association football musician

Moreno and the second or paternal family name is Machado. In this portuguese name, the first base or enate class name isand the second or paternal syndicate mention is Rodrigo Moreno Machado ( spanish pronunciation : [ roˈðɾiɣo moˈɾeno maˈtʃaðo ] ; born 6 March 1991 ), known as Rodrigo, is a professional football player who plays as a striker or winger for Premier League cabaret Leeds United and the Spain national team.

He started his career with Real Madrid, appearing entirely for its reserve teams. In 2010 he signed with Benfica with whom he won four titles, most notably the domestic triple in the 2013–14 season. He then spent six years at Valencia, scoring 59 goals in 220 games and winning the Copa del Rey in 2019. In 2020, he joined Leeds United. Born in Brazil, Rodrigo represented Spain at youth level, and in 2013 he won the european championship with the under-21 team. The be class, he earned his first crown for the senior side, appearing for them at the 2018 World Cup .

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Rodrigo moved to Spain in his early teens, settling in Galicia and started playing organised football with RC Celta de Vigo. In 2009, aged 18, he moved to Real Madrid to complete his development. [ 4 ] lone a few weeks after arriving, Rodrigo started playing as a senior with the C team. shortly after, he was promoted to Real Madrid Castilla in Segunda División B, making his debut with the latter on 29 November 2009 in a 4–3 away win against UD Lanzarote ( 29 minutes played ). [ 5 ]

Benfica [edit ]

On 31 July 2010, Rodrigo signed a five-year contract with S.L. Benfica for a report fee of €6 million. substantial Madrid had an option to re-buy the player for €12 million during the following two seasons ; however, after Fábio Coentrão ‘s transfer to the spanish club, both parties agreed to cancel the redemption clause. [ 6 ] The following calendar month, Rodrigo joined Bolton Wanderers of the Premier League on a season -long loan. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] He made his official introduction in a League Cup regular at Burnley on 21 September, starting in a 0–1 away loss. [ 9 ] Rodrigo first gear appeared in the league for Bolton on 23 October 2010, coming on as a substitute for Lee Chung-yong midway through the moment half of a 1–1 away draw with Wigan Athletic. [ 10 ] On 5 January 2011, against the same adversary, he scored his only goal of the campaign, with the game ending with the lapp consequence. [ 11 ]
Rodrigo lining up for Benfica in 2012 Returning to Benfica for 2011–12, Rodrigo played 38 competitive matches in his first year and scored 16 goals, including the opener in the season ‘s Taça district attorney Liga final against Gil Vicente FC, which his team won for the one-fourth class in a row ( 2–1 ). [ 12 ] On 2 January 2013, he combined with Óscar Cardozo for five goals in a 6–0 home get the better of of C.D. Aves in the fifth round of the Taça de Portugal. [ 13 ] On 31 January 2014, Benfica ( and Benfica Stars Fund ) sold 100 % of Rodrigo ‘s economic rights to a private company, Meriton Capital Limited, owned by Peter Lim, for €30 million, plus another likely €10 million on performance-related bonuses [ 14 ] – he remained with them until the end of the campaign. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] On 10 April he scored a brace in a 2–0 family win against AZ Alkmaar in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Europa League, which took the hosts through to the last-four stage 3–0 on aggregate. [ 17 ] Rodrigo scored Benfica ‘s first goal in a 2–0 final examination victory over Rio Ave F.C. in the league cup, and was subsequently voted Player of the match as the Lisbon side won the rival for the fifth time in seven years. [ 18 ] On 14 May he had his penalty gunfight attack saved by Sevilla FC ‘s Beto, in an eventual Europa League final examination passing ; [ 19 ] [ 20 ] in full, he contributed 18 goals in 43 appearances across all competitions [ 21 ] to win an unprecedented treble of Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and League Cup. [ 22 ] [ 23 ]

valencia [edit ]

