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Rodrigo Posso
Personal information
Full name Rodrigo Posso Moreno
Date of birth (1976-05-16) May 16, 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Moreira Sales, Brazil
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Cruzeiro
Comercial
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996—2000 Cruzeiro 9 (-)
1999Desportiva-ES (loan) 0 (-)
1999—2001Ipatinga (loan) (-)
2002 Rio Branco-MG 0 (-)
2002 Tuna Luso 0 (-)
2003–2008 Ipatinga (-)
2003Remo (loan) 0 (-)
2003ABC (loan) (-)
2004Gama (loan) (-)
2004Uberaba (loan) (-)
2008Mirassol (loan) (-)
2009 Ermis Aradippou 15 (-)
2010–2011 Uberlândia (-)
2011–2012 Social (-)
2012–2013 Nacional-MG (-)
2017 São Sebastião (-)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2021

Rodrigo Posso Moreno (born May 16, 1976), known as Rodrigo Posso, is a retired Brazilian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He currently plays for Ermis Aradippou.[1]

Early life

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Posso was born in Moreira Sales, Paraná, Brazil on May 16, 1976.[2][3] As a child, he played mostly indoor football; his first experience on a field was with his grandfather's amateur league.[2] His father wanted him to be a midfielder initially.[2] Posso only ever wanted to be a soccer player and started working selling tickets at 14 to try something new, but left home at 15 to join Cruzeiro's youth team.[2] His first club was Comercial.[2]

Career

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After playing on their youth squad, Posso signed a professional contract with Cruzeiro in 1996.[4] He won the Copa Libertadores with them in 1997[5] but only appeared four times before being loaned to Desportiva-ES and Ipatinga in 1999.[4][2] He was eventually traded permanently to Ipatinga and played there every year between 2004 and 2007 except for 2002.[6][4] During this time, he was loaned to Remo, ABC, Gama, Uberaba, and Mirassol.[6] In 2004, Ipatinga won the Minas Gerais Cup and were state vice and semifinalists at the Copa do Brasil in 2006.[7][3][2]

In 2009, he retired from goaltending to act as Ipatinga's Executive Director of Football.[2] He learned quickly that he missed playing and signed on with Ermis Aradippou in Cyprus the same year.[2][8][6] He played for a few months before returning to Brazil; he retired again briefly then signed with Uberlândia in 2010.[2][9] In 2013, he retired for a third time[10] after playing the 2012–2013 season with Nacional-MG.[11] He remained retired until 2017, when he signed on with São Sebastião before retiring for his fourth and final time.[6][4][12]

Posso occasionally plays on alumni teams. In 2015, he joined other former Cruzeiro players in a game against current Cruzeiros to celebrate Alex's retirement.[13] In 2017, he competed in the Master category of the Minas Gerais Cup with other former Cruzeiros.[14]

After retiring, he established a football school called the Rodrigo Passo Sports (RPS) Escola de Futebol[15][16] in the municipality of Ipatinga.[17] He coaches youth teams and in 2019 brought his U-15 team to the Disney Youth Soccer Cup, which was held in Orlando, Florida, USA.[12] He also served as the president of the Sports and Education Association in Vale do Aço.[18]

Personal life

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Posso has spent more time in Minas Gerais than he has in Paraná and feels more at home in Ipatinga, particularly because he was married and raised his children there.[2] He has a degree in physical education from Unileste, a university in nearby Coronel Fabriciano.[2][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Rodrigo Posso". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "RODRIGO POSSO MORENO" (in Portuguese). Ipatinga Cidade Jardim. n.d. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Ipatinga Futebol Clube – O campeão mineiro de 2005" (in Portuguese). DeFato. July 20, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "Saem experientes, entram jovens; exemplos de goleiros que encararam pressão no Cruzeiro" (in Portuguese). SuperEsports. August 16, 2016. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  5. ^ Silveira, Vinícius (August 12, 2017). "Libertadores 20 anos: jogadores do Cruzeiro eram experientes em ganhar títulos" (in Portuguese). Vavel. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d "AMADOR 2017: de olho na reta decisiva, Milan fecha com ex-goleiro de Cruzeiro e Ipatinga FC" (in Portuguese). Futblog do Sorriso. October 3, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  7. ^ "Presidente do Industrial convida vereadores para prestigiarem finais do Ipatinguense de futebol" (in Portuguese). Camara Impatinga. January 7, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  8. ^ "Dirigente Rodrigo Posso deixa o Ipatinga para voltar a jogar" (in Portuguese). Correio Braziliense. May 13, 2009. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  9. ^ Pedroso, Gabriela (January 23, 2011). "Cruzeiro faz três e vence Uberlândia em primeiro amistoso" (in Portuguese). O Tempo. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  10. ^ a b Salgado, Diego; de Vico, Marcello; Lima, Vanderlei (n.d.). "A era das zebras" (in Portuguese). UOL. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  11. ^ Gomes, Adamar (March 15, 2013). "Nacional enfrenta Tupi e confirma ingressos para o jogo diante do Galo" (in Portuguese). Agesporte. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Time treinado por Rodrigo Posso esta na final da Disney Cup" (in Portuguese). Diario do Aco. July 20, 2019. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  13. ^ "Partida de despedida do ídolo cruzeirense será neste sábado, às 15h, no Mineirão" (in Portuguese). SuperEsports. June 26, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  14. ^ "Ex-jogadores do Cruzeiro montam 'esquadrão de veteranos' para disputa do Mineiro Master" (in Portuguese). Hoje Emdia. September 22, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  15. ^ "Copa AEMDI" (in Portuguese). Diario do Aco. July 5, 2019. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  16. ^ "Ipatinga sedia 1a Copa RPS Solar de Futebol de Base" (in Portuguese). Diario do Aco. July 13, 2021. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  17. ^ Andrade, Rodrigo (April 17, 2017). "Ex-goleiro de sucesso, Rodrigo Posso agora trabalha para revelar atletas" (in Portuguese). DeFato. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  18. ^ "Projeto de lei n 068/2020" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Municipal de Ipatinga. 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2021.