 Ely playing forMilan in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rodrigo Ely | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-11-03)3 November 1993 (age 31) | ||
| Place of birth | Lajeado, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Grêmio | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Grêmio | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | →Reggina (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | →Varese (loan) | 37 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Avellino | 30 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Milan | 3 | (0) |
| 2017 | →Alavés (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2017–2021 | Alavés | 69 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Almería | 48 | (3) |
| 2023– | Grêmio | 22 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Italy U19 | 7 | (0) |
| 2012 | Italy U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Brazil U23 | 3[citation needed] | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 June 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2017 | |||
Rodrigo Ely (born 3 November 1993) is a Brazilian professionalfootballer who plays as acentral defender forGrêmio.
Rodrigo Ely is a youth product of Brazilian club,Grêmio, and joinedMilan in 2012. He spent two years with the youth side before subsequent loan spells with several low tier Italian clubs.
On 24 July 2012, Ely joinedReggina on a season-long loan. On 16 July 2013, AC Milan confirmed that they had reached an agreement for the season-long loan of Ely toVarese.
On 21 July 2014, Ely joinedAvellino on a free transfer.[2][3]
After impressive performances with Avellino in the 2014–15 season, Milan decided to bring him back to San Siro on 10 June 2015, where he signed new contract which will keep him at the club until 30 June 2019.[4] Despite Ely being a free agent, Milan also paid an unknown party a €8 million fee.[5][6]
He made his firstSerie A game of the2015–16 season with Milan, in a 2–0 defeat againstFiorentina, where he received two yellow cards, thus getting sent off.[7]
On 30 January 2017, Ely joinedLa Liga clubDeportivo Alavés on loan for the remainder of the season.[8] He made his debut for the club on 11 March, replacingIbai Gómez in a 2–1 away win againstMálaga CF.
On 17 April 2017, Ely scored his first goal in the main category, netting his team's second in a 2–1 home win againstVillarreal CF. On 21 July, he signed a permanent four-year deal with theBasque side.[9]
On 2 September 2021, Ely signed a one-year deal withEFL Championship sideNottingham Forest as a free transfer.[10] On 31 January 2022, it was announced that Forest and Ely had mutually agreed to terminate his contract at the club, without him having made an appearance.[11]
On 7 March 2022,free agent Ely signed a three-month contract withUD Almería back in Spain, with an option for a further two years.[12]
On 1 August 2023, Ely agreed to a two-and-a-half-year contract with his first club Grêmio, pending on medical examinations.[13]
Ely played for Italy atUnder-19 andUnder-20,[14] but was called up byAlexandre Gallo to be a part of his BrazilUnder-23 squad, which was preparing to compete atRio 2016.[15]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Reggina (loan) | 2012–13 | Serie B | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | ||
| Varese (loan) | 2013–14 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Avellino | 2014–15 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Milan | 2015–16 | Serie A | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Alavés (loan) | 2016–17 | La Liga | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 1 | ||
| Alavés | 2017–18 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 1 | |||
| 2018–19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 2 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 79 | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 85 | 5 | ||||
| Almería | 2021–22 | Segunda División | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 3 | ||
| 2022–23 | La Liga | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 36 | 0 | |||
| Total | 48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 48 | 3 | ||||
| Grêmio | 2023 | Série A | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||
| 2024 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8[c] | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| Total | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
| Career Total | 246 | 10 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 281 | 10 | ||
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