Rodrigo Conceição

Rodrigo Fernandes da Conceição (born 2 January 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or right-back for Moreirense on loan from Porto.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Fernandes and the second or paternal family name is Conceição.
Rodrigo Conceição
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Fernandes da Conceição
Date of birth (2000-01-02) 2 January 2000
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger, right-back
Club information
Current team
 Moreirense (on loan from Porto)
Number 2
Youth career
2011–2012 Belenenses
2013 Imortal
2012–2013 Olhanense
2013–2014 Anadia
2014–2015 Boavista
2015–2019 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Benfica B 24 (3)
2020–2021 Porto B 30 (1)
2021– Porto 0 (0)
2021– → Moreirense (loan) 3 (0)
National team‡
2016 Portugal U16 9 (3)
2016–2017 Portugal U17 10 (2)
2018 Portugal U18 8 (0)
2018–2019 Portugal U19 3 (0)
2019 Portugal U20 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 October 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 October 2019

Club career

Born in Porto, Conceição passed through several youth teams before joining Benfica in 2015, aged 15. On 3 November 2018, he made his professional debut with the reserves in a 2018–19 LigaPro match against Paços de Ferreira], as a substitute for the last 15 minutes.[1]

Conceição scored his first senior goal on 3 November 2019, opening a 3–1 home loss to Chaves.[2]

On 27 August 2020, having left Benfica, Conceição signed a three-year deal for Porto, being again assigned to the reserve team.[3]

On 22 July 2021, he joined Moreirense on a season-long loan.[4]

Personal life

Conceição is the second of five sons born to Portuguese international footballer Sérgio Conceição. All of the first four embarked on football careers, including one also named Sérgio and Francisco.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Paços de Ferreira vence Benfica B por 1–0 e consolida liderança da II Liga" [Paços de Ferreira defeat Benfica B 1–0 and consolidate lead of II Liga]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 3 November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  2. "Benfica B-Chaves, 1-3: Transmontanos regressam aos triunfos" [Benfica B-Chaves, 1-3: Team from Tras-os-Montes return to winning ways]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. "Rodrigo Conceição (ex-Benfica) assinou pelo FC Porto: "Uma alegria juntar-me a esta nação"" [Rodrigo Conceição (ex-Benfica) signed for FC Porto: "A great joy for me to join this nation"]. Record (in Portuguese). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
  4. "RODRIGO CONCEIÇÃO É REFORÇO DO MOREIRENSE" (in Portuguese). Moreirense. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  5. Tovar, Rui Miguel; Torres, Carlos (16 May 2019). "Sabe onde jogam os quatro filhos de Sérgio Conceição?" [Do you now where Sérgio Conceição's four sons play?]. Sábado (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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