João Rodrigo Silva Santos

João Rodrigo Silva Santos (8 November 1977 – c. 29 October 2013) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.[2]

João Rodrigo
Personal information
Full name João Rodrigo Silva Santos
Date of birth (1977-11-08)8 November 1977
Date of death c. 29 October 2013(2013-10-29) (aged 35)
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2005 Bangu 101 (30)
1998–1999 → Olimpia (loan)
1999 → Nacional-SP (loan)
2000 → Atlético Sorocaba (loan)
2003 → Öster (loan) 6 (1)
2004–2005 Madureira
2005 Remo
2005 Volta Redonda
2006–2007 Boavista
2008 Tigres do Brasil
2008–2009 Duque de Caxias
2009 Olaria
2009 Botafogo-DF
2010 Bonsucesso
2013 Sampaio Corrêa-RJ
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Commonly known as João Rodrigo, he played for Brazilian clubs Bangu, Madureira, Duque de Caxias, Remo, Volta Redonda, Tigres, Duque de Caxias, Olaria, Botafogo (DF) and Bonsucesso.[3] He also spent a short time in Honduras with Olimpia.[4] In 2003, he played briefly for Swedish club Öster, where he played six matches and scored one goal in Allsvenskan.[5][6]

Death

João Rodrigo was murdered by suspected drug traffickers on 29 October 2013, aged 35, in Rio de Janeiro. He did not return home that night. When his wife opened the door on her way to work the next morning, she found his severed head on the step of their front and, according to the police, inside a backpack. His eyes and tongue had been gouged out, according to Brazilian media reports.[1]

See also

References
  1. Darlington, Shasta; Shoichet, Catherine E. (31 October 2014). "Former Brazilian footballer's head left on his doorstep". cnn.com. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  2. JOÃO RODRIGO, ex-jogador do Bangu (in Portuguese)
  3. Football : João Rodrigo
  4. Ex-jogador de futebol é assassinado na Zona Oeste do Rio de Janeiro Archived 1 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  5. João Rodrigo – statistics, svenskfotboll.se (in Swedish)
  6. Förre Öster-spelaren hittad halshuggen, Aftonbladet (29 October 2013) (in Swedish)
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