Gerson Rodrigues (footballer, born 1995)

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In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Rodrigues and the second or paternal family name is Correia Leal.

Gerson Rodrigues
Gerson Rodrigues 2019.jpg
Gerson Rodrigues in 2019
Personal information
Full name Gerson Rodrigues Correia Leal
Date of birth (1995-06-20) 20 June 1995 (age 26)
Place of birth Pragal, Almada, Portugal[1]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Troyes (on loan from Dynamo Kyiv)
Number 11
Youth career
Metz
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Swift Hesperange 10 (0)
2014–2016 Racing FC 23 (3)
2016–2017 Fola Esch 20 (9)
2017 Telstar 12 (3)
2018 Sheriff Tiraspol 22 (8)
2019 Júbilo Iwata 15 (5)
2019– Dynamo Kyiv 33 (6)
2020 → Ankaragücü (loan) 11 (6)
2021– → Troyes (loan) 12 (1)
National team‡
2017– Luxembourg 41 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2021

Gerson Rodrigues Correia Leal (born 20 June 1995) is a Luxembourgish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Troyes on loan from Dynamo Kyiv, and the Luxembourg national team.

A goalscoring midfielder, Rodrigues is the first Luxembourgish footballer to play in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League.

Club career[]

Early career[]

Rodrigues was born in the Portuguese town of Pragal, near Lisbon.[1] He began his youth career in France with FC Metz.[1] He was unable to make a breakthrough into the first-team squad at Metz and went on to play club football in Luxembourg for FC Swift Hesperange, Racing FC Union Luxembourg CS Fola Esch.[1][2] From there, he moved to SC Telstar in the Netherlands.

On 30 January 2018, Rodrigues signed for Sheriff Tiraspol.[3] On 10 July 2018, he made his debut in the UEFA Champions League qualifying round against Torpedo Kutaisi.[1] After winning the league title with Sheriff in Moldova, Rodrigues signed for Júbilo Iwata on 16 January 2019.[1][4] He quickly became a key player for Júbilo, scoring 7 goals in 18 matches for the club.[1]

Dynamo Kyiv[]

2019–20 season[]

On 2 August 2019, Rodrigues signed a contract with FC Dynamo Kyiv.[5] On 31 January 2020, Rodrigues moved on loan to Ankaragücü in the Turkish Süper Lig for the remainder of the season.[6] Rodrigues and teammate Ante Kulušić were involved in a training ground dust-up in July 2020. He was removed from the squad for the following match against Galatasaray and his loan was subsequently ended.[7] In his time with Ankaragücü, Rodrigues scored six goals and notched one assist in 11 league matches as the club finished in last place but were saved from relegation as the league was expanded to 21 clubs for the 2020–21 Süper Lig season because of complications from the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.[8][9]

2020–21 season: Double winners[]

In the Ukrainian Super Cup on 25 August 2020, Rodrigues scored the winning goal in an eventual 3–1 triumph over rivals Shakhtar Donetsk.[10] On 15 September, Rodrigues opened the scoring against Dutch side AZ Alkmaar in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League as his side won 2–0.[11] Rodrigues scored from the penalty spot in the play-off round against Belgian side Gent, capping a 5–1 win on aggregate and securing a place in the group stage.[12] Rodrigues featured in the club's first group stage match against Italian giants Juventus on 20 October, and in doing so became the first Luxembourgish player to play in the group stage of the Champions League.[13]

Rodrigues was an important member of the Dynamo Kyiv squad that won the domestic double of the Ukrainian Premier League and Ukrainian Cup during the 2020–21 season.[14]

2021–22 season: Loan to Troyes[]

On 31 August 2021, Rodrigues joined newly promoted Ligue 1 side Troyes on a season-long loan. The club held an option to make the deal permanent at the end of the season.[15]

International career[]

Rodrigues made his international debut for Luxembourg in 2017. On 21 March 2019, he scored his first goal for the national team and Luxembourg's second of the match, as they came back from a goal behind against Lithuania to win 2–1 in UEFA Euro 2020 qualification.[16] On 27 March 2021, Rodrigues scored the only goal in a famous 1–0 victory away to Ireland in 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification.[17] Three days later, Rodrigues followed this up by scoring the opening goal for Luxembourg against his country of birth, European champions Portugal, to take a shock lead, but they eventually fell to a 1–3 defeat.[18]

