Rodrigo Moreira (footballer, born 1996)

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Rodrigo Moreira
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Miguel Moreira
Date of birth (1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Villa Constitución, Argentina
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back [1]
Team information
Current team
Deportes Limache
Youth career
Independiente
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2014–2018 Independiente 3 (0)
2016–2017San Martín Tucumán (loan) 41 (8)
2018–2020 San Martín Tucumán 28 (1)
2020–2022 Quilmes 49 (5)
2023 Defensores de Belgrano 35 (7)
2024– Deportes Limache 0 (0)
International career
2013 Argentina U17 12 (1)
2015 Argentina U20 6 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 January 2024

Rodrigo Miguel Moreira (born 15 July 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Chilean club Deportes Limache. [2]

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Career

Club

Moreira's senior career with Independiente began in 2014 when he was a substitute for a Copa Argentina match with Belgrano, though he was unused in a 0–2 win on 28 July. [2] On 5 August 2016, Moreira joined Primera B Nacional's San Martín on loan. [2] [3] [4] He scored on his professional debut in a home draw versus Argentinos Juniors, which was the first of eight goals during 2016–17 for San Martín over forty-one appearances. [2] [5] He returned to Independiente in July 2017 and made his debut for the club on 8 September against Olimpo. [2] [6] On 30 June 2018, Moreira completed a return to former club San Martín; joining permanently. [2] In August 2020, Moreira moved to Quilmes. [7]

In 2024, he moved to Chile and joined Deportes Limache in the Primera B. [8]

International

Moreira represented Argentina at U17 and U20 level. [2] [9] He won twelve caps for the U17s, winning the 2013 South American Under-17 Football Championship and scoring one goal (versus Ivory Coast) in six games at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. [2] He played six times for the U20s, five of which came during the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship which Argentina won whilst the other cap came during the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. [2]

Career statistics

As of 5 September 2018. [2]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] League CupContinental [lower-alpha 2] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Independiente 2014 Primera División 00000000
2015 0000000000
2016 00000000
2016–17 0000000000
2017–18 30002 [lower-alpha 3] 00050
Total3000200050
San Martín (loan) 2016–17 Primera B Nacional 4180000418
San Martín 2018–19 Primera División 00100010
Total4181000428
Career total448102000478

Honours

Club

Independiente [2]

International

Argentina U17 [2]
Argentina U20 [2]

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References

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