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{{short description|Brazilian footballer}}
'''Rodrigo Defendi''' (born [[June 16]], [[1986]] in [[Ribeirão Preto]], [[Brazil]]), is a Brazilian [[Football (soccer)|footballer]] who plays as a central [[Defender (football)|defender]] for [[A.S. Roma]], on loan from [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]].
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Rodrigo Defendi
| fullname =
| height = 1.90 m
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|6|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ribeirão Preto]], Brazil
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Centre back]]
| youthyears1 = 2004 | youthclubs1 = [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]]
| youthyears2 = 2004–2005 | youthclubs2 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| years1 = 2005–2007 | clubs1 = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2006| clubs2 = → [[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]] (loan) | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2006–2007 | clubs3 = → [[A.S. Roma|Roma]] (loan) | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2007–2009 | clubs4 = [[U.S. Avellino 1912|Avellino]] | caps4 = 15 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2010 | clubs5 = [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras B|Palmeiras B]] | caps5 = 0 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2011 | clubs6 = [[Paraná Clube|Paraná]] | caps6 = 14 | goals6 = 1
| years7 = 2011–2012 | clubs7 = [[Vitória S.C.|Vitória de Guimarães]] | caps7 = 23 | goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2013 | clubs8 = [[Botafogo Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]] | caps8 = 0 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2014 | clubs9 = [[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]] | caps9 = 1 | goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2014–2015 | clubs10 = [[Vitória S.C.|Vitória de Guimarães]] | caps10 = 7 | goals10 = 0
| years11 = 2015 | clubs11 = [[Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C.|Shijiazhuang Ever Bright]] | caps11 = 3 | goals11 = 0
| years12 = 2016–2017 | clubs12 = [[NK Maribor|Maribor]] | caps12 = 35 | goals12 = 1
| years13 = 2017–2019 | clubs13 = [[C.D. Aves|Aves]] | caps13 = 21 | goals13 = 3
| years14 = 2019–2020 | clubs14 = [[G.D. Estoril Praia|Estoril]] | caps14 = 12 | goals14 = 0
| pcupdate = 17 September 2020
| ntupdate =
}}


'''Rodrigo Defendi''' (born 16 June 1986) is a Brazilian [[association football|footballer]] who plays as a central [[Defender (football)|defender]].
A talented, young centre-half signed from the Brazilian club [[Cruzeiro_Esporte_Clube|Cruzeiro]], who produced Ronaldo. First spotted as a 16-year-old by Frank Arnesen, the appropriately named Defendi is reknowed for a deft left foot and a dominance in the air. He looks set to play a big part in Tottenham's future under the guidance of Martin Jol.


==Club career==
He became the first player signed under the [[Frank Arnesen]] and [[Jacques Santini]] era from [[Cruzeiro_Esporte_Clube|Cruzeiro]] for a fee of £600,000 on July 3 2004 although he had to wait for his passport to arrive in August for the deal to be officially completed. He has yet to make his first team debut for the club but has featured in a number of reserve team matches.
Defendi was first spotted as a 16-year-old by the then [[Tottenham Hotspur]] Director of Sport [[Frank Arnesen]]. He was the first player signed under the Frank Arnesen and [[Jacques Santini]] era at Spurs from [[Cruzeiro Esporte Clube|Cruzeiro]] for a fee of £600,000 on July 3, 2004, although he had to wait for his passport to arrive in August for the deal to be officially completed. He failed to make a first team appearance for Tottenham but featured in a number of reserve team matches.


