Rodrigo Conceição

Rodrigo Fernandes da Conceição (born 2 January 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger or right-back for Moreirense on loan from Porto.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Fernandes and the second or paternal family name is Conceição.
Rodrigo Conceição
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Fernandes da Conceição
Date of birth (2000-01-02) 2 January 2000
Place of birth Porto, Portugal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Winger, right-back
Club information
Current team
 Moreirense (on loan from Porto)
Number 2
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 30 (1)
2021– Porto 0 (0)
2021– → Moreirense (loan) 10 (0)
National team
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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 March 2022

Club career

Benfica

Born in Porto, 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

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]

International career

Conceição earned 32 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.[8] On 3 April, he scored both goals of a win against Switzerland in Póvoa de Varzim as his team finished a local tournament witha 100% record.[9] On 7 September 2018, he was sent off in the under-19 team's 1–0 friendly win away to Italy.[10]

Personal life

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.[11]

See also

References
  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "OFICIAL: Rodrigo Conceição é reforço do Moreirense" [OFFICIAL: Rodrigo Conceição is Moreirense addition] (in Portuguese). Mais Futebol. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  7. ""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.
  8. "Portugal vence Alemanha nas grandes penalidades" [Portugal defeat Germany on penalties]. Record (in Portuguese). 4 February 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  9. "Portugal faz pleno de vitórias no Porto" [Portugal win every game in Porto]. Record (in Portuguese). 3 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  10. "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.
  11. 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.
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