Rodrigo in April 2015, ahead of Valencia ‘s bowler hat against Levante On 23 July 2014, Rodrigo moved back to Spain, after agreeing to a one-season loanword softwood with Valencia CF. [ 24 ] Although his economic rights were owned by Lim, a lend was arranged to take him and André Gomes to Valencia due to Lim ‘s buy of the latter baseball club. [ 25 ] Rodrigo made his debut for the Che on 23 August 2014, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–1 away draw against Sevilla. [ 26 ] He scored his first La Liga finish on 22 September, netting the last of a 3–0 aside win over Getafe CF through a punishment, but was former sent off ; [ 27 ] he was dismissed the following 30 May for striking Rayo Vallecano ‘s Toño, and banned for three games by the Royal Spanish Football Federation. [ 28 ] On 15 June 2015, Benfica and Valencia announced they had reached an agreement on Rodrigo ‘s federative rights, and he signed a four-year compress with the latter until 30 June 2019, for a report tip of €30 million. [ 29 ] [ 30 ] After control returns in his beginning three seasons at the Mestalla Stadium, he scored a career-best 16 goals ( 19 in all competitions ) in 2017–18 as the Marcelino García Toral -led team qualified for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League ; [ 31 ] in late November 2017, he was rewarded with a new hand through 2022 with a report release article of €120 million. [ 32 ] On 29 January 2019, Rodrigo scored a second-half hat-trick – including two goals in injury time – as the hosts defeated Getafe 3–1 in the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey, winning the tie 3–2 on aggregate. [ 33 ] He besides scored in the decisive match, a 2–1 defeat of FC Barcelona at the Estadio Benito Villamarín. [ 34 ]

On 17 September 2019, Rodrigo scored the merely goal of the match in the first Champions League group stagecoach regular, providing Valencia ‘s first always win against Chelsea in the club ‘s history. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] [ 37 ] On 10 December, he repeated the feat in a 1–0 away win over AFC Ajax to reach the smasher phase. [ 38 ]

Leeds United [edit ]

On 29 August 2020, Leeds United announced the sign of Rodrigo on a four-year deal for a club-record fee of £27 million ( €30 million ). [ 39 ] [ 40 ] He made his Premier League debut for them in the foremost match of the season against reigning champions Liverpool on 12 September, coming on as a substitute in the 4–3 frustration at Anfield. [ 41 ] Four days late, he made his first start in a 1–1 draw with League One side Hull City in the EFL Cup ( penalty gunfight loss ). [ 42 ] Rodrigo scored his first goal on 3 October 2020, in a 1–1 home league reap against Manchester City. [ 43 ] Having missed several games through a breakwater injury at the begin of 2021, [ 44 ] he was used meagerly by Marcelo Bielsa upon his fall before hitting solid kind at the end of the campaign, scoring his beginning brace for the club on 15 May in a 4–0 away victory over Burnley. [ 45 ] He finished his first base class with seven goals, four of them coming in the final four fixtures. [ 46 ]

International career [edit ]

Rodrigo competed for Spain internationally, starting with the under-19s which he helped to the second position in the 2010 UEFA European Championship by netting two goals, including one in the final examination against France. He then appeared in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup, helping the national team to the quarter-finals with his three goals. Rodrigo made his debut for the spanish under-21 english on 1 September 2011, scoring three times in Georgia in the 2013 european Championship qualifiers ( 7–2 rout ). [ 47 ] On 21 March 2013, in a friendly against Norway, he scored his thirteenth goal in the category to help to the 5–2 victory in Toledo, thus becoming the highest goal scorer after surpassing Óscar García ‘s record which had stood since 1992. [ 48 ] Rodrigo was included in Spain ‘s team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, [ 49 ] appearing in two games in an eventual group stage exit in London. On 3 October 2014, he was one of 23 players selected by Vicente del Bosque for UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Slovakia and Luxembourg, [ 50 ] making his introduction in the latter game by replacing Diego Costa in the 82nd minute and assisting the fourth and last goal for Juan Bernat. [ 51 ] On 6 October 2017, closely three years after his first ceiling, Rodrigo marked his second by starting and scoring the first finish in a 3–0 home get the better of of Albania in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, in Alicante. [ 52 ] He was then included in the squad for the finals in Russia, [ 53 ] making his debut in the contest on 20 June when he replaced Costa for the final minute of the 1–0 group stage acquire against Iran. [ 54 ]

personal life sentence [edit ]

Rodrigo moved to Spain at a young old age when his father, brazilian football player Adalberto, opened a football school in Vigo alongside 1994 FIFA World Cup winner Mazinho. He is a lifelong friend of the latter ‘s sons Thiago Alcântara and Rafinha, who were raised in footballing terms at FC Barcelona and besides represented Spain and Brazil respectively, and was mistakenly reported to be their cousin. [ 55 ] [ 56 ]

career statistics [edit ]

clubhouse [edit ]

As of match played 2 October 2021[57][58]

International [edit ]

As of match played 14 November 2021[59]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

Spain

2014
1
0

2017
2
1

2018
12
3

2019
7
4

2020
3
0

2021
2
0

Total
27
8

As of match played 13 October 2020. Spain score listed first, score column indicates score after each Rodrigo goal.[59]

Honours [edit ]

Benfica
Valencia
Spain U19
Spain U21
Individual

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