Garry Rodrigues

Garry Mendes Rodrigues (born 27 November 1990) is a Dutch-born Cape Verdean footballer who plays as a winger for Saudi Club Al-Ittihad .

This name uses Portuguese naming customs: the first or maternal family name is Mendes and the second or paternal family name is Rodrigues.
Garry Rodrigues
Rodrigues playing for Cape Verde in 2013
Personal information
Full name Garry Mendes Rodrigues
Date of birth (1990-11-27) 27 November 1990
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Al-Ittihad
Number 10
Youth career
2004–2007 Feyenoord
2007–2009 Real SC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2010 XerxesDZB 15 (2)
2011 Rostocker FC 0 (0)
2011–2012 Boshuizen 12 (1)
2012–2013 ADO Den Haag 0 (0)
2012–2013 → Dordrecht (loan) 20 (5)
2013–2014 Levski Sofia 36 (14)
2014–2015 Elche 41 (3)
2015–2017 PAOK 38 (9)
2017–2019 Galatasaray 61 (13)
2019-2020 Al-Ittihad 11 (1)
2019–2020 → Fenerbahçe (loan) 26 (4)
2020– Al-Ittihad 8 (4)
National team‡
2013– Cape Verde 26 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 September 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2018

He formerly played for PAOK, Elche CF, XerxesDZB, FC Boshuizen, ADO Den Haag, Dordrecht, Levski Sofia and Galatasaray.[1]

Born in the Netherlands, in February 2013, Rodrigues announced that he would like to play for Cape Verde,[2] and made his debut in August 2013.[3] He represented the nation at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

He is a cousin of Jerson Cabral.

Career

As a youth player Rodrigues played for Feyenoord and Portuguese Real Sport Clube.[4]

Rodrigues joined Eredivisie club ADO Den Haag from amateur FC Boshuizen on 16 May 2012, signing a 1+1 years contract.[5] In July, he was loaned out to Eerste Divisie club Dordrecht. Rodrigues made his league debut in a 1–1 away draw against Emmen on 10 August, playing the full 90 minutes.[6]

Levski Sofia

On 11 February 2013, Rodrigues signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Bulgarian club Levski Sofia.[7] He made his debut away at Chernomorets Burgas in a 2–0 win on 3 March. On 13 March, he scored his first goal for Levski in the 22nd minute of a Bulgarian Cup quarter-final first leg tie against Litex Lovech.[8] On 20 April, in a 2–1 away victory over Litex, Rodrigues netted his first league goal and assisted Hristo Yovov.[9]

On 21 July 2013, Rodrigues opened the scoring in Levski's first match of the 2013–14 A PFG season against Botev Plovdiv, but was subsequently sent off after an altercation with Veselin Minev.[10]

During the first half of the 2013–14 season Rodrigues scored 14 goals in total helping Levski Sofia to overcome several teams and progress to the 3rd place in the league ranking. He also scored a penalty in the 7-6 win after penalties against CSKA Sofia in a Bulgarian Cup Eternal Derby third round tie, eventually helping the team to reach the quarter-finals of the competition. The strong overall performance led to the interest of several European clubs. In January 2014, West Ham United sent an offer to Levski for a trial, but Rodrigues refused it, stating that he would only negotiate with a team which is guaranteed to offer him a contract.[11]

Elche

On 27 January 2014, Rodrigues signed with Elche CF on a six-month loan through Promoesport (an investment fund linked to Gimnàstic de Tarragona), with a buyout clause.[12][13] He made his La Liga debut on 1 March, coming on as a second-half substitute in the 1–0 home win over Celta de Vigo,[14] and scored his first goal in the category on 3 May, netting the game's only in an away success against Málaga CF.[15]

In the 2014 summer Rodrigues signed a four-year deal with the Valencian club, after his buyout clause was activated.[16] On 31 July 2015 he rescinded his link.[17]

PAOK

On 4 August 2015, Rodrigues signed a three years' contract with PAOK for an undisclosed fee.[18] On 23 September 2015, in a home derby game against AEK Athens he scored his first goal in Greek Super League. On 11 January 2016, PAOK turned down Al-Ahli Saudi FC's offer in the region of €1.7 million for Garry Rodrigues.[19] He finished the season with 7 goals being the third scorer of the club. On 24 November 2016 in UEFA Europa League group stage away match against ACF Fiorentina in the dying seconds Rodrigues storms downfield, cuts in from the left and fires into the roof of the net, giving his club an incredible 3-2 win.[20]

Galatasaray

On 9 January 2017, PAOK officially announced the transfer of Garry Rodrigues to Galatasaray for a fee of €3.7m. The transfer has been announced, thanks to the contribution of the 27-year-old player for so long.[21] He is contracted to Galatasaray until the summer of 2021.

