João Rodrigo Silva Santos

João Rodrigo
Personal information
Full name João Rodrigo Silva Santos
Date of birth (1977-11-08)8 November 1977
Date of death c. 29 October 2013(2013-10-29) (aged 35)
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–2005 Bangu 101 (30)
1998–1999Club Deportivo Olimpia (loan)
1999Nacional-SP (loan)
2000Atlético Sorocaba (loan)
2003Öster (loan) 6 (1)
2004–2005 Madureira
2005 Remo
2005 Voltaço
2006–2007 Boavista Saquarema
2008 Tigres do Brasil
2008–2009 Duque de Caxias
2009 Olaria
2009 Botafogo DF
2010 Bonsucesso

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

João Rodrigo Silva Santos (8 November 1977 – c. 29 October 2013) was a Brazilian footballer.[1]

Career

Commonly known as João Rodrigo, he played for Brazilian clubs Bangu, Madureira, Duque de Caxias, Remo, Volta Redonda, Tigres, Duque de Caxias, Olaria, Botafogo (DF) and Bonsucesso.[2] He also spent a short time in Honduras with Olimpia.[3] In 2003, he played briefly for Swedish club Öster, where he played six matches and scored one goal in Allsvenskan.[4][5]

Death

João Rodrigo Silva Santos was murdered by suspected drug traffickers on 29 October 2013, aged 35, in Rio de Janeiro.

João Rodrigo Silva Santos didn't come home that night. When his wife opened the door on her way to work the next morning, she found his severed head on their front step. The head was inside a backpack, police said. Santos' eyes and tongue had been gouged out, according to Brazilian media reports.[6]

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