He was deemed surplus to requirements by Tottenham Hotspur manager [[Martin Jol]], as he was first allowed to travel back to Brazil to seek a contract with a new club which proved unsuccessful, before he was farmed out on loan to [[Udinese Calcio]] in January 2006. He made two league appearances before leaving for [[A.S. Roma]] in August 2006, again on loan. He made an appearance in the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] and in the [[Coppa Italia]] for the capital club, but didn't manage to play a league game in [[Serie A]].
He was on loan to [[Udinese Calcio]] in January 2006 and [[A.S. Roma]] in August 2006.
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Defendi returned to Tottenham Hotspur from Roma after his loan period ended. On August 9, 2007 Tottenham announced his departure to the Italian Serie B club [[U.S. Avellino 1912|Avellino]] on a permanent transfer.
[[Category:Living people|Defendi, Rodrigo]]

[[Category:1986 births|Defendi, Rodrigo]]
Defendi became a free agent after the bankruptcy of [[U.S. Avellino 1912|Avellino]] and returned to Brazil. He joined the [[Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras B|Palmeiras reserves]] in March 2010.
[[Category:Brazilian footballers|Defendi, Rodrigo]]

[[Category:Cruzeiro Esporte Clube players|Defendi, Rodrigo]]
On 18 May 2011, Defendi signed a contract with Portuguese [[Primeira Liga]] side [[Vitória Guimarães]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vitoriasc.pt/noticias_detalhe2.php?id_noticia=3001&mod=6|title=Rodrigo Defendi é reforço (VÍDEO)|date=18 May 2011|accessdate=18 November 2011|work=Vitória SC|language=pt}}</ref>
[[Category:A.S. Roma players|Defendi, Rodrigo]]

[[Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players|Defendi, Rodrigo]]
On 10 January 2013, after nine years playing in Europe, Defendi was presented by [[Botafogo Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]], his new side.<ref>[http://www.gazetaesportiva.net/noticia/2013/01/botafogo/de-volta-ao-brasil-apos-nove-anos-defendi-e-apresentado-no-botafogo.html ''De volta ao Brasil após nove anos, Defendi é apresentado no Botafogo'']</ref>
[[Category:Udinese Calcio players|Defendi, Rodrigo]]

On 18 February 2015, Defendi signed a two-year contract with [[Chinese Super League]] side [[Shijiazhuang Ever Bright]].<ref>[http://sports.sohu.com/20150218/n409086173.shtml 石家庄永昌宣布签约巴西后卫 签约两年] at sports.sohu.com 2015-02-18 Retrieved 2015-02-19 {{in lang|zh}}</ref>

On 27 January 2016, he signed for [[NK Maribor|Maribor]] in the [[Slovenian PrvaLiga]].<ref name="defendi_transfer_nkmaribor">{{cite news | url= http://www.nkmaribor.com/novice/?id=6616 | title = Rodrigo Defendi: Prišel, da bi bil prvak |trans-title=Rodrigo Defendi: I came to be a champion | publisher = [[NK Maribor]] official website | date = 27 January 2016 | accessdate = 28 January 2016 | language = sl }}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{{updated|11 August 2019}}<ref>{{soccerway|rodrigo-defendi/176223}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|State League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[Udinese Calcio|Udinese]] (loan)
|[[2005–06 Serie A|2005–06]]
|Serie A
|2||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||0
|-
|[[A.S. Roma|Roma]] (loan)
|[[2006–07 Serie A|2006–07]]
|Serie A
|0||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0||0||0||2||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[U.S. Avellino 1912|Avellino]]
|[[2007–08 Serie B|2007–08]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Serie B]]
|1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
|[[2008–09 Serie B|2008–09]]
|15||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||16||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!16!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!17!!0
|-
|[[Paraná Clube|Paraná]]
|[[2011 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B|2011]]
|[[Campeonato Brasileiro Série B|Série B]]
|colspan="2"|—||14||1||4||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||2
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Vitória S.C.|Vitória de Guimarães]]
|[[2011–12 Primeira Liga|2011–12]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Primeira Liga]]
|13||1||colspan="2"|—||0||0||2||0||0||0||0||0||15||1
|-
|[[2012–13 Primeira Liga|2012–13]]
|10||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||11||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!23!!1!!colspan="2"|—!!1!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!26!!1
|-
|[[Botafogo Futebol e Regatas|Botafogo]]
|[[2013 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2013]]
|Série A
|0||0||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2||0
|-
|[[Esporte Clube Vitória|Vitória]]
|[[2014 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A|2014]]
|Série A
|1||0||8||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||0||14||0
|-
|[[Vitória S.C.|Vitória de Guimarães]]
|[[2014–15 Primeira Liga|2014–15]]
|Primeira Liga
|7||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||0
|-
|[[Shijiazhuang Ever Bright F.C.|Shijiazhuang Ever Bright]]
|[[2015 Chinese Super League|2015]]
|[[Chinese Super League]]
|3||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||4||0
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[NK Maribor|Maribor]]
|[[2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga|2015–16]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Slovenian PrvaLiga]]
|10||1||colspan="2"|—||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||1
|-
|[[2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga|2016–17]]
|25||0||colspan="2"|—||5||0||colspan="2"|—||4||0||colspan="2"|—||34||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!35!!1!!colspan="2"|—!!8!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!4!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!47!!1
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[C.D. Aves|Aves]]
|[[2017–18 Primeira Liga|2017–18]]
|rowspan="2"|Primeira Liga
|10||1||colspan="2"|—||3||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||13||3
|-
|[[2018–19 Primeira Liga|2018–19]]
|11||2||colspan="2"|—||3||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||17||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!21!!3!!colspan="2"|—!!6!!2!!3!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!0!!0!!30!!5
|-
|[[G.D. Estoril Praia|Estoril]]
|[[2019–20 LigaPro|2019–20]]
|LigaPro
|1||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||2||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!109!!5!!24!!1!!26!!3!!6!!0!!5!!0!!4!!0!!174!!9
|}
{{notelist}}

