having left Benfica, Conceição signed a three-year deal for Porto, being again assigned to the reserve team.[3] He played 30 times in his first season, scoring to conclude a 4–0 win at Mafra on 29 March 2021 after assisting two other goals.[4] On 22 May, in the last game of the campaign, he was sent off in a 2–1 loss at his previous team and suspended for two games.[5]
Conceição was loaned to Primeira Liga club Moreirense for the season on 22 July 2021.[6] He made his top-flight debut on 15 August in a 2–2 draw at Santa Clara, in which he came on in the 73rd minute for Rúben Ramos and received a red card three minutes later for telling the fourth official to open his eyes; he was banned for a game and fined €842, while maintaining that he was victimised for being from the Conceição family.[7]
Conceição earned 34 caps for Portugal at youth level, scoring five goals. His first appearance was on 4 February 2016 in the under-16 team's 3–3 draw with Germany in Vila Real de Santo António; he scored the equaliser and his team won on penalties.[8] On 3 April, he scored both goals of a win against Switzerland in Póvoa de Varzim as his team finished a local tournament with a 100% record.[9] On 7 September 2018, he was sent off in the under-19 team's 1–0 friendly win away to Italy.[10] He made his debut for the under-21 side in a 9–0 win against Liechtenstein in Vaduz on 7 June 2022.[11]
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 and Francisco.[12]
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