Role Footballer Name Joao Silva | 1996–2005 Bangu Years Team Height 1.81 m | |
Full name Joao Rodrigo Silva Santos Date of birth (1977-11-08)8 November 1977 Date of death c. 29 October 2013(2013-10-29) (aged 35) Died October 29, 2013, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
Place of death Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
João Rodrigo Silva Santos (8 November 1977 – c. 29 October 2013) was a Brazilian footballer.
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Career
Commonly known as João Rodrigo, he played for Brazilian clubs Bangu, Madureira, Duque de Caxias, Remo, Volta Redonda, Tigres, Duque de Caxias, Olaria, Botafogo (DF) and Bonsucesso. He also spent a short time in Honduras with Olimpia. In 2003, he played briefly for Swedish club Öster, where he played six matches and scored one goal in Allsvenskan.
Death
João Rodrigo Silva Santos was murdered by suspected drug traffickers on 29 October 2013, aged 35, in Rio de Janeiro.
João Rodrigo Silva Santos didn't come home that night. When his wife opened the door on her way to work the next morning, she found his severed head on their front step. The head was inside a backpack, police said. Santos' eyes and tongue had been gouged out, according to Brazilian media reports.
