Rodrigo Muniz Carvalho (born 4 May 2001) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Middlesbrough, on loan from Fulham.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Rodrigo Muniz Carvalho | ||
| Date of birth | (2001-05-04) 4 May 2001 (age 21) | ||
| Place of birth | São Domingos do Prata, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team |
Middlesbrough (on loan from Fulham) | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2016–2018 | Desportivo Brasil | ||
| 2018–2020 | Flamengo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2021 | Flamengo | 29 | (9) |
| 2020 | → Coritiba (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2021– | Fulham | 25 | (5) |
| 2022– | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 4 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 September 2022 (UTC) | |||
Born in São Domingos do Prata, Muniz started his career with Desportivo Brasil, who he played for between 2016 and 2018.[2]
On 13 October 2020 Muniz moved to Coritiba on loan until the end of the 2020 season.[3] But after only six appearances and one goal for Coritiba he was asked to return to Flamengo.[4]
On 13 August 2021, Muniz traveled to Spain for a fourteen day quarantine before going to England to sign with Fulham. On the same day Flamengo and Fulham reached an agreement for a €8m transfer fee with the Brazilian club keeping 20% of a future transfer.[5] Both clubs officially announced the transfer on 20 August 2021.[6] He scored his first goal for Fulham in a 2-1 loss to Reading on 18 September 2021.[7]
On 21 August 2022, Muniz signed for Championship club Middlesbrough on a season-long loan.[8] He scored his first goal for the club in a 2-1 loss against Watford on 30 August 2022.[9]
| Club | Season | League | State League[lower-alpha 1] | Cup[lower-alpha 2] | League Cup[lower-alpha 3] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Flamengo | 2020 | Série A | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | |||
| 2021 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 25 | 9 | ||||
| Total | 13 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 32 | 10 | ||||
| Coritiba (loan) | 2020 | Série A | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | |||||
| Fulham | 2021–22 | Championship | 25 | 5 | — | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 5 | |||
| Middlesbrough (loan) | 2022–23 | Championship | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 48 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 18 | ||
Flamengo
Fulham
Middlesbrough F.C. – current squad | |
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