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Rodrigo Defendi

{{short description|Brazilian footballer}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Rodrigo Defendi

| fullname =

| height = 1.90 m

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|6|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| position = Centre back

| youthyears1 = 2004 | youthclubs1 = Cruzeiro

| youthyears2 = 2004–2005 | youthclubs2 = Tottenham Hotspur

| years1 = 2005–2007 | clubs1 = Tottenham Hotspur | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2006| clubs2 = → Udinese (loan) | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2006–2007 | clubs3 = → Roma (loan) | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2007–2009 | clubs4 = Avellino | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2010 | clubs5 = Palmeiras B | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2011 | clubs6 = Paraná | caps6 = 14 | goals6 = 1

| years7 = 2011–2012 | clubs7 = Vitória de Guimarães | caps7 = 23 | goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2013 | clubs8 = Botafogo | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2014 | clubs9 = Vitória | caps9 = 1 | goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2014–2015 | clubs10 = Vitória de Guimarães | caps10 = 7 | goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2015 | clubs11 = Shijiazhuang Ever Bright | caps11 = 3 | goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2016–2017 | clubs12 = Maribor | caps12 = 35 | goals12 = 1

| years13 = 2017–2019 | clubs13 = Aves | caps13 = 21 | goals13 = 3

| years14 = 2019–2020 | clubs14 = Estoril | caps14 = 12 | goals14 = 0

| pcupdate = 17 September 2020

| ntupdate =

}}

Rodrigo Defendi (born 16 June 1986) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender.

Club career

Defendi was first spotted as a 16-year-old by the then Tottenham Hotspur Director of Sport Frank Arnesen. He was the first player signed under the Frank Arnesen and Jacques Santini era at Spurs from Cruzeiro for a fee of £600,000 on July 3, 2004, although he had to wait for his passport to arrive in August for the deal to be officially completed. He failed to make a first team appearance for Tottenham but featured in a number of reserve team matches.

He was deemed surplus to requirements by Tottenham Hotspur manager Martin Jol, as he was first allowed to travel back to Brazil to seek a contract with a new club which proved unsuccessful, before he was farmed out on loan to Udinese Calcio in January 2006. He made two league appearances before leaving for A.S. Roma in August 2006, again on loan. He made an appearance in the Champions League and in the Coppa Italia for the capital club, but didn't manage to play a league game in Serie A.

Defendi returned to Tottenham Hotspur from Roma after his loan period ended. On August 9, 2007 Tottenham announced his departure to the Italian Serie B club Avellino on a permanent transfer.

Defendi became a free agent after the bankruptcy of Avellino and returned to Brazil. He joined the Palmeiras reserves in March 2010.

On 18 May 2011, Defendi signed a contract with Portuguese Primeira Liga side Vitória Guimarães.{{cite news|url=http://www.vitoriasc.pt/noticias_detalhe2.php?id_noticia=3001&mod=6|title=Rodrigo Defendi é reforço (VÍDEO)|date=18 May 2011|accessdate=18 November 2011|work=Vitória SC|language=pt}}

On 10 January 2013, after nine years playing in Europe, Defendi was presented by Botafogo, his new side.[http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/noticia/2013/01/botafogo/de-volta-ao-brasil-apos-nove-anos-defendi-e-apresentado-no-botafogo.html De volta ao Brasil após nove anos, Defendi é apresentado no Botafogo]

On 18 February 2015, Defendi signed a two-year contract with Chinese Super League side Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.[http://sports.sohu.com/20150218/n409086173.shtml 石家庄永昌宣布签约巴西后卫 签约两年] at sports.sohu.com 2015-02-18 Retrieved 2015-02-19 {{in lang|zh}}

On 27 January 2016, he signed for Maribor in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.{{cite news | url= http://www.nkmaribor.com/novice/?id=6616 | title = Rodrigo Defendi: Prišel, da bi bil prvak |trans-title=Rodrigo Defendi: I came to be a champion | publisher = NK Maribor official website | date = 27 January 2016 | accessdate = 28 January 2016 | language = sl }}

Career statistics

{{updated|11 August 2019}}{{soccerway|rodrigo-defendi/176223}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

rowspan="2"|Club

!rowspan="2"|Season

!colspan="3"|League

!colspan="2"|State League

!colspan="2"|National Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Continental

!colspan="2"|Other

!colspan="2"|Total

DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Udinese (loan)

|2005–06

|Serie A

|2

0colspan="2"|—20colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—40
Roma (loan)

|2006–07

|Serie A

|0

0colspan="2"|—10colspan="2"|—100020
rowspan="3"|Avellino

|2007–08

|rowspan="2"|Serie B

|1

0colspan="2"|—00colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—10
2008–09

|15

0colspan="2"|—10colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—160
colspan="2"|Total

!16

0colspan="2"|—10colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—170
Paraná

|2011

|Série B

|colspan="2"|—

14141colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—182
rowspan="3"|Vitória de Guimarães

|2011–12

|rowspan="2"|Primeira Liga

|13

1colspan="2"|—00200000151
2012–13

|10

0colspan="2"|—1000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—110
colspan="2"|Total

!23

1colspan="2"|—10200000261
Botafogo

|2013

|Série A

|0

02000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—20
Vitória

|2014

|Série A

|1

08010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—40140
Vitória de Guimarães

|2014–15

|Primeira Liga

|7

0colspan="2"|—1000colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—80
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright

|2015

|Chinese Super League

|3

0colspan="2"|—10colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—40
rowspan="3"|Maribor

|2015–16

|rowspan="2"|Slovenian PrvaLiga

|10

1colspan="2"|—30colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—131
2016–17

|25

0colspan="2"|—50colspan="2"|—40colspan="2"|—340
colspan="2"|Total

!35

1colspan="2"|—80colspan="2"|—40colspan="2"|—471
rowspan="3"|Aves

|2017–18

|rowspan="2"|Primeira Liga

|10

1colspan="2"|—3200colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—133
2018–19

|11

2colspan="2"|—3030colspan="2"|—00172
colspan="2"|Total

!21

3colspan="2"|—6230colspan="2"|—00305
Estoril

|2019–20

|LigaPro

|1

0colspan="2"|—0010colspan="2"|—colspan="2"|—20
colspan="3"|Career total

!109

52412636050401749

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Honours

;Roma

;Vitória de Guimarães

;Botafogo

;Maribor

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{TuttoCalciatori|Defendi_Rodrigo}}
  • {{Soccerway|rodrigo-defendi/176223}}
  • {{ForaDeJogo}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Defendi, Rodrigo}}

Category:Living people

Category:1986 births

Category:Footballers from Ribeirão Preto

Category:Brazilian men's footballers

Category:Men's association football defenders

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Category:Chinese Super League players

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Category:21st-century Brazilian sportsmen