Gustavo Rodrigues

{{short description|Brazilian handball player (born 1995)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Gustavo Rodrigues

| fullname = Gustavo Cesar Rodrigues

| image = Creteil - Cherbourg, match amical, 24 août 2017 - 27.jpg

| caption = Rodrigues in 2017

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|4|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil

| height = 1.90 m

| position = Right back

| currentclub = Chambéry Savoie Handball

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 2012-2015

| clubs1 = EC Pinheiros

| years2 = 2015–2017

| clubs2 = FC Porto

| years3 = 2017–2019

| clubs3 = US Créteil Handball

| years4 = 2019–2021

| clubs4 = Pontault-Combault Handball

| years5 = 2021–

| clubs5 = Chambéry Savoie Handball

| nationalyears1 = 2006-

| nationalteam1 = Brazil

| nationalcaps1 = 54

| nationalgoals1 = 135

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Santiago|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|South and Central American Championship}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Brazil|}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Argentina|}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Brazil|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Junior Championship}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Brazil|}}

}}

Gustavo Cesar Rodrigues (born 9 April 1995) is a Brazilian handball player for Chambéry Savoie Handball{{cite web |title=Gustavo Rodrigues découvrira la Lidl Starligue à Chambéry |url=https://www.lnh.fr/lnh/news/2021-03-25/gustavo-rodrigues-decouvrira-lidl-starligue-chambery |website=www.lnh.fr |access-date=30 June 2021 |language=fr |date=2021-03-25}} and the Brazilian national team.{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/player/564011|title=Gustavo Cesar Rodrigues |website=eurohandball.com |accessdate=27 January 2019}}

He represented Brazil at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.{{cite web|url=https://competition.ihf.info/sites/default/files/competitions/226654de-f6a5-40ac-bc6c-bfdbfd5f8b28/pdf/BRA.PDF |title=26th Men's World Championship 2019 – Brazil |website=competition.ihf.info |accessdate=27 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.brasilhandebol.com.br/noticias_detalhes.asp?id=33730&moda=001&area=&ip=|title=Brasil estreia no Gjensidige Cup|date=3 January 2019|work=brasilhandebol.com|access-date=9 April 2019|archive-date=14 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114210437/http://www.brasilhandebol.com.br/noticias_detalhes.asp?id=33730&moda=001&area=&ip=|url-status=dead}}

In 2025 he was part of the Brazilian team that reached the quarterfinal of the World Championship for the first time, knocking out Sweden, Norway and Spain. They lost the quarterfinal to Denmark.{{cite web |url=https://www.ihf.info/media-center/news/magnificent-brazil-win-against-another-european-opponent-fairytale-extended|title=Magnificent Brazil win against another European opponent, with fairytale extended|publisher=IHF|date=26 January 2025|accessdate=29 January 2025}}