Rúben Rodrigues (footballer, born 1996)

Rúben da Rocha Rodrigues (born 2 August 1996) is a Portuguese football player who plays as a forward for National League club Notts County. Besides the Netherlands, he has played in England.[1]

Rúben Rodrigues
Personal information
Full name Rúben da Rocha Rodrigues
Date of birth (1996-08-02) 2 August 1996
Place of birth Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Notts County
Number 20
Youth career
2005–2009 VV Boskant
2009–2012 Den Bosch
2012–2014 Wilhelmina Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Wilhelmina Boys
2017–2018 Gemert
2018–2020 Den Bosch 33 (12)
2019 → De Treffers (loan) 17 (4)
2020– Notts County 48 (18)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:25, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Club career

He played in the Netherlands since the junior levels and started his career in the lower divisions.

On 27 December 2017, Den Bosch announced that Rodrigues will join the club for training immediately and he also signed a professional contract with a beginning date of 1 July 2018. He previously played for Den Bosch's junior squad.[2]

He made his Eerste Divisie debut for Den Bosch on 17 August 2018 in a game against Volendam as a 61st-minute substitute for Stefano Beltrame.[3] On 23 January 2019, Rodrigues was loaned out to De Treffers for the rest of the season.[4]

On 7 August 2020, he signed for National League side Notts County.[5] After scoring seven goals in the month, Rodrigues was awarded the league's Player of the Month award for May 2021.[6]

Career statistics
As of match played 02 May 2022[7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC Den Bosch 2018–19 Eerste Divisie 6000——60
2019–20 271210——2812
Total 331210——3412
De Treffers (loan) 2018–19 Tweede Divisie 17400——174
Notts County 2019–20 National League ———1[lower-alpha 1]010
2020–21 351100—6[lower-alpha 2]24113
2021–22 401800—00137
Total 481800—725520
Career total 983410007210636
  1. Appearance in the FA Trophy
  2. Four appearances and one goal in the FA Trophy, two appearances and one goal in the National League play-offs

Honours

Individual

References
  1. ‘Ik ga naar de Aldi hier in de buurt, maar verder kom ik niet buiten’ voetbalzone.nl
  2. "FC DEN BOSCH VERSTERKT ZICH MET AANVALLER RUBEN RODRIGUES" [FC DEN BOSCH STRENGTHENS WITH RUBEN RODRIGUES] (in Dutch). FC Den Bosch. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  3. "Volendam v Den Bosch game report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 17 August 2018.
  4. Ruben da Rocha Rodrigues versterkt De Treffers, detreffers.nl, 23 January 2019
  5. "Ruben Rodrigues: Notts County sign Portuguese winger". BBC Sport. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  6. "National League's May Monthly Award Winners Revealed!". www.thenationalleague.org.uk. 4 June 2021.
  7. "Ruben Rodrigues". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  8. "Rodrigues voted Player of the Season".
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