Al-Ittihad

On 6 January 2019, Rodrigues joined Al-Ittihad of Saudi Arabia for a fee of €9m.[22]

Fenerbahçe

On 13 July 2019, Fenerbahçe announced the signing of Rodrigues on loan for 2 years from Al-Ittihad.[23]

International career

Rodrigues received his first international call-up in August 2013 to play friendly match against Gabon on the 14th of that month.[24] He substituted Djaniny at halftime.[3] On 30 December 2013, Rodrigues appeared as a starter in the 1–4 loss against Catalonia in a friendly match, assisting his team's goal that was scored by Djaniny.[25] On 6 September 2014 he scored his first international goal in a 3–1 away win over Niger in Cape Verde's successful qualification for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations. Rodrigues was included in their squad for the finals in Equatorial Guinea, but due to competition from Kuca, Djaniny and Júlio Tavares he played only in the goalless draw with Zambia, which confirmed their elimination from Group B.[26]

International goals
Scores and results list Cape Verde's goal tally first.[27]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.6 September 2014Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey, Niger Niger1–03–12015 African Cup of Nations qualification
2.13 June 2015Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia, Cape Verde São Tomé and Príncipe3–07–12017 African Cup of Nations qualification
3.5 September 2017Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa South Africa1–02–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
4.2–0
5.18 November 2019Estádio Nacional de Cabo Verde, Praia, Cape Verde Mozambique1–02–22021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Club
Galatasaray

Individual

References
  1. "Garry Mendes Rodrigues Facts". Footballdatabase.eu.
  2. "Garry Mendes Rodrigues interview". Criolo Sports. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  3. Cape Verde vs. Gabon report (in Portuguese)
  4. "Garry Mendes Rodrigues Career". zerozero.pt.
  5. "Garry Mendes Rodrigues tekent contract bij ADO Den Haag" (in Dutch). groengeelhart.nl. 16 May 2012.
  6. "Emmen 1–1 Dordrecht". groengeelhart.nl. 10 August 2012.
  7. "Гари Родригес подписа с Левски" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 11 February 2013.
  8. "Levski Sofia 1–0 Litex Lovech". soccerway.com. 13 March 2013.
  9. "Левски прекъсна черната серия в Ловеч" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 20 April 2013.
  10. "Феноменален Неделев обърна "Левски", "Ботев" удари "сините" с 2:1" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 21 July 2013.
  11. "Йовов смъмри Родригес, навива го за пробите, холандецът си спечели сърдити погледи от шефовете" (in Bulgarian). topsport.bg. 13 January 2014.
  12. "Levski winger Rodrigues joins Elche". sports.yahoo.com. 27 January 2014.
  13. "Garry Rodrigues viene cedido por parte del Nàstic de Tarragona" [Garry Rodrigues comes on loan from Nàstic de Tarragona] (in Spanish). Elche Diario. 3 February 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  14. "Elche 1-0 Celta Vigo". flashscore.com. 1 March 2014.
  15. "Away-day joy for Elche". Sky Sports. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  16. "Garry Rodrigues deja 'el gordo' en Tarragona" [Garry Rodrigues leaves 'the lottery' in Tarragona] (in Spanish). Diario Franjiverde. 20 December 2014.
  17. "Garry Rodrigues abandona el Elche C.F." [Garry Rodrigues leaves Elche C.F.] (in Spanish). 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 4 August 2015.
  18. "Ανακοίνωσε Ροντρίγκες ο ΠΑΟΚ". www.sport24.gr. 4 August 2015.
  19. "PAOK reject Al-Ahly bid for Garry Rodrigues". www.sdna.gr. 11 January 2016.
  20. "Φιορεντίνα-ΠΑΟΚ 2-3". www.sdna.gr. 24 November 2016.
  21. "PAOK resmen açıkladı: Garry Rodrigues'in Galatasaray'a transferi tamamlandı". www.sabah.com.tr. 9 January 2017.
  22. "Galatasaray'da Garry Rodrigues Al İttihad'a transfer oldu". www.fanatik.com.tr. 6 January 2019.
  23. "Garry Rodrigues Fenerbahçemizde". fenerbahce.org. 13 July 2019.
  24. "Garry estreia-se no regresso de Ryan e Fernando Varela" [Garry debuts in the return of Ryan and Fernando Varela] (in Portuguese). SAPO Desporto. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  25. "Cataluña 4-1 Cabo Verde: Cataluña sentencia a Cabo Verde en tres minutos" (in Spanish). futbol.univision.com. 30 December 2013.
  26. "Cape Verde Islands 1-1 Zambia". BBC Sport. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  27. "Mendes Rodrigues, Garry". National Football Teams. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
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