brazilian football player
Coquette and the second or paternal family name is Russo. In this portuguese name, the foremost or enate class name isand the second or paternal syndicate name is Rodrigo Caio Coquette Russo ( natural 17 August 1993 ), known as Rodrigo Caio, is a football player who plays as a central defender for Flamengo and the Brazil national team .

Club career [edit ]

São Paulo [edit ]

Rodrigo Caio playing for São Paulo in 2017.

Born in Dracena, São Paulo, Rodrigo Caio is a product of São Paulo FC ‘s academy and started his career as a defensive midfielder. In 2012, in a 3–2 gain against Santos FC in the State League, he played as right back, with the duty of marking Neymar. After the game, Caio was praised by press for his achiever in holding down the santista ahead. He executed the movimento do escorpião ( In English, Scorpion Movement ), a well known move in indoor soccer, to prevent some dribbles and shots from Neymar. [ 1 ] In 2013, with Paulo Miranda and Edson Silva injured, Caio started playing as a center second. After estimable performances, he was praised by coach Paulo Autuori who highlighted his contribution to São Paulo ‘s defense. Caio continued to perform so good that Antônio Carlos, hired by the club in the in-between of the Brazilian League season, was largely confined to the substitute ‘s terrace. [ 2 ] On 2 August 2014, Caio damaged his anterior cruciate ligament, going on to miss a promote several months. [ 3 ] He returned to the field on 16 March 2015. On 12 June 2015, it was reported that Caio signed a five-year contract with La Liga side Valencia CF, for a € 12.5 million fee plus four million more in add-ons. [ 4 ] On 29 June 2015, the transfer to Valencia collapsed after the actor failed two medicals. [ 5 ]

Flamengo [edit ]

On 29 December 2018, Caio joined Flamengo on a contract running until 2023. [ 6 ] Flamengo agreed to pay € 5 million for 45 % of his economic rights from São Paulo, the transfer includes an accomplishment clause in the following two years that allows the leverage of 30 % of his rights for another € 2 million. [ 7 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of 29 October 2021.[8]
Club Season League State League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
São Paulo 2011 Série A 8 0 — — — — 8 0
2012 7 0 9[a] 0 3 0 1[b] 0 — 20 0
2013 36 3 11[a] 1 0 0 8[c] 0 3[d] 0 58 4
2014 8 0 13[a] 1 4 0 — — 25 1
2015 24 1 4[a] 0 5 0 3[e] 0 — 36 1
2016 20 1 12[a] 2 1 0 13[e] 0 — 46 4
2017 33 0 11[a] 1 6 0 2[b] 0 — 52 1
2018 6 0 10[a] 1 6 1 1[b] 0 — 23 2
Total 142 5 70 6 25 1 28 0 3 0 268 13
Flamengo 2019 Série A 29 2 12[f] 1 4 0 12[e] 1 2[g] 0 59 4
2020 20 0 7[f] 0 0 0 3[e] 0 2[h] 0 32 0
2021 14 0 4[f] 0 4 0 4[e] 1 1[i] 0 27 1
Total 63 2 23 1 8 0 19 2 5 0 118 5
Career Total 205 7 93 7 33 1 47 2 8 0 386 17

International [edit ]

As of 13 October 2020.[8]
Brazil
Year Apps Goals
2016 1 0
2017 3 0
2020 1 0
Total 5 0

Honours [edit ]

cabaret [edit ]

São Paulo
Flamengo

International [edit ]

Brazil
Brazil U20

individual [edit ]

References [edit ]