Rodrigo Taddei
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| Rodrigo Taddei | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rodrigo Ferrante Taddei | |
| Date of birth | 6 March 1980 | |
| Place of birth | São Paulo, Brazil | |
| Playing position | Right winger | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | AS Roma | |
| Number | 11 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 2000-2002 2002-2005 2005- |
Palmeiras Siena AS Roma |
25 (1) 74 (14) 91 (19) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Rodrigo Ferrante Taddei (born March 6, 1980 in São Paulo) is an Italo-Brazilian footballer who currently plays for A.S. Roma of Italian Serie A. He plays as a right midfielder.
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[edit] Club career
He started his career in Brazil with Palmeiras, then moving to Italy in September 2002 and signing for A.C. Siena, a Serie B team at the time. He was one of their stars and helped the Tuscan team earn promotion to Serie A.
However, in late 2003, Taddei was fighting for his life, after he was hurt in a serious car accident. His younger brother, Leonardo, died in the accident and his team mate Pinga was also hurt. After recovering from the accident, Taddei went back to play for Siena, helping his team to avoid relegation.
After another season with Siena, characterized by several quarrels with the presidency because of his refusal to a contract extension, Taddei left on a Bosman free transfer and joined AS Roma in 2005. This was despite being followed by several major european clubs including Juventus, Lazio and Inter Milan plus a number of English Premier League clubs.[citation needed]
Joining Roma has now offered him the chance to perform on the European stage, he has contributed vastly to their good performances, supplying Roma with skill, pace, and technique on the flanks. Taddei scored the important opening goal in Roma's 2-1 victory over Manchester United in the first leg of the 2007 Champions League quarter finals. Unfortunately, Taddei was injured in the warm up to the second leg of the game, and Roma suffered a 7-1 reverse at Manchester's Old Trafford.[citation needed]
Rodrigo Taddei has become well-known for his footballing piece of magic performed in a Champions League group stage match against Olympiacos FC on October 18, 2006 which he later called "The Aurelio" after AS Roma assistant manager, Aurelio Andreazzoli. [1]
[edit] International career
Taddei, who also owns Italian citizenship, has never been capped by the Brazil national football team. This could allow him to play for Italy. However, he has stated publicly that he would not be interested in taking a position on the squad from a native-born Italian.[2]
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