Rodrigo (footballer, born October 1980)
Brazilian association football player
Rodrigo Lacerda Ramos (born 6 October 1980), also known as Ferrugem in Brazil, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Rodrigo started his career at Palmeiras. On 11 July 2000 he moved to Greece and signed for AEK Athens. Despite his acquisition on a free transfer, on 28 December 2001, FIFA awarded Palmeiras the fee of 650 million drachmas from AEK, as compensation, due to the player's transfer upon his contract's expiration.
Rodrigo spent two seasons at the club having a mediocre performance. On 20 April 2002 he became a negative protagonist in the derby against Olympiacos at the Olympic Stadium, which was deemed as the championship final. His miscommunication with the goalkeeper, Dionysis Chiotis, gave Alexis Alexandris the opportunity to score the third goal of Olympiacos, which greatly affected the outcome in their 4–3 defeat, resulting in loss of the title on the tie. Nevertheless, he won the Cup at the end of the season. On 9 July 2002 his contract with AEK was terminated and after a few months without as a free agent Rodrigo returned to Brazil and signed for Atlético Mineiro.
Afterwards, he moved to France and signed for Ajaccio.
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