.png) Rodrigo at the 2019South American Beach Games. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rodrigo Soares da Costa | ||
| Date of birth | (1993-08-16)16 August 1993 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014– | Brazil BS | 120 | (170) |
| ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 January 2024 | |||
Rodrigo Soares da Costa (born 16 August 1993), better known simply asRodrigo, is aBrazilianbeach soccer player who plays as aforward. He won the2017,2024 and2025 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup representingBrazil and claimed the Golden Ball award at the last competition;[1] he has also appeared at three other World Cups (2015,2019,2021).[2] Rodrigo now sits inside the top ten of Brazil's all-time top scorers.[3]
Rodrigo is considered one of the world's top players, as recognised at multipleBeach Soccer Stars awards ceremonies.
Rodrigo grew up playing casual beach soccer onCopacabana beach. He joined his first competitive club, Botafogo, in 2011, aged 18. Three years later in 2014, aged 21, Rodrgio was called up to theBrazilian national team for the first time and was subsequently picked for the2015 World Cup squad.[4]
He particularly came to prominence in 2016, aged 23, when he won MVP awards in theRussian Superleague andEuro Winners Cup, and won the Rising Star commendation at theBeach Soccer Stars awards ceremony.[4] The next year, he inspired Brazil to their2017 World Cup victory in theBahamas, winning the Silver Shoe (second highest scorer) award with nine goals.[5]
In 2017, Rodrigo also joined top Russian club,Kristall. As of 2023, he has scored 251 goals in 176 games for the club in all competitions.[6]
He cemented his place as one of the world's best players when he was named as one of the world's top three players and part of the team of the year at the 2019Beach Soccer Stars ceremony.[4] At the2021 World Cup, Rodrigo made his 100th appearance for Brazil in the group stage loss toSwitzerland.[7]
Note:Some of the sources of these statisticsmay have counted an appearance when the player was actually an unused substitute.
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The following is a selection, not an exhaustive list, of the major honours Rodrigo has achieved:[2][4]
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