==Honours==
;Roma
*[[Coppa Italia]]: [[2006–07 Coppa Italia|2006–07]]

;Vitória de Guimarães
*[[Taça de Portugal]]: [[2012–13 Taça de Portugal|2012–13]]

;Botafogo
* [[Campeonato Carioca]]: [[2013 Campeonato Carioca|2013]]

;Maribor
*[[Slovenian PrvaLiga|Slovenian Championship]] (1): [[2016–17 Slovenian PrvaLiga|2016–17]]
* [[Slovenian Football Cup|Slovenian Cup]] (1): [[2015–16 Slovenian Football Cup|2015–16]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{TuttoCalciatori|Defendi_Rodrigo}}
* {{Soccerway|rodrigo-defendi/176223}}
* {{ForaDeJogo}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Defendi, Rodrigo}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:Footballers from Ribeirão Preto]]
[[Category:Brazilian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:AS Roma players]]
[[Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players]]
[[Category:Udinese Calcio players]]
[[Category:US Avellino 1912 players]]
[[Category:Serie A players]]
[[Category:Serie B players]]
[[Category:Slovenian PrvaLiga players]]
[[Category:Brazilian expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy]]
[[Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Italy]]
[[Category:Vitória S.C. players]]
[[Category:Primeira Liga players]]
[[Category:Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players]]
[[Category:Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players]]
[[Category:Esporte Clube Vitória players]]
[[Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England]]
[[Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in England]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in China]]
[[Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia]]
[[Category:Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia]]
[[Category:Cangzhou Mighty Lions F.C. players]]
[[Category:Chinese Super League players]]
[[Category:NK Maribor players]]
[[Category:C.D. Aves players]]
[[Category:G.D. Estoril Praia players]]
[[Category:Liga Portugal 2 players]]
[[Category:21st-century Brazilian sportsmen]]

Latest revision as of 16:51, 20 October 2024

Rodrigo Defendi
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-06-16) 16 June 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
2004 Cruzeiro
2004–2005 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
2006 → Udinese (loan) 2 (0)
2006–2007 → Roma (loan) 0 (0)
2007–2009 Avellino 15 (0)
2010 Palmeiras B 0 (0)
2011 Paraná 14 (1)
2011–2012 Vitória de Guimarães 23 (1)
2013 Botafogo 0 (0)
2014 Vitória 1 (0)
2014–2015 Vitória de Guimarães 7 (0)
2015 Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 3 (0)
2016–2017 Maribor 35 (1)
2017–2019 Aves 21 (3)
2019–2020 Estoril 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 September 2020

Rodrigo Defendi (born 16 June 1986) is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender.

