Rodrigo de Souza Cardoso

Souza
Personal information
Full nameRodrigo de Souza Cardoso
Date of birthMarch 4, 1982
Place of birthRio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
1997Madureira
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1998–2000Madureira-(-)
2001–2003Vasco da Gama30(5)
2003CSKA Sofia4(0)
2004CS Marítimo31(8)
2005→ Internacional (loan)1(0)
2005–2006→ Goiás (loan)63(35)
2007–2008Flamengo33(9)
2008Panathinaikos4(1)
2009–2011Corinthians32(6)
2011→ Bahia (loan)21(11)
2012–2013Bahia32(8)
2014Vitória5(1)
2014Criciúma13(4)
National team‡
1999Brazil U-17-(-)
2003Brazil U-232(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 26, 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of June 26, 2011

Rodrigo de Souza Cardoso, or better known as Souza (born March 4, 1982, in Rio de Janeiro), is a Brazilian football player. He currently plays for Criciúma.

Career

Flamengo

After being the top goal-scorer for the 2006 Brazilian Serie A, playing for Goiás, he then moved on, signing a deal with Flamengo in the beginning of 2007.

Panathinaikos

Souza moved from Flamengo to Panathinaikos on July 2008 for a sum of €3 million. He scored his first goal for the new club in a UEFA Champions League 2008–09 qualifying round match win against Sparta Praha.

Corinthians

On December 30, 2008 Souza signed a 3-year contract for Corinthians.[1]

Career statistics

(Correct as of January 2, 2012)
Club Season Brazilian Série A Brazilian Cup Continental State League Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Vasco da Gama 2001 10------10
2002 16210----172
2003 13373----206
Total 30583----388
Internacional 2005 1021----31
Total 1021----31
Goiás 2005 3318------3318
2006 3017------3017
Total 6335------6335
Flamengo 2007 226--831064015
2008 113--81155349
Total 339--16425117424
Corinthians 2009 20440--141385
2010 122--5092264
Total 32640--233649
Bahia (loan) 2011 211132--952418
Total 211130----2418
Career total 18066174164391226193

according to combined sources on the [2] and.[3]

International career

Rodrigo de Souza Cardoso has won 2 international matches for Brazil U-23. He featured against Czech Republic on January 16, 2003 and then later appeared against Egypt on January 20, 2003 in the 2003 Pre-Olympic Tournament.

Honours

Club

Vasco da Gama
Internacional
Goiás
Flamengo
Corinthians
Bahia

National team

Individual

Achievements

References

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