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of 18 August 2021[19]
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Swift Hesperange 2013–14 Luxembourg National Division 10 0 — — — 10 0
Racing FC 2015–16 Luxembourg National Division 23 3 — — — 23 3
Fola Esch 2016–17 Luxembourg National Division 20 9 — 2[a] 0 — 22 9
Telstar 2017–18 Eerste Divisie 12 3 1 0 — — 13 3
Sheriff Tiraspol 2018 Moldovan National Division 22 8 2 0 7[b] 0 — 31 8
Jubilo Iwata 2019 J1 League 15 5 3 2 — — 18 7
Dynamo Kyiv 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League 8 2 0 0 2[c] 0 0 0 10 2
2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League 22 4 3 0 12[d] 2 1[e] 1 38 7
2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League 3 0 — — — 3 0
Total 33 6 3 0 14 2 1 1 51 9
Ankaragücü (loan) 2019–20 Süper Lig 11 6 0 0 — — 11 6
Troyes (loan) 2021–22 Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 — — 0 0
Career total 145 39 9 2 23 2 1 1 178 44
  1. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Eight appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Appearance in Ukrainian Super Cup

International[]

As of 14 November 2021[20]
National team Year Caps Goals
Luxembourg 2017 9 0
2018 5 0
2019 10 3
2020 7 2
2021 11 5
Total 41 10

International goals[]

Scores and results list Luxembourg's goal tally first.[21]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 21 March 2019 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Lithuania 2–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualification
2. 7 June 2019 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania 1–0 1–1
3. 14 November 2019 Red Star Stadium, Belgrade, Serbia  Serbia 1–2 2–3
4. 5 September 2020 Baku Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan  Azerbaijan 2–1 2–1 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C
5. 7 October 2020 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Liechtenstein 1–2 1–2 Friendly
6. 27 March 2021 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland  Republic of Ireland 1–0 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
7. 30 March 2021 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Portugal 1–0 1–3
8. 1 September 2021 Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Azerbaijan 2–0 2–1
9. 11 November 2021 Bakı Olimpiya Stadionu, Baku, Azerbaijan 1–0 3–1
10. 3–1

Honours[]

Sheriff Tiraspol

Dynamo Kyiv

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Presenting the newcomer: Gerson RODRIGUES. Portuguese from Luxembourg". FC Dynamo Kiev. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  2. ^ Gerson Rodrigues at Soccerway
  3. ^ "Добро пожаловать, Жерсон Родригес". fc-sheriff.com (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Спасибо, Жерсон Родригес". fc-sheriff.com (in Russian). FC Sheriff Tiraspol. 16 January 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Presenting the newcomer: Gerson RODRIGUES. Portuguese from Luxembourg". fcdynamo.kiev.ua. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Gerson Rodrigues to continue his career in Turkey". FC Dynamo Kiev. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Bilgilendirme" (in Turkish). 17 July 2020.
  8. ^ "2019-2020 Ankaragücü Player Details". FBref. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  9. ^ "No relegations for 2019-20 season in Turkish Super Lig". AA. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Шахтар 1:3 Динамо". UPL (in Ukrainian). 25 August 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Dynamo Kyiv 2-0 AZ Alkmaar". UEFA. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Dynamo Kyiv 3-0 Gent". UEFA. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Gerson Rodrigues is the first ever Luxembourgish player to appear in the main stage of the Champions League". Twitter. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  14. ^ "Gerson Rodrigues: "Die Premier League wäre ideal für mich"". Wort (in German). 1 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Troyes sign Luxembourg international Gerson Rodrigues from Dynamo Kyiv". Get Football News France. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Luxembourg 2-1 Lithuania". UEFA. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  17. ^ "Republic of Ireland embarrassed by Luxembourg and Gerson Rodrigues". The Guardian. 27 March 2021.
  18. ^ "Diogo Jota and Cristiano Ronaldo scored to help spare Portugal's blushes and deny Luxembourg another major World Cup 2022 qualifying win". BBC. 30 March 2021.
  19. ^ "Luxembourg - G. Rodrigues - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway".
  20. ^ "Gerson Rodrigues, international footballer".
  21. ^ "Gerson Rodrigues". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  22. ^ "Wins for Gerson Rodrigues and Oli Thill". RTL. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  23. ^ "Dynamo Kyiv vs. Zorya". Soccerway. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.

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