Club career

[edit]

Defendi was first spotted as a 16-year-old by the then Tottenham Hotspur Director of Sport Frank Arnesen. He was the first player signed under the Frank Arnesen and Jacques Santini era at Spurs from Cruzeiro for a fee of £600,000 on July 3, 2004, although he had to wait for his passport to arrive in August for the deal to be officially completed. He failed to make a first team appearance for Tottenham but featured in a number of reserve team matches.

He was deemed surplus to requirements by Tottenham Hotspur manager Martin Jol, as he was first allowed to travel back to Brazil to seek a contract with a new club which proved unsuccessful, before he was farmed out on loan to Udinese Calcio in January 2006. He made two league appearances before leaving for A.S. Roma in August 2006, again on loan. He made an appearance in the Champions League and in the Coppa Italia for the capital club, but didn't manage to play a league game in Serie A.

Defendi returned to Tottenham Hotspur from Roma after his loan period ended. On August 9, 2007 Tottenham announced his departure to the Italian Serie B club Avellino on a permanent transfer.

Defendi became a free agent after the bankruptcy of Avellino and returned to Brazil. He joined the Palmeiras reserves in March 2010.

On 18 May 2011, Defendi signed a contract with Portuguese Primeira Liga side Vitória Guimarães.[1]

On 10 January 2013, after nine years playing in Europe, Defendi was presented by Botafogo, his new side.[2]

On 18 February 2015, Defendi signed a two-year contract with Chinese Super League side Shijiazhuang Ever Bright.[3]

On 27 January 2016, he signed for Maribor in the Slovenian PrvaLiga.[4]

Career statistics

[edit]
As of 11 August 2019[5]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League State League National Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Udinese (loan) 2005–06 Serie A 2 0 — 2 0 — — — 4 0
Roma (loan) 2006–07 Serie A 0 0 — 1 0 — 1 0 0 0 2 0
Avellino 2007–08 Serie B 1 0 — 0 0 — — — 1 0
2008–09 15 0 — 1 0 — — — 16 0
Total 16 0 — 1 0 — — — 17 0
Paraná 2011 Série B — 14 1 4 1 — — — 18 2
Vitória de Guimarães 2011–12 Primeira Liga 13 1 — 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 1
2012–13 10 0 — 1 0 0 0 — — 11 0
Total 23 1 — 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 26 1
Botafogo 2013 Série A 0 0 2 0 0 0 — — — 2 0
Vitória 2014 Série A 1 0 8 0 1 0 — — 4 0 14 0
Vitória de Guimarães 2014–15 Primeira Liga 7 0 — 1 0 0 0 — — 8 0
Shijiazhuang Ever Bright 2015 Chinese Super League 3 0 — 1 0 — — — 4 0
Maribor 2015–16 Slovenian PrvaLiga 10 1 — 3 0 — — — 13 1
2016–17 25 0 — 5 0 — 4 0 — 34 0
Total 35 1 — 8 0 — 4 0 — 47 1
Aves 2017–18 Primeira Liga 10 1 — 3 2 0 0 — — 13 3
2018–19 11 2 — 3 0 3 0 — 0 0 17 2
Total 21 3 — 6 2 3 0 — 0 0 30 5
Estoril 2019–20 LigaPro 1 0 — 0 0 1 0 — — 2 0
Career total 109 5 24 1 26 3 6 0 5 0 4 0 174 9

Honours

[edit]
Roma
Vitória de Guimarães
Botafogo
Maribor

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Rodrigo Defendi é reforço (VÍDEO)". Vitória SC (in Portuguese). 18 May 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
  2. ^ De volta ao Brasil após nove anos, Defendi é apresentado no Botafogo
  3. ^ 石家庄永昌宣布签约巴西后卫 签约两年 at sports.sohu.com 2015-02-18 Retrieved 2015-02-19 (in Chinese)
  4. ^ "Rodrigo Defendi: Prišel, da bi bil prvak" [Rodrigo Defendi: I came to be a champion] (in Slovenian). NK Maribor official website. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  5. ^ Rodrigo Defendi at Soccerway
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