Rodrigo Conceição

Rodrigo Fernandes da Conceição (born 2 January 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for FC Porto B as a forward.

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 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
Porto B
Youth career
2011–2012 Belenenses
2013 Imortal
2012–2013 Olhanense
2013–2014 Anadia
2014–2015 Boavista
2015 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2020 Benfica B 24 (3)
2020– Porto B 7 (0)
National team
2016 Portugal U16 9 (3)
2016–2017 Portugal U17 10 (2)
2018 Portugal U18 8 (0)
2019– Portugal U19 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2 September 2019

Club career

Born in Porto, Conceição passed through several youth teams before joining S.L. Benfica in 2015, aged 15. On 3 November 2018, he made his professional debut with the reserves in a 2018–19 LigaPro match against F.C. 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 G.D. Chaves.[2]

On 27 August 2019, having left Benfica, Conceição signed a three-year deal for FC Porto, being again assigned to the reserve team.[3]

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.[4]

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. 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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