Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Antônio Josenildo Rodrigues de Oliveira, known as Rodrigues, was born October 10, 1997 in Arês, Brazil. He is a defender in Major League Soccer.

Rodrigues began playing football with the youth academy of ABC in 2013, then Cruzeiro in 2015 before returning to ABC again in 2017. He began playing under the name Tonhão, before switching to Rodrigues to honour his adoptive mother. He made his professional debut with ABC in a 2–0 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B loss to Vila Nova on 26 August 2017. On 9 August 2019, he signed a professional contract with Grêmio after a brief loan with them.