Rodrigo Conceição
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rodrigo Fernandes da Conceição | ||
Date of birth | 2 January 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right-back, winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FC Zürich | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2012 | Belenenses | ||
2013 | Imortal | ||
2012–2013 | Olhanense | ||
2013–2014 | Anadia | ||
2014–2015 | Boavista | ||
2015–2019 | Benfica | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2020 | Benfica B | 24 | (3) |
2020–2021 | Porto B | 39 | (1) |
2021–2023 | Porto | 16 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Moreirense (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2023– | FC Zürich | 26 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2016 | Portugal U16 | 9 | (3) |
2016–2017 | Portugal U17 | 10 | (2) |
2018 | Portugal U18 | 8 | (0) |
2018–2019 | Portugal U19 | 3 | (0) |
2019 | Portugal U20 | 2 | (0) |
2022 | Portugal U21 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 August 2023 |
Rodrigo Fernandes da Conceição (born 2 January 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a right-back or winger for Swiss Super League club FC Zürich.
Club career
[edit]Benfica
[edit]Born in Lisbon, Conceição passed through several youth teams before joining Benfica in 2015, aged 15. On 3 November 2018, he made his professional debut with the reserves in a 2018–19 LigaPro match away to Paços de Ferreira, as a substitute for the last 15 minutes of a 1–0 loss in place of Florentino Luís.[1]
Conceição scored his first senior goal on 3 November 2019, opening a 3–1 home loss to Chaves.[2]
Porto
[edit]On 27 August 2020, having left Benfica, Conceição signed a three-year deal for Porto, being again assigned to the reserve team.[3] He played 30 times in his first season, scoring to conclude a 4–0 win at Mafra on 29 March 2021 after assisting two other goals.[4] On 22 May, in the last game of the campaign, he was sent off in a 2–1 loss at his previous team and suspended for two games.[5]
Conceição was loaned to Primeira Liga club Moreirense for the season on 22 July 2021.[6] He made his top-flight debut on 15 August in a 2–2 draw at Santa Clara, in which he came on in the 73rd minute for Rúben Ramos and received a red card three minutes later for telling the fourth official to open his eyes; he was banned for a game and fined €842, while maintaining that he was victimised for being from the Conceição family.[7]
On 10 September 2022, Conceição made his first-team debut under his father's management, as an 82nd-minute substitute for Pepê in a 3–0 Primeira Liga home win over Chaves.[8] A week later, he made his first start in a 1–1 draw at Estoril.[9] In April 2023, he dropped back into the B-team.[10]
At the end of the 2022–23 season, after having participated in the club's victorious Taça da Liga and Taça de Portugal campaigns, Conceição left Porto upon expiration of his contract.[11]
FC Zürich
[edit]On 17 August 2023, Conceição signed for Swiss Super League club FC Zürich.[12] Three months later, he extended his contract with the side until 2027.[13]
International career
[edit]Conceição earned 34 caps for Portugal at youth level, scoring five goals. His first appearance was on 4 February 2016 in the under-16 team's 3–3 draw with Germany in Vila Real de Santo António; he scored the equaliser and his team won on penalties.[14] On 3 April, he scored both goals of a win against Switzerland in Póvoa de Varzim as his team finished a local tournament with a 100% record.[15] On 7 September 2018, he was sent off in the under-19 team's 1–0 friendly win away to Italy.[16] He made his debut for the under-21 side in a 9–0 win against Liechtenstein in Vaduz on 7 June 2022.[17]
Personal life
[edit]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 and Francisco.[18]
Career statistics
[edit]As of match played 12 November 2023[19][20]
Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Benfica B | 2018–19 | LigaPro | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
2019–20 | LigaPro | 20 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 20 | 3 | |||||
Total | 24 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 3 | ||||||
Porto B | 2020–21 | Liga Portugal 2 | 30 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 30 | 1 | ||||
2022–23 | Liga Portugal 2 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||||
Total | 39 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 39 | 1 | ||||||
Porto | 2022–23 | Primeira Liga | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
Moreirense (loan) | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[b] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
FC Zürich | 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
Career total | 102 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 4 |
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Appearances in Primeira Liga relegation play-offs
Honours
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "FC Porto B goleia Mafra com "reforços" e Rodrigo Conceição em destaque" [FC Porto B thrash Mafra with "additions" and Rodrigo Conceição the highlight]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 29 March 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Rodrigo Conceição suspenso por dois jogos após expulsão com o Benfica B" [Rodrigo Conceição suspended for two games after sending-off against Benfica B]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "OFICIAL: Rodrigo Conceição é reforço do Moreirense" [OFFICIAL: Rodrigo Conceição is Moreirense addition] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ ""Abre os olhos": A expressão que valeu um vermelho direto a Rodrigo Conceição" ["Open your eyes": The expression that was worth a straight red for Rodrigo Conceição] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "FC Porto vence Desp. Chaves e isola-se provisoriamente no segundo lugar" [FC Porto defeat Desp. Chaves and make second place their own for now]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 10 September 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "O onze do FC Porto para o jogo com o Estoril: Rodrigo Conceição titular e Pepe nem no banco" [FC Porto's XI for the game with Estoril: Rodrigo Conceição starter and Pepe not even on the bench] (in Portuguese). 17 September 2022. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "Rodrigo Conceição, David Carmo, Gonçalo Borges e Veron titulares no FC Porto B" [Rodrigo Conceição, David Carmo, Gonçalo Borges and Veron starters for FC Porto B]. Record (in Portuguese). 16 April 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ Monteiro, Bruno Filipe (6 June 2023). "Rodrigo Conceição termina contrato com o FC Porto e equaciona o futuro" [Rodrigo Conceição ends contract with FC Porto and measures up the future]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "RODRIGO CONCEIÇÃO WECHSELT ZUM FC ZÜRICH" [RODRIGO CONCEIÇÃO IS MOVING TO FC ZURICH]. www.fcz.ch (in German). 17 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
- ^ "Krasniqi, Conceição und Kostadinovic verlängern ihre verträge beim FCZ" [Krasniqi, Conceição and Kostadinovic extend their contracts with FCZ] (in German). FC Zürich. 24 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ "Portugal vence Alemanha nas grandes penalidades" [Portugal defeat Germany on penalties]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 February 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Portugal faz pleno de vitórias no Porto" [Portugal win every game in Porto]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "La Nazionale Under 19 perde 1-0 la prima delle due amichevoli con il Portogallo" [Under-19 National Team lose 1-0 in the first of two friendlies with Portugal] (in Italian). Italian Football Federation. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Portugal goleia Liechtenstein" [Portugal routs Liechtenstein] (in Portuguese). Portuguese Football Federation. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Portugal - Rodrigo Conceição - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". uk.soccerway.com. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
- ^ "Rodrigo Conceição - Stats and titles won - 22/23". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the FC Porto website
- Rodrigo Conceição at ForaDeJogo (archived)
- Rodrigo Conceição at Soccerway
- Rodrigo Conceição national team profile at the Portuguese Football Federation (in Portuguese)
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Lisbon
- Portuguese men's footballers
- Portugal men's youth international footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Men's association football wingers
- C.F. Os Belenenses players
- Imortal D.C. players
- S.C. Olhanense players
- Boavista F.C. players
- S.L. Benfica B players
- FC Porto B players
- Moreirense F.C. players
- FC Porto players
- FC Zürich players
- Primeira Liga players
- Liga Portugal 2 players
- Swiss Super League players
- Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
- Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Conceição family
- 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen